UND Graduates 54 New M.D.s
Fifty-four senior medical students received the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree during the May 6 commencement ceremony for the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The ceremony was officiated by UND President Charles Kupchella, Ph.D., and Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean H. David Wilson, M.D. State Board of Higher Education member Richie Smith of Wahpeton delivered greetings from the board.
The keynote address, titled “Eagles, Robins and Pigeons,” was presented by Jon Allen, M.D. ‘84, assistant dean for the medical school’s Northeast Campus and associate professor of internal medicine. The invocation and benediction was delivered by The Reverend Patrick O’Brien, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Oakes, ND, and father of a graduate, Katie O’Brien.
Special recognition was given to Justin Horner, a member of the M.D. Class of ‘06 and the first graduate also to earn the Master of Public Health degree through a joint program with the University of Minnesota (U of M). John Finnegan, Jr., Ph.D., professor and dean of the School of Public Health at the U of M, delivered remarks regarding this program. Horner is the son of Randy and Cheri Horner of Mandan.
Ten physician-faculty members were invited to participate in the ceremony and receive the Dean’s Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. They are:
Bismarck - Edward Fogarty, III, M.D., clinical assistant professor of radiology; Brian Hebert, M.D. ‘99, clinical associate professor of internal medicine; Parag Kumar, M.D., clinical associate professor of pediatrics; Shari Orser, M.D. ‘77, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Chatree Wongjirad, M.D., clinical assistant professor of clinical neuroscience
Fargo - Kenneth Christianson, Ph.D., clinical assistant
professor of clinical neuroscience; Luis Garcia, M.D. (Surgery Residency Program ‘02), clinical assistant professor of surgery
Grand Forks - Ramon Anel, M.D., clinical assistant
professor of internal medicine
Jamestown - David Muhs, M.D. ‘85, clinical associate
professor of family medicine
Minot - Thomas Carver, M.D., clinical associate professor of pediatrics
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