Geisel School of Medicine’s White Coat ceremony was held in Dartmouth’s Rollins Chapel on Friday, September 27 where the medical students of the Class of 2028 received their short white coats, an iconic symbol of their status as physicians in training.
On Wednesday, September 18, Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health (DH) celebrated their first-ever Biomedical Research Day. The landmark event, held at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), was a celebration of the breadth and impact of the institution’s research enterprise and was marked by strong attendance with well over 260 faculty and trainees taking part.
Over the course of a weekend in mid-September, Geisel School of Medicine hosted for the first time the National Leadership Institute (NLI)—a triannual meeting of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and its National Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)— to foster community through networking and workshops.
Results from a new study led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the Mount Desert Island (MDI) Biological Laboratory show that engaging schools and students in a citizen science program can help reduce arsenic exposure in private well water.
The White Coat Ceremony for the Geisel MD Class of 2028 will be held on Friday, September 27. The program begins at 3:00 pm. You can watch our live broadcast of the event here or on YouTube.
Nine medical students from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine are among 26 new Schweitzer Fellows from New Hampshire and Vermont who are working under the guidance of their community or academic mentor to collaborate with either community-based health or social service organizations.
George O’Toole, PhD, The Elmer R. Pfefferkorn, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has received the 2025 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Award for Graduate Education.
Geisel hosted the first annual White Coat & Gavel Games with teams from Larner College of Medicine and Vermont Law and Graduate School on September 7.
Duane Compton, PhD, Dean of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine, has named Andrew Rose, MBA, as the school’s new Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance. The promotion is effective immediately. In his new role, Rose will oversee all administrative and operating requirements for the medical school.
Awarded to exceptional medical students in their final year of medical school, Adina Harri MED’25 is among 37 students nationwide to receive a scholarship from the Physicians of Tomorrow program—a longstanding American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation initiative celebrating diversity in education.
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