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Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony Program

Saturday, August 20, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Medical Sciences Building, Cole Hall, 513 Parnassus Avenue

Program	Welcome Perseverance Will Open Doors Presentation of the Students On Becoming a Pharmacist Oath of a Pharmacist Closing Remarks
Welcome	Kathleen M. Giacomini, PhD, BSPharm Dean and Troy C. Daniels Distinguished Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences Mahtab Jafari, PharmD President, UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine Director, Center for Healthspan Sciences, University of California, Irvine Class of 1992
Perseverance Will Open Doors	Yoona Kim, PhD, PharmD Co-founder and CEO, Arine Class of 2009
Presentation of the Students	Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH Vice Dean and Professor Class of 1985 Alumni Coaters Mahtab Jafari, PharmD ’94 Yoona Kim, PharmD ’09, PhD Lisa Ghotbi, PharmD ’91 Lucy Saldana, PharmD ’84 Kristen Balano, PharmD ’92 John T. Skhal, PharmD ’71 Cathi Dennehy, PharmD ’93 The Class of 2025 Libaan Elyas Abdullahi Arfin Nipa Akther Lana Moutas Jamil Alamamreh Mashael Aldaajani Liezelle Quevedo Alipio Nagat Alrubati Mahnoor Azfar Ty’Jah Banks Kathy Bian Sierra Brandt-Gray Veronica Bundang Celeste Noelle Bustria Xinyi Cai Joshua Calangian Sanam Chalan Shannon Tse Chan Alejandro Chavez Shu Yi Cheah Elizabeth Cheung Jordan Chin Brian Chiu Christine Chon Keo Chui Elizabeth Youngsong Chung Veronica Craik Alice Dang Jeanne Danielle David Jakob Decano Ebere Jessica Denchukwu Alinda Deng Imad Din Erin Doan Shawna Joyce Domingo Amal Fuad Egeh Sado Essa Jared Fong Laura Formosa Marina Gad Katherine Gee Yourong Geng Belanna Geniza Lolita Ghadimian Catherine Ong Gonzales Deanna Guan Sandhyarani Gullapalli Christian Hailozian Saya Hayashi Grace Francis Herron Kiana Hocutt Valerie Htun Elizabeth M. Hu Jenny Hu Sharon Huang Zunaira Iftikhar Jerril Jacob Shiva Jafari Maxim Johnson Biruk Gebreselassie Kassa Timothy Karl Kein Kim Hong Keu Lubna Shamila Khan Jeannie Kim Jeanne Le Ko Irene Koua Alexa Kouvelis Kaitlyn Kui Anthony C. Lam Melisa Lanzar Tina Le Trevor Lee Kathryn Gail LeMoine Ashley Nicole Leong Colleen Leung Irene Liu Ivy Lu Samantha Maina Jose Maldonado Jaqueline Marquez Tamana Mehrzai Kayla Mowery Narjes Nadimzadeh Jona Naqo Winnie Ng Brittney Nguyen Duyen Nguyen Jennifer Nguyen Quynh Nguyen Sim Nijjar Kayla Nokelby Fé Novin Mary Simisola Ogunmeru Cleopa Omondi Michael Ouyang Keya Patel Nishka Patel Marshall Perfetti Jazlyn Alyssa Quintana Jonathan Ramos Keanna Rasekhi Magdiel Rivera Aimee Russell Marcela Salazar Saveena Sandhu Emily Rebecca Schwab Sunny Eva Severado Sarah Shapiro Chelsey Souza Brandon Tan Anastasia Tentoglou Mable Truong Thai Manreet Kaur Thind Immanuel Tjahjadi Wilson Tong Celine Tran Emil Tran Jenny Tran Karen Mailinh Tran Desmond Trieu Kayla Mari Vale Cruz Noelle Vo Masha Vodovoz Isabel Willner Kamila Wrobel Grace Wu Hanting Wu Wilson Wu Amy Xiao Iris Xu Finan Yohannes Anne M. Zakhrious Carly Zako Angela Zhao
On Becoming a Pharmacist	Cally Chung PharmD Student Class of 2023
Oath of a Pharmacist	Lisa Kroon, PharmD Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy Thomas A. Oliver Professor of Clinical Pharmacy I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow: I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns. I will promote inclusion, embrace diversity, and advocate for justice to advance health equity. I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for all patients. I will respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me. I will accept the responsibility to improve my professional knowledge, expertise, and self-awareness. I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical and legal conduct. I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care. I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences, and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists. I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.
Closing Remarks	Sharon L. Youmans, PharmD, MPH Vice Dean and Professor Class of 1985