2014 Graduation Gallery
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The 40 students of the inaugural class of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine became the nation’s newest doctors on May 10.
“Every graduating class from every school is special, but a medical school’s charter class is truly distinctive,” said Dr. Cynda Johnson, founding dean of the school in welcoming the packed house at Jefferson Center in Roanoke.
![Dr. Ludeman Eng, immediate past chair of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's academic council, led the procession with a ceremonial mace on loan from Virginia Tech.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_2092379180/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_1040665285.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. Cynda Johnson, dean of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, welcomes a full house for the first graduation of Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_2092379180/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_1717901253.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Ben J. Davenport, chairman of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine's Board of Directors, acknowledged the school's founding and current board members.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_2092379180/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. Daniel Harrington and Dr. Rick Vari place a ceremonial hood on the new Dr. Matt Levine.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1516174151.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Senator Tim Kaine addresses graduates](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1459780108/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_145620.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![U.S. Senator Tim Kaine addresses graduates](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1459780108/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and Ben J. Davenport, chair of the Board of Directors, share a few words on stage.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1459780108/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_2122774271.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![newly minted doctor Katherine Dederer hooded by Dr. Bruce Johnson and Dr. Michael Friedlander](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_472514793.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Graduation speaker and class president Matthew Joy](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_467869467.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Matt Joy receives the Dean's Special Recognition by Dr. Cynda Johnson.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dean Cynda Johnson congratulates class president Matthew Joy](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_202116.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Richard Vari, (left), and Dr. Daniel Harrington, place an academic hood on newly minted doctor Shervin Mirshahi](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1724364044.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Class President Matt Joy](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1673906822/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Yisrael Katz, Class of 2014 student speaker.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1673906822/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![The first graduates in the history of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine assemble on the front steps of the building that had been completed just days before their arrival.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_559764746.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. Aubrey Knight, associate dean for student affairs](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_2142295713/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_389154.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. Tarin Schmidt-Dalton, assistant dean for clinical science years 1 and 2](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_2142295713/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine’s seal projected onto the floor of Jefferson Center](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1946272375/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_894536381.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Graduates waiting to be hooded](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1946272375/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
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Charter class graduation, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. VTCSM
![And here they are, ladies and gentlemen...the first graduates of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1631355973.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Dr. Rebecca Kirschner and Dean Cynda Johnson.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_727273607/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Drs. Travis Thompson and Robert Brown](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_727273607/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage_970244.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Members of the Office of the Dean join the graduates following the ceremony.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_672922514.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Friends and family gather outside the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1328171232/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_117864.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![Two students walking away from the camera towards the School of Medicine, wearing the custom designed hoods](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_1328171232/vt-items_1/adaptiveimage.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)
![First graduating class throw their hats in the air in front of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine building.](/content/medicine_vtc_vt_edu/en/student-life/events/2014-graduation-gallery/_jcr_content/content/adaptiveimage_1231693040.transform/m-medium/image.jpg)