White Coat Ceremony
Class of 2029 White Coat Ceremony
Friday, August 8, 2025
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Hippodrome Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
12 N. Eutaw St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Doors Open at 12:30 pm
We look forward to welcoming the University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 2029 and their families and friends at this momentous occasion!
Please note that tickets are required for this event. We ask that families and friends reach out to students for details about registration, tickets, and requesting special accommodations.
For those unable to attend in person, this event will be livestreamed starting at 1:30 pm on Friday, August 8. The link will be posted here closer to the event.
Parking will be available at the Baltimore Grand Garage (5 N. Paca St.), next to the Hippodrome. Carpooling is encouraged. This is a UMB Garage. Hourly parking rates will apply. This garage takes credit/debit cards only. There is no direct elevator access from the garage to the venue. It is suggested that those with mobility challenges are dropped off with a companion at the venue entrance. The entrance for families/friends will be at the corner of W. Baltimore St and N. Eutaw St. From the Baltimore Grand Garage, use the garage elevators on the Paca St side. Then, make a left out of the garage onto Paca St and a left on W. Baltimore Street. Details on accessing the student entrance will be sent directly to students.
Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSOR
SPONSOR OF STETHOSCOPES
Alumni of The Medical Alumni Association
About the White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony is an important time for first-year medical students to come together as a class, to be welcomed into the profession, and to emphasize the professional and humanistic aspects of medicine that are so critical to the care of patients.
The White Coat Ceremony, sponsored by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, has been an annual tradition at the School of Medicine since 1997. The event features the presentation of traditional white coats, long the symbol of physicians and scientists, to first-year medical students.
The coats are put on students by School of Medicine House faculty. After being "coated," students recite the Code of Honor, acknowledging their acceptance of the obligations of the medical profession.
For more information about the event, please contact Student Affairs.
The Medical Family Annual Fund
Medical school is an exciting and challenging time for both medical students and the loved ones who support them. Recognizing the opportunity to enhance activities and student life through philanthropic support, the parents, families, and friends of past medical students created the Medical Family Annual Fund at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
In addition to the annual White Coat Ceremony, donations to the Medical Family Annual Fund have supported the House Advisory System, student wellness programming, and extraordinary needs of the medical students. We are pleased to provide medical family members with an opportunity to further enrich their student's academic experience through their generous support to the Medical Family Annual Fund. Please consider a donation to carry on this tradition of philanthropy with your gift to the Medical Family Annual Fund during your student's tenure at UMSOM.
If you would like more information about the Medical Family Annual Fund, please contact Irene Amoros, Executive Director of Annual Giving, at 410-706-8550 or at iamoros@som.umaryland.edu. We also encourage you to view the video below with messages from our Medical Family Annual Fund Co-Chairs and several of our medical students.
Please make your donation online today to the Medical Family Annual Fund using the link below. Thank you!
Donate to the Medical Family Annual Fund
Your gift to the Medical Family Annual Fund may also be made my check, payable to UMBF, Inc./Medical Family Annual Fund and mailed to:
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Office of Development
31 S. Greene Street, Third Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201