{"id":5103,"date":"2011-05-25T17:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T21:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2015-03-06T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:40:51","slug":"noted-author-samuel-shem-to-deliver-commencement-address-at-the-wright-state-university-boonshoft-school-of-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/25\/noted-author-samuel-shem-to-deliver-commencement-address-at-the-wright-state-university-boonshoft-school-of-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Noted author to deliver commencement address at Boonshoft School of Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samuel Shem, pen name of Stephen Bergman, M.D., Ph.D., will address 101 members of the class of 2011 as they receive their medical degrees and officially become physicians.<\/p><\/div>\n

DAYTON, Ohio\u2014After dedicating four or more years to intense study and rigorous, specialized training, the 101 members of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine class of 2011 will receive their M.D. degrees during the school\u2019s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27.<\/p>\n

In addition to the conferring of degrees, the evening event, to be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton, includes a \u201chooding ceremony\u201d in which graduates receive traditional regalia denoting their status and profession. The graduates will also take a professional oath to mark the start of their medical careers and sign a registry to commemorate their first use of the initials M.D. following their names.<\/p>\n

This July, the graduates will move on to prestigious residencies and receive advanced training in a primary care field or more than a dozen medical specialties. The new physicians will be entering outstanding programs in Dayton, throughout Ohio, and across the country, including the Mayo Clinic\u2019s Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Chicago Medical Center.<\/p>\n

Nearly half of the graduates will remain in Ohio during residency, and 44 percent will enter a primary care field such as family medicine, internal medicine or pediatrics.<\/p>\n

Samuel Shem is the pen name of Stephen Bergman, M.D., Ph.D., a graduate of Harvard (Phi Beta Kappa), a Rhodes scholar at Balliol College, Oxford, and a graduate of Harvard Medical School, who served on the faculty of Harvard for 35 years. The title of his address is \u201cHow to Stay Human in Medicine.\u201d Shem has been described in the press as \u201cEasily the finest and most important writer ever to focus on the lives of doctors and the world of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lancet<\/em> called his book The House of God<\/em>,\u00a0\u201cOne of the two most significant medical novels of the 20th century.\u201d\u00a0 Its sequel, Mount Misery<\/em>, is about training to be a psychiatrist; and Fine<\/em> follows a psychoanalyst.<\/p>\n

His 2008 novel, The Spirit of the Place<\/em>,\u00a0about a primary care doctor\u00a0in a small town, won the 2008 National Best Book Award in General Fiction and Literature\u00a0from\u00a0USA Book News, and the Independent Publishers National Book Award in Literary Fiction in 2009.<\/p>\n

Each year the graduating class presents an Appreciation Award to recognize an individual or organization for significant contributions to the medical school. The class of 2011 will honor Premier Health Partners.<\/p>\n

Premier has been an integral partner with the Boonshoft School of Medicine in providing medical education and medical care for the community. As the largest corporate donor to Wright State University, Premier\u2019s generous support has created the Premier Health Partners & Wright State University Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Geriatrics, which provides expert care to the community\u2019s growing elder population. The medical school\u2019s unique partnership with Premier\u2019s largest hospital, Miami Valley Hospital, has made possible the area\u2019s only Level 1 Trauma Center and the Regional Burn Center, which provide critical care to the region\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Cindy Young, Marketing and Communications, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, (937) 775-4839 or cindy.young@wright.edu<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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