CONTACT: Ron Hartung
(850) 645-9205; (850) 694-1850; ronald.hartung@med.fsu.edu

Aug. 10, 2016

FSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO HOLD WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Members of the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2020 will receive white coats this week, in a traditional ceremony symbolizing the importance of compassionate care for patients and the scientific proficiency expected of physicians.

The featured speaker is Rachel Bixler, M.D., a 2011 graduate of the FSU College of Medicine. She completed the Family Medicine Residency Program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in 2014 and now practices medicine in her hometown, Port St. Joe, at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf.

The ceremony will be held:

FRIDAY, AUG. 12

6 P.M.

RUBY DIAMOND CONCERT HALL

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

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