MEDIA ADVISORY

CONTACT: Doug Carlson
(850) 645-1255; doug.carlson@med.fsu.edu

Aug. 19, 2014

FSU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TO HOLD WHITE COAT CEREMONY

Members of the Florida State University College of Medicine Class of 2018 will receive white coats during a traditional ceremony symbolizing the importance of compassionate care for patients and the scientific proficiency expected of physicians.

The featured speaker is Dr. Abby Hunter Peters, a 2011 graduate of the FSU College of Medicine. Peters recently completed the pediatrics residency program at Wake Forest University and is starting work this month as a primary care physician with Tallahassee Pediatrics.

The ceremony will be held:

FRIDAY, AUG. 22

6 P.M.

RUBY DIAMOND CONCERT HALL

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

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