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OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy 2018 White Coat Ceremony

Interim Dean Dr. Mark Leid welcoming the Class of 2022
at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony

OSU/OHSU College of Pharmacy
2018 White Coat Ceremony

On September 28, 2018 the College of Pharmacy welcomed the Class of 2022 into the OSU/OHSU Pharm.D. program at the 2018 White Coat Ceremony. Students where joined by family who witnessed their student take the Pharmacist’s Pledge of Professionalism. Students where welcomed to the college and to the profession by College of Pharmacy faculty who also presented them with their first white coat.

Thank you to faculty members Dr. Gary DeLander, Dr. Arup Indra, Dr. Maude David, Dr. Lorinda Anderson, Dr. Theresa Filtz, Dr. Kerry McPhail, Dr. BJ Philmus, and Dr. Gregory Zumach.

Steve Certo, Director of Pharmacy for Albertsons-Safeway Pharmacy, spoke to the students about “knowing the impact you can make” by sharing stories from his career and how the profession helped him touch the lives of his patients. Dr. Zach McCall (’06), recipient of the 2016 College of Pharmacy Outstanding Young Alumni Award, also addressed the students and provided helpful insight and advice as to how professional appearance and behavior serves as a means of expanding a patient’s trust in their providers.

Thank you again to Albertsons-Safeway Pharmacy for continued sponsorship of this event!

Thank you to our event sponsor Albertsons-Safeway Pharmacy. Interim Dean Dr. Mark Leid (’89) with company representatives Steve Certo, and Annie Stout with Alumni Director Paige Clark (’85), (not pictured Lincoln Alexander (’15))

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