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Celebrating the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022

MD/DMD Class of 2022

Together, At Last

2022 grads celebrate success while striving for change in a challenging time. Read the full story here.

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Mukherjee in regalia speaking at podium
"Hope and action, in solidarity with others, will help you cure a sick child, change a local system, and even move the levers of power."

—Joia Mukherjee

MD/DMD Class of 2022
Watch the livestream from May 26, 2022.
You will be instrumental in determining the future trajectory of human health and well-being, and that is both a responsibility and an opportunity.

—George Q. Daley

Keynote and Deans' Speeches

Trouble the Waters

No Singular Hero

Immense Pride, Collective Relief

Never forget that you're treating the patient, but you're healing the person.

—Samuel Stafford Lyon

Student Class Day Speeches

Embracing Uncertainty

Reflections on Purpose

What Is Success?

Commencement at Harvard Yard

HMS and HSDM students celebrate their imminent graduation at Commencement Morning Exercises.

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Profiles of 2022 MD Grads

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Sameen Meshkin. Image: Gretchen Ertl

The Eyes Have It

MD graduate Sameen Meshkin sees residency in ophthalmology as a way to continue serving. Read more about Meshkin's medical school journey and youth empowerment work.

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Jennifer Cloutier. Image: Gretchen Ertl

The Promise of Regeneration

MD/PhD graduate Jennifer Cloutier has a habit of pushing limits. Read about her experience as a champion water-skier and her work as a physician-scientist.

How Consequential Life Grew from a Dying Heart

Everything is Within Reach for MD Grads

Between Army and Medical School, a Stop in Hell

HSDM logo shieldProfiles of 2022 DMD Grads

HSDM's graduates look to make an impact in oral surgery, community health, dentistry and medicine, and more. Read profiles of the dental school graduates here.

I believe everyone should have access to quality healthcare regardless of income. Everything starts with prevention. ... In my career, I want to provide the best quality care for people that need it the most.

—Michael Cevallos, DMD 2022

Commissioning Ceremony

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HST Celebration

Congratulations to the HST Class of 2022

Group of the HST grads in plain clothes on steps on the MIT campus
The Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology held a graduation celebration at MIT on Wed., May 25.

Global Health Leader Named Class Day Speaker

Partners In Health CMO Joia Mukherjee to address Class of 2022

Mukherjee in a print dress wearing a mask holds a stethoscope to the chest of an older man who is wearing a mask while two masked women stand in the background

Together for Match Day

Read about the HMS Class of 2022 gathering to learn where they will do their residencies

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Master's Class of 2022

Up to the Challenge

HMS master's grads urged to build healthier, more equitable world. Read the full story here.

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Graduating master's degree students attend the first in-person graduation ceremony at Harvard Medical School since 2019. Image: Steve Lipofsky

Master's Degree Ceremony

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The world, in many ways, is looking to public health and health care and their communities to lead. Your advocacy, whether within systems' walls or outside of them, on behalf of others and yourselves, is credible and crucial.

—Aletha Maybank

Master's Class of 2022
Watch the livestream from Wed., May 25, 2022.

Master's Student Profile

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Vincent Bain. Image; Gretchen Ertl

An Untapped Resource

Master's graduate Vincent Bain to serve as chaplain bioethicist in the U.S. Army. Read about Bain's educational and military career that has led him to guide soldiers and patients.

AMA Senior Vice President, Chief Health Equity Officer Named Master's Class of 2022 Keynote Speaker

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Aletha Maybank

Aletha Maybank is the chief health equity officer and senior vice president for the American Medical Association, where she focuses on embedding health equity into everything the AMA does and leading its Center for Health Equity.

A pediatrician and preventive medicine/public health physician, Maybank has taught medical and public health students on topics such as health inequities, public health leadership and management, physician advocacy, and community organizing in health.

Read more about Maybank on the AMA site.

PhD Class of 2022

PhD Class of 2022
Watch the livestream from Thurs., May 26, 2022.
"In whatever way you can, help others as you move forward in your lives."

Adam Carte, PhD 2022

PhD Hooding Ceremony

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PhD Student Profiles

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Eduardo Maury. Image: Gretchen Ertl

Exploring the Brain

PhD grad Eduardo Maury is deciphering somatic mutations to better understand neurological disease. Read about the influence his neurosurgeon father had on his career, and the role Maury's mentors played in his growth as a scientist.

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Xavier du Maine

Stepping Stones

Xavier du Maine, PhD ’22, studies the blood-brain barrier and is planning for an administrative career in higher education where he will continue to work for a more inclusive STEM community. Read Stepping Stones here.

Classes of 2020 and 2021

PhD Hooding Ceremony
Watch the livestream from Fri., May 27, 2022.
As we move forward, I encourage us all to keep setting challenging goals, push out of our comfort zones, and use our hard-earned skills to tackle the many and diverse problems that lie ahead of us.

Kayla Davis, PhD 2020

PhD Hooding Ceremony

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Class of 2020 and 2021
Watch the livestream from Sun., May 29, 2022.

Alumni from the Classes of 2020 and 2021 return to campus on May 29, 2022, to celebrate in-person at a special graduation ceremony.

View the 2021 virtual Class Day and Master's Graduation ceremonies and learn more about the graduates.

Relive the 2020 virtual Class Day and Master's Graduation ceremonies and learn more about the graduates.

MD/DMD Graduation Celebration

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Alumni Connections

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MD alumni

Master's alumni

DMD alumni

PhD alumni