The newest group of students at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will receive their white coats during a ceremony that officially recognizes them as student doctors.
The White Coat Ceremony will take place at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 13, in the Conference Center in the WVSOM Student Center. The event will celebrate the Class of 2028’s commitment to a health care career.
The keynote speaker will be Miles Medina, D.O., a WVSOM alumnus who works for Team Health at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Ga., where he is associate medical director of the emergency department and clinical director of the observation unit.
Medina was raised in suburban Chicago and earned a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He became a paramedic prior to enrolling at WVSOM, where he graduated with a D.O. degree in 2017. He completed an emergency medicine residency at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Mich.Medina was active with student leadership during his time at WVSOM, where he received the Student D.O. of the Year award and served as president of his class. In 2017, Medina received the Donald Newell Sr. Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior and the Outstanding Student Award for the South West Region of WVSOM’s Statewide Campus, and delivered the class address at the school’s Commencement Ceremony.
During his residency, Medina received Care Satisfaction Recognition as well as Emergency Medicine Resident Association of Michigan awards for leadership and advocacy. In March 2024, he was recognized as Piedmont Henry Hospital’s Physician of the Year.
The White Coat Ceremony will have limited seating, and tickets will be required for admission. The ceremony will be livestreamed on the WVSOM website at www.wvsom.edu.