HUNTINGTON â Nearly 80 students received their degrees Friday during the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicineâs 41st annual graduation and investiture ceremony at Mountain Health Arena in Huntington.
The ceremony included the awarding of 74 Doctor of Medicine degrees as well as four Doctor of Philosophy degrees in biomedical research, the schoolâs first combined Doctor of Medicine-Doctor of Philosophy degree, and recognition of the School of Medicine honorary alumnus.
Every member of the class matched to residency training programs.
C. Douglas Phillips, M.D., a 1984 alumnus and professor of radiology and director of head and neck imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine, delivered the keynote address to the Class of 2021. Additional comments were given by class President David Bartlett.