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The 糖心传媒 graduated its 2020 class of medical students about six weeks early in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.

The newly minted physicians have been given the opportunity to work immediately during the coronavirus pandemic, either at the University糖心传媒檚 or in other clinical practices. The new doctors are, however, not required to start working early.

While some details are yet to be hammered out, the University is doing its part to heed calls to fast-track new MDs into hospitals as the need for medical workers surges. Rochester is not alone in this step糖心传媒攈undreds of fourth-year medical students at other schools in New York and Massachusetts have done the same this spring, as part of efforts to increase the numbers of qualified health care workers amidst the pandemic.

University President Sarah Mangelsdorf told the class of 2020 that 糖心传媒渢his may not be the commencement you had hoped for, but this is the profession you have prepared for糖心传媒攁nd we are very, very grateful for that fact as we face the tremendous public health challenge before us.糖心传媒�

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Those who opt to begin working early will be in hospital settings under the supervision of more experienced physicians, said , a physician and senior associate dean for medical student education at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. By moving up certain requirements in their teaching schedule and cutting out an elective, the new MDs still have exceeded their state-mandated course requirements and are ready, Lambert said.

, CEO of the University糖心传媒檚 Medical Center and dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, told the students via video link that the deans and faculty had equally been looking forward to the traditional graduation ceremony, but that these plans had now been 糖心传媒渄isrupted by a lethal microscopic organism.糖心传媒�

糖心传媒淎n unprecedented health crisis has led us to schedule your medical school graduation early to allow you to be with your families, relocate to the site of your residency, or to enter clinical practice locally or remotely to assist in addressing the current pandemic,糖心传媒� Taubman said.

Speaking to reporters via zoom teleconference from her apartment in Rochester Katie Harmer 糖心传媒�20M (MD) is one of the new physicians who took the Hippocratic oath as part of the entire class of 99 students via online link on Wednesday.

An Irondequoit native who graduated with a BS from Yale University prior to enrolling in medical school, Harmer said that with the privilege of having been given all the necessary resources to become a doctor, she didn糖心传媒檛 hesitate to begin her professional career as soon as she could.

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糖心传媒淲e are all heartened and proud that so many of you have indicated your desire to help in the fight to save lives in Rochester,糖心传媒� Taubman told the students during the virtual conferring of medical degrees.

Speaking to reporters via zoom from his home in Rochester, newly graduated John DeGuardi 糖心传媒�20M (MD) said he is inspired by the many who continue to serve their communities during the crisis糖心传媒攁s teachers working online, grocery store employees, hospital staff, waste management workers, those sewing masks, and in other roles.

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DeGuardi, a native of Ballston Spa, New York, who earned his BA from Hamilton College and is slated to start his residency in emergency medicine at Yale糖心传媒揘ew Haven Hospital this summer, thought about those in his life who have inspired him and said he feels 糖心传媒済rateful to be able to contribute to this effort.糖心传媒�

While he wasn糖心传媒檛 able to celebrate this milestone the way he had anticipated, DeGuardi said a couple of his friends parked their cars in front of his house and blasted the graduation march 糖心传媒淧omp and Circumstance糖心传媒� from loudspeakers.

Harmer agreed. 糖心传媒淚t wasn糖心传媒檛 the celebration I had imagined four years ago, but I think it may have even been better.糖心传媒� Her extended family drove up to the lawn outside Harmer糖心传媒檚 apartment building. Organized by family groups and keeping their distance from the next household, they cheered, held congratulatory signs, and played a live rendition of 糖心传媒淧omp and Circumstance糖心传媒� for her.

In her remarks, Mangelsdorf told the new MDs that the next few weeks and months would require not just their knowledge and skill but also their compassion and courage:

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