April 20, 2016

School of Medicine Commencement set for May 15

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The commencement ceremony for the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is Sunday, May 15 in Bartow Arena, 617 13th St. South. The doors open at 11:15 a.m.; ceremony begins at 1 p.m.

George D. Lundberg, M.D., alumnus of the School of Medicine and member of its Board of Visitors, will be the featured speaker. Lundberg is president and chair of the Board of Directors of The Lundberg Institute. A consulting professor at Stanford University, editor-at-large at MedPage Today and editor-in-chief of Cancer Commons from Collabrx, Lundberg also has had 27 years combined experience as editor in chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, 10 AMA specialty journals, AMA News, Medscape, The Medscape Journal and e-Medicine from Web MD.

A special military ceremony will begin for invited guests at 10 a.m. for students entering the Armed Forces. Three graduates are participating in the Health Profession Scholarship Program with the Navy. The ceremony will be held at Bartow Arena, inside the Green and Gold Room.