Local Medical Students Receive White Coats

Local Medical Students Receive White Coats

OLD WESTBURY, NY (09/28/2022)– New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) welcomed its newest medical students during ceremonies where members of the Class of 2026 received their first white coats. Local medical students coated include:

Zhuo Qian from Patterson

Sabina Zarod from Poughquag

The white coat ceremony is a medical school rite of passage that marks the official start of a student’s medical education. Learn more.

About New York Institute of Technology

New York Institute of Technology’s six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institute of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide. The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 112,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future. For more information, visit nyit.edu.

Author: Harlem Valley News