On July 31st, 2024, welcomed eight new Pathologists’ Assistants with a White Coat Ceremony in the Duke South Amphitheater at 7 p.m. Johnston-West Endowed Department Chair of Pathology Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD, Program Director Michelle Johnson, MHS, PA (ASCP)CM, and Pathology Gross Room and Morgue Manager at NYU Langone Health-Tisch Hospital Charles “Charlie” Fernandez-Perez, MHS, PA (ASCP)CM, spoke at the event.
Congratulations to our incoming class:
- Olivia Bell
- Cadey Cousins
- Alexandra “Alex” Helms
- Melissa Prescott
- Madyson “Mady” Riegel
- Erin Robinson
- Kyle Steele
- Ke Yu
The Pathologists’ Assistant profession was created at Duke, with the first class of students admitted to the two-year program in 1969.
Last year, Duke University School of Medicine’s multimedia producer Jim Rogalski captured the excitement of the ceremony in a video, and featured it on their website’s Newsroom as part of a story titled “School of Medicine Welcomes 2023 Incoming Classes.” Watch the two-minute video.