UT Tyler Holds First Student Clinician Ceremony for School of Medicine Class of 2027

December 16, 2024 | Elizabeth Wingfield

Class of 2027: The UT Tyler School of Medicine students with President Julie V. Philley, MD, and Dean Sue Cox. These students in the Class of 2027 are preparing to work across 58 clinical sites in East Texas. The University of Texas at Tyler Schools of Medicine held its first Student Clinician Ceremony for the class of 2027. This event celebrated students beginning their clinical clerkship phase of medical school in Jan. 2025.

“We are extremely proud of our students as they embark on one of the most rigorous portions of medical school,” said UT Tyler President Julie V. Philley, MD.

During the clinical clerkship phase, students will work directly with faculty and residents to care for patients. They will spend time working across 58 clinical sites in East Texas in each specialty, including psychiatry, neurology, inpatient family medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, surgery and internal medicine.

“In their first two years of medical school, our students have had the opportunity to work with Dr. Andrea Cooley: Dr. Andrea Cooley, School of Medicine director of clinical clerkships, speaks to students at the Student Clinician Ceremony. simulated patients, hyper-realistic robotic manikins and real-life case studies. They’ve gone through rigorous preparation to be able to enter this next phase of medical school,” said Dr. Andrea Cooley, School of Medicine director of clinical clerkships.

President Philley delivered the ceremony’s keynote speech, which was followed by a renewal of the Physician’s Oath, led by Cooley.

“It’s an incredible honor to reach this milestone, and I’m deeply grateful for the unwavering support of the UT Tyler School of Medicine faculty, staff and my family,” said second-year medical student Gaurav Singh of Gregg County. “Working in a hospital setting and engaging directly with patients is an invaluable experience. It’s a powerful reminder of why I chose to pursue medical school in the first place: to serve my community and make a difference in their lives.”

Second-year medical students are listed by county.

ANGELINA – Alishbah Kahn

BELL – Raylee Warren

BOWIE – W. Allen Lambert

BRAZOS – Mya Phelps

CHEROKEE – Justin Crowe

COLLIN – Mariam Abeje, Abbigal Maeng, Mahia Sultana

GREGG – Shrina Patel, Gaurav Singh

HARRIS – Ciara Madigan

HARRISON – Jade Greer, Abigail Sullens

HENDERSON – Sarah Stokke, Bayli Zink

JEFFERSON – Eduardo Cervantez, Priscilla Ramirez, Noor Zabad

KAUFMAN – Michael Dearman, Jamie Walker, Anna Grace Williams

NUECES – Tony Phan

SMITH – Tess Adaire, Amanda Alibrando, Josefina Barrera, LaKecia Beasley, Alyssa Bedell, Emma Bynum, Paola Castrejon, Macy Cox, Josue Gaona, Perri Marshall, Kole Moulton, Kaci Reeves, Luke Schwartz

WOOD – Grace Stephens

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.