WCM-Q Graduation 2021

Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has graduated 41 new doctors, bringing the total number of physicians produced by the college since it was established in 2001 to 463.

The graduation ceremony was honored to have as its keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, and Chief Medical Advisor for COVID-19 to President Joe Biden.

This year’s cohort received their MD degrees in a virtual graduation ceremony held online in accordance with physical distancing protocols in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Watched by family and friends logging in from all over the world, the students of the Class of 2021 recited the Hippocratic Oath and were presented with their degrees by Dr. Javaid Sheikh, Dean of WCM-Q. The graduation ceremony also heard from Dr. Augustine Choi, Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.