On May 8, dozens of dignitaries from Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in Ithaca, and academic institutions throughout the Middle East will join 15 future doctors and their families at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for the institution's inaugural commencement exercises. To celebrate this historic event, Weill Cornell Medicine will feature extensive coverage of the Qatar graduation in its summer 2008 issue. In the meantime, the Class of 2008 poses for a photo before donning their Cornell red caps and gowns to receive their M.D. degrees. Cornell University is the first American institution to offer a M.D. degree abroad, and students in the Class of 2008 are the inaugural awardees. For more on the commencement festivities, revisit med.cornell.edu/qatar-graduation in the next few days.
May 5, 2008
Standing, from left: Vildana Omerovic, Jehan Al Rayahi, Kunali Dalal, Amila Husic, Maryam Shafaee, Ayobami Omosola, Sharon King; middle row: Osama Alsaied, Subhi Al Aref, Ibrahim Sultan; bottom row: Dino Terzic, Ali Farooki, Khaled Al Khelafi
Not pictured: Mashael Al Khulaifi, Aisha Yousuf, Maryam Biary