On Saturday 29 November, the Faculty of Medicine celebrated its 171 new Master's degree holders – 142 in human medicine and 29 in dental medicine.
During a joyful and warm ceremony, the new physicians and dentists celebrated this moment with their loved ones, to the applause of a large audience gathered in the immense hall of UNI Mail, decked out in its finest attire for this memorable occasion.
Representatives of the academic and cantonal institutions also offered their congratulations to the graduates:
- Ms Anne Hiltpold, State Councillor responsible for Public Education, Training and Youth,
- Ms Marie-Laure Kaiser, Director of the Geneva School of Health
- Mr Robert Mardini, Director General of Geneva University Hospitals
- Prof. Edouard Gentaz, Vice-Rector for Living Together - UNIGE
- Prof. Antoine Geissbühler, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
- Prof. Mathieu Nendaz, Vice-Dean for Undergraduate Education and Professional Identity
As well as the class mentors and academic advisors
- Prof. Marie Besson, Academic Advisor for the master’s degrees in human medicine
- Dr Matteo Coen, Class Mentor in Human Medicine
- Dr Tommaso Rocca, Academic Advisor for Dental Medicine
- Dr Philippe Rieder, Class Mentor for Dental Medicine
"You represent a new generation of physicians and dentists, a generation often characterised by its innovative spirit, its willingness to question established norms, its ability to embrace change and navigate an increasingly complex and connected world”, stressed Antoine Geissbuhler.” You will need these to build a sustainable healthcare system that can face today's many societal and global challenges, a system that integrates the digital tools you were born with and technological advances, including artificial intelligence, but which must, above all, restore humanity to medical practice and cultivate what should be the essence of our profession."
