We look forward to celebrating members of Dell Medical School's Class of 2028 during their White Coat Ceremony. Students will promise to keep patient care at the center of everything they do — in front of family, friends, clinician mentors and community members who will support them through the next four years and beyond. We're grateful to Michael and Susan Dell for gifting a white coat to each Class of 2028 student.
Alejandro Moreno, M.D., MPH, J.D., MACP
2024 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award Recipient
Assistant Dean, Clinical Integration, Department of Medical Education
Director, Developing Outstanding Clinical Skills
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Alejandro Moreno is a practicing physician and attorney. He is Professor of Medicine and the Assistant Dean for Clinical Skills Integration at Dell Medical School. He also directs the four-year longitudinal Developing Outstanding Clinical Skills Course.
Moreno specializes in Internal Medicine and has spent all his career in medical education. He is also an expert in the care of refugees and victims of torture. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and currently serves as the Texas Southern Governor and Vice-Chair of the Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee.
The first White Coat Ceremony occurred in 1993 at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Arnold Gold, a University of Texas at Austin alumnus and Columbia professor of neurology and pediatrics, noted that the existing practice of having students take the Hippocratic oath at the end of their medical training was four years too late. The Gold Foundation instituted the White Coat Ceremony to emphasize humanism in medicine at the very start of medical education.
Please view the video to learn more about Dr. Arnold P. Gold and his inspiration to keep humanism in health care.
