The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler 2019 Commencement
May 9, 2019
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler held their annual commencement ceremony for the Class of 2019 on Friday, May 3, 2019. The ceremony was hosted at the UT Tyler Cowan Center. UT Health Science Center at Tyler experienced its largest class yet with 45 students collectively from the Graduate Medical Education program, the Master of Science in Biotechnology program and the Master of Public Health Program. This year’s occasion was also a significant one, as the University’s first class for the Master of Public Health degree, a program that began in the Spring 2017 semester, participated in the commencement exercises.
Prior to this year’s commencement, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler has graduated 341 students comprehensively in the Master of Science in Biotechnology program, the Graduate Medical Education programs and the Psychology Internship program.
For the ceremony, Moody Chisholm, president and CEO of UT Health East Texas, served as the keynote speaker. He delivered an inspirational address to the graduates, encouraging them to recognize their worth, work hard, build trust, take risks and find joy as they begin their new journey. Following Chisholm’s speech, Dr. Pierre Neuenschwander, Senior Associate Provost, greeted the students on stage.
Class of 2019
Family Medicine
Nathan Borgfeld
Jessica Bracks
Samantha Cooper
Gabriel Dianes
David Larsen
Vincent Oyler
Courtney Pratt
Kelly Roden
Internal Medicine
Yvette Achuo-Egbe
Hycienth Ahaneku
Sreerag Alumparambil Surendran
Nadeen Audisho
Reham Georgei
MaKenzie Hodge
Tom Hu
Ayn Morato
Monica Mutyala
Huyen Nguyen
Andrei Scherer
Olufemi Soyemi
Occupational Medicine
Marco Britton
Paul Gardner Scanlan
Master of Science in Biotechnology
Biodun Adeniyi
Brittnee Cagle
Youngyeon Choo
James Fowler
Bibiana Gonzalez-Ramirez
Regina Moyana
Tanmoy Mukherjee
Master of Public Health
Marco Britton
Edward Caldwell
Eric Campos
Monica Collier
Mezie Eche
Jeanie Gallegly
Carol Killingley
Kelly Leevey
Misty Lewis
Sarah Malone
Francisco Parra
Priya Patel
Miranda Pierce
Paul Scanlan
Rija Soofi
Tionnee Turner