Temple University School of Medicine - Skull Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Profotor Department dp Anatomy and CdCBtofogy Prvpem Department dp Pfiarmacdfogy CARSON SCHNECK, MD, PHD I CONCETTA HARAKAL, PHD ABOVE Dr Sch-neck shares his love of ana(omy with students. RIGHT: Dr Ryan explains the physiology of the heart to a confused student. Graduation is a culttJal tradition considered a rite of passage from one platform in a student’s life to another. It has its origins in antiquity where many tribes were found to be celebrating their passing from youth to adulthood through various customs and observances. Today’s graduation ceremony is a manifestation of this ancient rite of passage in the modern context. An important part of the graduation ceremony is the giving of hoods. The origin of the hoods lies with the Celts and the Druids (the Celtic priests). Among the Celts, only the Druids wore mantles which had hoods attached to them as a mark of their rank in the society. In the schools of the middle ages, the hoods were worn as a head-covering to resist the frigid temperatures. But gradually, it was integrated into the academic system with much symbolic significance. Now, wearing of hoods symbolizes a kind of authority, a high standing, or to identify a new graduate’s institution and the degree. 8 i Temple University School of fhedicine

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When asked what he likes best about his job. Dr. Kaplan is emphatic: He loves ninety-nine percent of what he does. The two components that keep him going through the other one percent of the time are his patients and his students. Dr. Kaplan has some patients current careers and family life here. 1 asked Dr. Kaplan why he thinks he was chosen as our dedicatee. And once he finished quoting the Marx Brothers, what 1 heard was his version of the Golden Rule. He treats students as valued colleagues who have knowledge and can teach as well as learn. He has an open door policy and encourages students to come to his office with problems they are facing. He consistently demonstrates his own kindness. It was the humanity of doctonng that brought Dr. Kaplan to this field, the patients who entrust him with the most intimate details about their bodies and who entrust us with their lives. It may have been the humanity that brought Dr Kaplan this field, but it is the people that have kept him here. And so, upon our graduation from medical school. “...he is true to his philosophy that people work and learn better when they are cared for, respected, and treated as equals, not intimidated.” who have been seeing him for twenty years, patients whose office visits begin and end with hugs. They remember when his kids were born, and he their grandchildren. And like his father before him, occasionally Dr. Kaplan has had to bring his children with him to the hospital or the office, where, with or without cookies, they have brightened the days of his convalescing patients. Students who have worked with him on the wards describe Dr Kaplan as an excellent clinician: kind to his patients and to his students. They say that he is true to his philosophy that people work and learn better when they are cared for, respected, and treated as equals, not intimidated. It is obvious his impact on coworkers just by sitting in his office. Covering his desk are tokens of appreciation sent to him by former students. Outside of work. Dr. Kaplan enjoys time with his family, especially traveling: from snorkeling in the Galapagos to hiking in Alaska, from a dude ranch in British Columbia to the beaches of Belize. The Kaplans are planning to stay in Philly. Both Drs. Kaplan are enjoying their when asked to choose a physician, a professor to whom we would dedicate our yearbook, we chose Dr. Lawrence Kaplan, a gentleman wrho exemplifies the kind of doctor and the kind of teacher we’d all like to be. - Lindsay Weinstein, M.D. 2007 Skull I 7

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Pr jfmvr Department d( Pkjfififogy JAMES RYAN, PHD Profieuor Department ep Pharmacefotpp Amiate Dean per Medicaf Education GERALD STERLING, PHD 1 A hold is always black in color, but tne edges and and lining have individual significance. The hood is lined in silk with the official colors of the institution conferring the degree. The edging of the hood is velvet, with a particular color representative of the field of study to which the degree pertains. The official colors of Temple University are cherry and white while the velvet is dark green signifying medicine. A doctorate degree has a hood length of four feet. The tradition is that a candidate for a degree should not wear the hood of that degree until it is actually conferred. One of the great continuing traditions is the presence of hood-ers - individuals who symbolically bestow the medical degree upon each graduate. The senior class chose four individuals to assist with the placement of hoods. These distinguished members of the faculty were selected not only for their superior quality of teaching, but for their passion, hard work and dedica- ''C 'CCW' tion, the practice of medicine, and student education. Each hooder has committed themselves to challenging the minds of medical students and encouraging future doctors to maintain integrity to the profession It was from these mentors that we were able to obtain the knowledge and learn the skills to become physicians - doctor, teacher and fnend. 2007 Skull I 9