2025 Carver College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony Guide

Date: Friday, May 2, 2025

Graduates of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine and their families and friends celebrated the college’s spring commencement ceremonies in May 2025. Share your photos and memories on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter using the hashtags #IowaMD2025 and #UIGrad2025.

 

Group of students in graduation robes reading the Hippocratic Oath

Friday, May 16: Doctor of Medicine and Master of Medical Education Commencement Ceremony 

6:30 p.m. | Hancher Auditorium  

Denise Jamieson, vice president for medical affairs and Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will preside over the ceremony. Kevin Kregel, executive vice president and provost, and Christopher Cooper, senior associate dean for medical education, will give introductory remarks. Jamieson; Kregel; Cooper; Jane Miller, professor and director of the Master in Medical Education Program; David Asprey, associate dean for medical education and professional programs; Amal Shibli-Rahhal, associate dean of student affairs; and James Choi, assistant dean of student affairs, will confer degrees. Patricia Winokur, executive dean of the Carver College of Medicine, and Bradley Haws, chief executive officer of the clinical enterprise and associate vice president of University of Iowa Health Care, will also participate in the ceremony. Chandler Brown, MD graduate from Marquette, Michigan, will be the student speaker, and Katherine Harris, clinical professor of internal medicine, will provide the commencement address. Akansha Jain, MD-PhD graduate from Fairfax, Virginia, and 2025 recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, will administer the Physician’s Oath. 

Akansha Jain

Portrait of Akansha JainMedical Scientist Training Program (MD-PhD) graduate

Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia 
Undergrad: University of Pennsylvania 
Matched: Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis 

Meet Akansha

Kevin Chen

Portrait of Kevin ChenDoctor of Medicine (MD) graduate

Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa 
Undergrad: University of Iowa 
Matched: Internal medicine, UnityPoint–Iowa Methodist Medical Center 

Meet Kevin

Peyton Seda

Portrait of Peyton SedaDoctor of Medicine (MD) graduate

Hometown: Shueyville, Iowa 
Undergrad: Mount Mercy University 
Matched: General surgery, University of Iowa Health Care

Meet Peyton

Saturday, May 17: Associated Medical Sciences Commencement Ceremony 

2 p.m. | Hancher Auditorium  

Denise Jamieson, vice president for medical affairs and Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will preside over the ceremony. Barbara Wilson, president of the University of Iowa, will confer degrees. The keynote speaker will be Bruno Policeni, Kenneth L. and Gloria D. Krabbenhoft Chair and department executive officer in the Department of Radiology. Laurie Kroymann, director of the Master of Clinical Nutrition Program, will deliver the charge to the graduates. Mia Battani, Master of Clinical Anatomy graduate from Ankeny, Iowa, and Kylee Worrell, Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences graduate from Hinton, Iowa, will be the student speakers. 

This ceremony recognized students graduating with associated medical sciences degrees from the Carver College of Medicine:   

  • Master of Clinical Anatomy   

  • Master of Clinical Nutrition   

  • Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology   

  • Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences 

Ellie Peters

Portrait of Ellie PetersAssociated Medical Sciences graduate

Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa 
Program: Bachelor of Science in Radiation Sciences, radiation therapy track 
 

The Class of 2025 by the numbers

Doctor of Medicine: 161 graduates, including 8 graduates in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)   

  • 83 males, 76 females  

  • 25% will train in Iowa 

  • 18 first-generation graduates   

  • 12 graduating with dual degrees (includes MSTP)   

  • 95 completed a distinction track 

Masters in Medical Education4 graduates    

Master of Clinical Anatomy: 11 graduates, including 1 first-generation graduate 

Master of Clinical Nutrition: 9 graduates, including 4 first-generation graduates

Bachelor of Science: 

  • Nuclear Medicine Technology: 7 graduates   

  • Radiation Sciences: 43 graduates 

  • 12 graduating with distinction 

  • 9 graduating with a minor or second major 

  • 9 first-generation graduates 

Graduate College Doctoral Programs:  

  • Biomedical Sciences PhD: 15 graduates  

  • Genetics: 4 graduates 

  • Immunology: 1 graduate 

  • Neuroscience: 3 graduates  

  • Physical Rehabilitation Science: 1 graduate 

  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: 1 graduate

A student in graduation robes throws her cap