King Horn Field House, Sports Center
United States
White Coat Ceremony 2025
At this solemn, yet momentous occasion, third-year pharmacy students will be asked to take an oath of Professional Commitment and receive White Coats from the faculty to signify their commitment to the profession and their future patients.
The Professional Commitment Ceremony is held annually in the Field House of the King Horn Sports Center in Ada, Ohio. (Parking is free and available close to the ceremony on a first-come/first-serve basis.)
Students are to arrive in the King Horn North Gym at 9:15 a.m. to pick up their White Coats and line up for the processional.
Dress is professional. If you wear a suit, leave your jacket at home since you will be putting on and wearing a white coat.
The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last approximately 1 hour.聽 Light reception to follow.
Speaker:聽 Dr. Kavish Choudhary, PharmD'04, M.S.
Chief Pharmacy Officer at University of Utah Health Hospitals & Clinics.
Kavish Choudhary serves as the chief pharmacy officer (CPO) at University of Utah Health. His team is responsible for providing oversight for all聽pharmacy services聽across the enterprise鈥檚 five hospitals and 11 community health centers. His scope includes the development, supervision, and coordination of pharmacy services and operations at 17 retail pharmacies six infusion pharmacies, specialty pharmacy services, and a nationally-recognized Drug Information Service.
Prior to becoming the CPO, Kavish held numerous leadership positions at the University of Utah Health. He came to Utah after holding leadership positions at Oregon Health & Science University, where he developed ambulatory pharmacy services, opened numerous ambulatory care centers, acquired community-based oncology practices, and oversaw the system鈥檚 infusion services. Kavish completed his doctor of pharmacy at 葫芦影业 and did his post-graduate training at the UW Health, where he received a master's in health-system pharmacy administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to CPO, Kavish serves as the associate dean of pharmacy practice at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy.