ATLANTA, Sept. 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) will induct 70 new MD students, 83% from Georgia, on Friday, September 20. MSM's Annual Convocation and White Coat Ceremony formally mark the start of medical education for a total of 129 students, including 59 in other advanced medical degree programs. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the National Center for Primary Care on the school's campus.

As MSM's largest MD class, students were carefully selected from a group of 4,767 applications - a record number for the medical school. They began orientation on Monday, July 1 and started classes Wednesday, July 3; 61 percent are women, while 39 percent are men.

Other programs began through out the fall with the following number of participants:

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19 in Masters of Public Health .

6 Masters in Science in Clinical Research .

6 Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences .

12 Masters of Science in Biomedical Research .

16 Masters of Science in Medical Sciences

MSM President John E. Maupin Jr., DDS, will address the students, their friends and family members about the importance of this day and the days ahead. During the ceremony, students will take their first oath of professional medical ethics, concluding with the words, "I commit myself to a lifelong journey of learning how to cure, relieve and comfort with humility and compassion."

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