On Friday, August 8, the MD program Class of 2029 gathered at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia for the White Coat Ceremony, a symbolic rite of passage for incoming medical students at Drexel ...

Is White Coat Syndrome Real? White coat syndrome (also called white coat hypertension) happens when your blood pressure goes up at the doctor’s office, but is normal when you’re at home. The name ...

On June 27, new doctors at UB received their long white coats, marking the start of residency training and replacing the short white coats received as students. The early morning ceremony took place ...

Patients are still more likely to trust doctors and consider them more professional when they wear white coats, although women doctors in this attire are often misidentified as nurses or medical ...

In my work as an oncologist at a leading cancer center, I see people diagnosed with cancer who need care both physically and emotionally. That’s why for the last 25 years, I no longer wear the white ...