SCRANTON — Dimitra Landis of Fredonia received a doctor of medicine (MD) degree at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s (GCSOM) commencement ceremony May 6.

Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., Geisinger Commonwealth’s president and dean, welcomed guests and graduates. In his remarks, Dr. Scheinman warned the graduates that in the coming decades both the technology and the delivery of healthcare will change radically, challenging the way things are done currently and dramatically strengthening our armamentarium. He added, however, that, “with these changes, what will remain constant will be the centrality of the relationship between the patient and physician. In fact, the more technology advances the more central this relationship will become.”

Greetings were offered on behalf of the school’s board of directors by board chair, Robert Dietz, and also by John Bravman, Ph.D., president of Bucknell University and chair of the Geisinger Health Foundation board.

William F. Iobst, M.D., vice president for academic and clinical affairs and vice dean, together with Dr. Scheinman, presented the commencement speaker, David Nash, M.D., with an honorary doctor of medical arts degree. Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his workin public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development and quality-of-care improvement. He is founding dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health and serves on Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine’s board.

Landis will now begin a residency in Medicine-Preliminary at Albert Einstein Med Ctr-PARadiology-Diagnostic.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) is a member of the Geisinger family. Geisinger Commonwealth offers a community-based model of medical education with campuses in Danville, Doylestown, Scranton, Sayre and Wilkes-Barre. Geisinger Commonwealth offers Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) degrees. The college’s innovative curriculum, focused on caring for people in the context of their lives and their community, attracts the next generation of physicians and scientists from within its 17-county region in northeastern and north central Pennsylvania, as well as from across the state and the nation. Geisinger Commonwealth is committed to non-discrimination in all employment and educational opportunities. Visit www.geisinger.edu/gcsom.