Postbac Premed Class Day
Friday, May 16, 2025, 2:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus Location: Low Rotunda
Doors Open: 2 p.m.
Ceremony: 2:30 p.m.
Reception: Immediately following the ceremony
Please note that registration is required for graduates, guests, and faculty.
At Postbac Premed Class Day, Dean Colgrove presents the completing class and each student walks to the stage while their name is read, and receives a GS alumni pin.
There are also remarks and congratulatory addresses from Dean Rosen-Metsch, Dean Colgrove, the keynote speaker, and a student speaker from the completing class. A reception will be held following the ceremony.
Event photos, along with a recording of the ceremony, will be sent out to attendees in the week following the celebration.
Register
Graduating Students
Eligible students are encouraged to register via the Student Success Portal by April 13.
Guests
All registered students will receive an email with a guest registration link. Students may invite up to three guests and each guest must have their own registration with a unique email address. Please complete the registration before the deadline on Friday, May 9 at 12 p.m.
Faculty
Registration Form for Columbia Faculty
Postbac Premed Class Day Speakers
Dr. Jennifer McNeely ’94CC, ’99PBPM
Dr. McNeely is an Associate Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a leader in addiction medicine. A graduate of the Postbac Premed Program and Columbia College where she earned a degree in economics, Dr. McNeely went on to complete medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), and research fellowship at NYU. She is a clinician-investigator whose research focuses on utilizing health care contacts to identify and provide effective interventions to address substance use.
She holds leadership roles including as multiple PI of the New York Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, and Co-Director of the Section on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use in the Department of Population Health at NYU. Dr. McNeely is a practicing general internist specializing in addiction medicine, and continues to learn from her patients and colleagues at Bellevue Hospital.
Stephen J. Fox ’25PBPM
Stephen J. Fox began his journey to medicine on the West Coast. Born and raised in Southern California, his vision of improving humanity through technology led him to earn a computer science degree at Neumont University in Salt Lake City, Utah. He quickly joined the tech industry and expanded his contributions by transitioning to work in applied artificial intelligence. A research fellowship brought him to New York City, where he joined the health-tech startup Eight Sleep. While prototyping near-medical devices, he realized medicine was his true calling.
Joining Columbia in Spring 2024, he has contributed to the Pre-Health Networking community, volunteered in New York Presbyterian's Emergency Department, interned in microsurgery and conducted chemistry education research—all in preparation for a career of innovation and compassion. Among his cohort, he is best known for sparking collaboration, advocating for quieter students by calling out “question!” during lectures, and for sharing his ideas over a good meal. In medical school, he hopes to narrow down his broad specialty interests to best align with his goals of service and outreach.