White Coat Ceremy at Manatee Memorial

Big ups to the 14 new medical school graduates taking part in today’s White Coat Ceremony at Manatee Memorial Hospital where they will begin a three-year residency.
In family medicine, they are: Dr. Krista Dowdell, New Milford, Conn.; Dr. Christina Henry, Chennai, India; Dr. Caroline Jackson, Metairie, La.; Dr. Allison Koss, Indianapolis, Ind.
In internal medicine, they are: Dr. Joel Baker, Key West; Dr. Henry Chen, Hengchun, Taiwan; Dr. Amy Chung, Taipei, Taiwan; Dr. Felix Grudsky, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Traditional rotating interns are: Dr. Lauren Fraser, Atlanta; Dr. Dylan Mercury, Miami; Dr. Steven Moylan, Waukegan, Ill.; Dr. Sabine Nguyen, Vienna, Austria; Dr. Sadiq Mirza, Aurora, Ill.; Dr. Courtney Thomas, Aurora, Ill.

Ex-Southeast Seminole Mike Suchy’s 14th-inning walkoff homer led the Willmar (Minn.) Stingers to a 7-6 win over Rochester in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league with teams in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and Ontario.
Mike plays at Florida Gulf Coast University.

That wily ol’ stork is nearing its final approach for Carlee and Vince Colonneso. Children Joey and Serafina will get a baby brother, Nicholas, in August. The proud grands are Betty and Paul Chambliss and Millie and Jim Colonneso.

Hilary Smith and Alex Kahn say “I do” Saturday aboard a cruise ship in Port of Tampa and then sail off on their Caribbean honeymoon.

Read more Friday in Vin's People on Bradenton.com.