This Sentimental Graduation Gift is Dr. Melanie Bernitz’s Favorite Thing in Her Office

As the senior vice president for Columbia Health, Dr. Melanie Bernitz has a ton of conversations in her office, both big and small, about ensuring the health and wellbeing of Columbia students. But without a doubt, there’s one item in that office space that captures any visitor’s eye: a diorama of a mid-century surgery operating room hanging on her wall.
It has a sentimental backstory: the display box was a medical school graduation present from her parents.
“It always reminds me of my medical school experience and this amazing gift my parents gave me,” Dr. Bernitz said.
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