--- title: Summer 2024 --- [![CCFMag_logo_Summer2024_Mb](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/2024%20Summer/CCFMag_logo_Summer2024_Mb.png?noresize&width=224&height=38&name=CCFMag_logo_Summer2024_Mb.png) ![CCFMag_logo_2024SpringDk_1100x130](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/2024%20Summer/CCFMag_logo_2024SpringDk_1100x130.png?noresize&width=552&height=65&name=CCFMag_logo_2024SpringDk_1100x130.png)](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/2024-summer) [Donate](https://give.ccf.org/CCMAG) # [Lessons Learned](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/2024-summer/lessons-learned?hsLang=en) # [Lessons Learned](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/2024-summer/lessons-learned?hsLang=en) Looking Back – and Ahead – with Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine’s First Class ## In this Issue ### [![24Summer_CoverStory-Viny-Small-Thumbnail_242x214](https://magazine.clevelandclinic.org/hs-fs/hubfs/CC%20Magazine/2024%20Summer/24Summer_CoverStory-Viny-Small-Thumbnail_242x214.jpg?width=242&height=214&name=24Summer_CoverStory-Viny-Small-Thumbnail_242x214.jpg) COVER STORY Dr. Aaron D. 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