VCOM 2020 Annual Report

VCOM Alumni Teaching on International Trips 2019-2020

27 M any VCOM alumni continue to support the College’s outreach efforts. After completing residency training and beginning their careers as physicians, they come back to support VCOM’s Mission, as well as train the next generation of medical students with global health in mind. Several VCOM graduates have returned to the College as faculty to share their knowledge with current students. Several of these alumni faculty travel as preceptors in the international clinical environment. VCOM’s alumni faculty, alumni and preceptors act as mentors to help prepare future VCOM physicians to develop the skills necessary for serving others. By assisting on international outreach trips, these alumni help power the VCOM Mission as the College’s graduates take on the responsibility of teaching the next generation of medical students and help promote global health. Alumni Preceptors

Santa Rosa, Honduras, July 6-13, 2019 Kara Greenfield, DO, ‘13 Nichole Phillips, DO, ‘13 Dominican Republic, July 14-21, 2019 Lanchi Duong, DO, ‘17 Jason Federline, DO, ‘13 Madeline Perry, DO, ‘17 Nathan VanderVinne, DO, ‘17

El Salvador, Sept. 28-Oct. 5, 2019 Jonah Flowers, DO, ‘08

Barrett McLaughlin, DO, ‘12 Johnny Stackhouse, DO, ‘08 Jeremy White, DO, ‘07

Santa Rosa, Honduras, Oct. 5-12, 2019 Kristin Geers Childers, DO, ‘07

Macy Latter, DO, ‘07 Angelica Perry, DO ‘09

Dominican Republic, Oct. 5-12, 2019 Sara Kepple, DO, ‘17

El Salvador, Dec. 27, 2019-Jan. 3, 2020 Sofia Abraham-Hardee, DO, ‘07 Michael Brown, DO, ‘15 Abraham Hardee III, DO, ‘07 Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 11-18, 2020 Chandra Jennings, DO, ‘17 Michelle Keating, DO, ‘13 Ashley Burris Ornoff, DO, ‘14 Amanda Vester, DO, ‘17 Dominican Republic, Jan. 4-11, 2020 Tamra Strine, DO, ‘12 Olutayo Sogunro, DO, ‘12 Jeremy White, DO, ‘07 recommendations, VCOM canceled International trips after March 13 and brought all students on rotations back home. The following alumni had volunteered as faculty preceptors for these trips, so VCOM thanks them for their intent to participate. Santa Rosa, Honduras, Mar. 28-Apr. 4, 2020 Natasha Powell, DO, ‘11 Olutayo Sogunro, DO, ‘12 Johnny Stackhouse, DO, ‘08 Tamra Strine, DO, ‘12 COVID-19 Trip Cancellations Due to the CDC’s safety concerns and

Being able to work with VCOM students and precept during the outreach trips is an honor and very enjoyable. Together, we get to exemplify altruism in medicine and live out the

I make a point to remind the students that… No matter how long and daunting this path may seem, what you do and what you will continue to do really matters.”

Osteopathic and VCOM mission.”

— Olutayo Sogunro, DO General Surgeon, Bridgeport, CT

— Barrett McLaughlin, DO Emergency Medicine, Lynchburg, VA

El Salvador, Apr. 4-11, 2020 Preston Kick, DO, ‘15

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Apr. 5-12, 2020 Brandon Hammond, DO, ‘17 Eileen O’Connor, DO, ‘18

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