VCOM 2023 Annual Report

students to use data analytics to solve major problems facing the healthcare industry. VCOM also developed several significant educational partnerships with colleges that are now owned by the Harvey W. Peters Research Foundation (HWPRF), including the Appalachian College of Pharmacy (ACP), which offers a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in Southwest Virginia, where both institutions share interprofessional educational experiences for students. In July 2018, VCOM began a collaboration with Bluefield University (BU) to offer a Master of Arts in Biomedical Sciences (MABS) program with the purpose of preparing rural students to meet the academic challenges of medical school. VCOM has also recently partnered with BU to offer a

Master of Health Science in Anesthesia on the VCOM-Auburn campus, with plans to develop a similar program for its South Carolina campus in the future. VCOM’s future is bright. With more than 5,000 alumni physicians practicing in our nation, VCOM has become the largest medical school in the Southeastern United States and continues its focus on assuring those patients in most need will have access to care. As VCOM’s milestone of 20 years of educating future physicians has been realized, the College looks forward to the future to see what it will achieve in the next 20 years.

2022 VCOM partners with SOUTHCOM to provide opportunities for military scholarship medical students and VCOM faculty to serve on the USNS Comfort hospital ship, providing humanitarian outreach in Latin America and Caribbean regions.

2023 VCOM graduates 471 new

The 20th class of students, the Class of 2026, enters the halls of VCOM’s first campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, for the 2022-2023 academic year, marking the College’s milestone of 20 years of educating future physicians.

Located at VCOM-Auburn, the Master of Health Science in Anesthesia (MHSA) Program is a joint collaboration between VCOM and Bluefield University. Graduates are eligible to take the certification exam administered by the National Commission on Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants (NCCAA).

osteopathic physicians across three campuses, for a total of over 5,000 alumni fulfilling the VCOM mission by going out into their communities to serve the areas of most need. Ron Januchowski, DO, becomes the third campus dean at VCOM-Virginia.

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