VCOM View Magazine Vol. 12 | No. 1

A Note from the President and Provost

COLLEGE LEADERSHIP AND BOARDS

Supporting Our Communities

PRESIDENT & PROVOST Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP CAMPUS DEANS

AUBURN Heath Parker, DO LOUISIANA Mark Sanders, DO, JD, MPH, LLM, MS, FACOFP John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Thomas R. Brock Jr., MBA Nick J. Bruno, PhD Jimmy Gibbs W. Bruce Hanks Roy E. Heaton, DO Heath Parker, DO, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Mark Baker Martin J. Bonick Matthew D. Cannon, DO, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Graham Adams, PhD Mark Sanders, DO, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Ron Berry Nick J. Bruno, PhD Jan M. Willcox, DO, FACOFP, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Thomas R. Brock Jr., MBA Ingo Angermeier William Barnet III

CAROLINAS Matthew Cannon, DO, FACOFP VIRGINIA Jan M. Willcox, DO, FACOFP-dist.

H ere at VCOM, we’re incredibly proud of the work we do to support the many communities we serve. One of our newest efforts is the partnership we’ve begun with the United States Southern Command—better known as SOUTHCOM. Last year, we signed a memorandum of understanding that gives our

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bruce Holstein Gov. James C. Justice II, MBA Randal J. Kirk, JD Elizabeth McClanahan, JD Christopher Roberts, PhD Sue Ellen B. Rocovich, DO, PhD Jimmy Sanford Raymond D. Smoot, PhD Daniel A. Wubah, PhD

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, ACOFP

students the chance to travel aboard the USNS Comfort to provide vital medical care and have experiences that will make them better physicians. Our partnership with SOUTHCOM goes hand in hand with both our longstanding history of providing exemplary physicians to the nation’s military and our commitment to giving our students opportunities for international outreach. You can read more about our new partnership in this issue of the VCOM View. Also in this issue, you’ll read about the many ways our alumni are giving back by helping to educate VCOM students at core rotation sites and by helping us recruit new students. In addition to the support we get from alumni, donors are also stepping up. You’ll meet Garnett Smith and two students he is supporting with his gift of scholarships. You’ll also read about the ways in which our faculty are using innovative hands-on experiences to train future physicians. Plus, you’ll meet several of our amazing students and Nicole Fremarek, DO, who was recently recognized by the American Association of Osteopathy as their Resident Physician of the Year. We’re doing amazing things to advance our mission to provide exemplary physicians to underserved communities. Thank you for your support of that mission and your partnership as we make a difference to community health across the globe.

AUBURN ADVISORY BOARD

L. Keith Granger Laura Grill Bill Hardgrave, PhD Jimmy Sanford David Thrasher, MD

CAROLINAS ADVISORY BOARD

Jimmy Gibbs Jason Hill, DO, Alumni Association Representative Bruce Holstien Marlon Hunter Hugh C. Tappan, MHA, MBA A. Alan Turfe, MBA

LOUISIANA ADVISORY BOARD

W. Bruce Hanks P. Gary Jones, MD Scott McDonald Ray Morrison, DO, FACOS Randy Morris Ed Williams Kristin Wolkart

VIRGINIA ADVISORY BOARD

Alan Fabian Bill Flattery Roy E. Heaton, DO

David Olive, PhD Carol Pratt, DDS Sherry Penland-Ismatov, DO, Alumni Association Representative

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