VCOM View Vol 10 No 1

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Kowalski Elected to the AOA Board of Trustees

T imothy J. Kowalski, Public Affairs for the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and Founding Dean of the VCOM-Carolinas Campus, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees for the American DO, FACN, Vice Provost for Professional and

serve VCOM and our osteopathic profession in this way,” said Kowalski.

At the national level, Kowalski is past president of the American Association of Osteopathic Examiners and the American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists. Prior to joining the Board of Trustees, he served the AOA in numerous capacities, including Vice Chair of the Bureau of State Government Affairs. In addition, he served as a member of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine’s Executive Committee of the Board of Deans. Kowalski earned his osteopathic medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his transitional rotating internship, psychiatry residency and child psychiatry fellowship at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Osteopathic Association (AOA) during its 100 th Annual House of Delegates on July 18. An AOA board-certified psychiatrist and child psychiatrist, Dr. Kowalski served as the Second Vice President for the American Osteopathic Association from 2019-2020. “I am grateful for the confidence and tremendous support afforded me by President and Provost Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO in accepting the opportunity to

Louisiana Dean Morrison Serves as Speaker of the AOA House of Delegates “ Ladies and gentlemen of the House of Delegates, the chair declares the 100th annual meeting of the House of Delegates to be in session,” announced American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Speaker

a significant achievement that was constructed by many helpful hands, including the senior leadership staff of the AOA,” Morrison added. Morrison is the founding dean of the Edward Via College

of the House, Ray Morrison, DO , as he banged the ceremonial gavel. Morrison was re-elected in 2020 for his seventh one-year term as Speaker of the House. Special guest speaker, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic response during the July 18 meeting.

of Osteopathic Medicine’s Louisiana campus, one of 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States, and has been a member of the AOA since 1986. He has served as Speaker of the House since 2014, and the vice speaker since 2010. The AOA serves as the accrediting agency for osteopathic medical schools and promotes public health, research and the furtherance of osteopathic

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medicine. The agency is a key advocate for the more 150,000 osteopathic physicians and medical students across the country.

“This was a historical event in the lifeline of the AOA, however, what made it even more historic is that this was done completely virtual,” said Morrison “This was

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