VCOM View Vol 11 No 1

A NOTE from the President and Provost

COLLEGE LEADERSHIP & BOARDS PRESIDENT & PROVOST Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP

One College, Four Campuses. Together, We Can Make a Difference. T he past year has shown us that VCOM’s Mission and the need for physicians and access to healthcare has never been more critical. VCOM has the advantage of being one College with four campuses. We work together to make a difference in the lives of our students and the communities we serve, which has inspired us to innovate with creative new methods to educate our future physicians and advance medical research. Our Mission has attracted more students who want to serve and help bring healthcare access to their communities. 92% of the Classes of 2021-2024 matriculated from VCOM’s targeted states and adjoining states in the Appalachian and Delta region. 46% are from medically underserved communities with a population of less than 30,000, bringing hope to our smaller communities and rural areas. With the commencement of the Class of 2021, VCOM added 474 new physicians to the physician workforce, and many started residencies in our target regions or went to serve our country in the military. This brings the College graduate totals to over 4,100 alumni.

DEAN, VCOM–VIRGINIA Jan M. Willcox, DO, FACOFP DEAN, VCOM–CAROLINAS Matthew Cannon, DO, FACOFP

DEAN, VCOM–AUBURN Heath Parker, DO DEAN, VCOM–LOUISIANA Mark Sanders, DO, JD, MPH, LLM, MS, FACOFP, (Interim Dean) W. Bruce Hanks Roy E. Heaton, DO Bruce Holstein Gov. James C. Justice II, MBA Randal J. Kirk, JD Elizabeth McClanahan, JD Sue Ellen B. Rocovich, DO, PhD Jimmy Sanford Raymond D. Smoot, PhD Daniel A. Wubah, PhD Thomas R. Brock Jr., MBA Alan Fabian Bill Flattery Roy E. Heaton, DO Carol Pratt, DDS Sherry Penland-Ismatov, DO, Alumni Association Representative

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost James F. Wolfe, PhD, President Emeritus Thomas R. Brock Jr., MBA Nick J. Bruno, PhD Jimmy Gibbs Jay Gogue, PhD Jan M. Willcox, DO, FACOFP, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost James F. Wolfe, PhD, President Emeritus

VIRGINIA ADVISORY BOARD

CAROLINAS ADVISORY BOARD

Matthew D. Cannon, DO, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Graham Adams, PhD

Ingo Angermeier William Barnet III Jimmy Gibbs Bruce Holstien Marlon Hunter A. Alan Turfe, MBA

Every day, we work to provide the best medical education and outreach experiences for our students. Our graduates go into the communities they serve,

AUBURN ADVISORY BOARD

Heath Parker, DO, Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost William G. Anderson, DO

Mark Baker Martin J. Bonick Laura Grill L. Keith Granger Bill Hardgrave, PhD Jimmy Sanford

LOUISIANA ADVISORY BOARD

Mark Sanders, DO, Interim Dean John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM, Chair Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, President and Provost Ray Morrison, DO, FACOS, Dean Emeritus

Nick J. Bruno, PhD W. Bruce Hanks P. Gary Jones, MD Scott McDonald Randy Morris Ed Williams Kristin Wolkart

prepared to make a difference. ■

Dr. Tooke-Rawlins with Dr. Ace, see page 19.

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