VCOM View Vol 9-1

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EDITOR AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR Cindy Shepard Rawlins, Vice President for Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications CONTRIBUTORS Scott Godwin Lily Knights Kylie Rudder Thim Corvin Eryn Perry Lindsey Grooms GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Elijah Bailey Jenna Marquardt James Nichols PRESIDENT & PROVOST Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP DEAN, VCOM–VIRGINIA Jan Wilcox, DO, FACOFP DEAN, VCOM–CAROLINAS Timothy J. Kowalski, DO, FACN DEAN, VCOM–AUBURN Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO, FACOFP MISSION The mission of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is to prepare globally- minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health. VCOM View magazine is a bi-annual publication produced by the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine to keep its faculty, staff, friends and supporters informed of the most recent news, events and changes at the College. For a copy of our Outcomes Reports, please see www.vcom.edu/outcomes. ©2018 Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine. All rights reserved. VCOM is certified by the State Council of Higher Education to operate in Virginia. 4 view.vcom.edu

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ON THE COVER: First-year student, Marie Belmonte, listens to the heart of a patient at a community health fair held at Franklin Heights Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia on November 18, 2017. ABOVE: Kelsey Hodges, VCOM-Virginia Class of 2020 and Rocky Mount native, and Brian Dickens, DO, VCOM faculty member, helped organize the event to provide basic medical screenings and care for the community.