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VCOM President Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award D ixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, received the Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2018 by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) in Austin, Texas. The award honors outstanding individuals who She has maintained high educational standards for VCOM’s students and continues to fulfill the College’s mission to meet the needs of rural and medically under-served populations.

Dr. Tooke-Rawlins received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, and was board certified in emergency and family medicine. President Tooke-Rawlins’ many appointments and awards are testaments to her dedication to the field of medicine and graduate medical education in particular. Having shaped the lives of many students, colleagues,

have demonstrated career-long service to patients, osteopathic family medicine and the ACOFP. Nominations and final selection are made by the Board of Governors. As President and Provost of VCOM, Dr. Tooke-Rawlins has lead the College through tremendous growth, serving as Dean of the first campus and leading the establishment of the Carolinas and Auburn campuses.

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP, receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from ACOFP President Duane G. Koehler, DO, FACOFP.

and patients, President Tooke- Rawlins is an admirable recipient of ACOFP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. ■

Bolin Installed as President of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians 2018 at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, Virginia. During his year as President, Dr. Bolin will also serve on the Academy’s Executive Committee.

The Virginia Academy of Family Physicians is the largest medical specialty society in the Commonwealth with a membership of over 3,100 family physicians, family medicine residents and medical students. The VAFP’s mission is to empower its members to be personal physicians who ensure accessible health care, dedicate themselves to the wellbeing of the citizens of Virginia, and who are guided by the principle that the family physician is the specialist of choice for lifelong care. ■

Dr. Bolin completed his MD and PhD in biochemistry at the University of Illinois and completed a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Since 2002, he has been in private practice in Roanoke, Virginia and a professor of Sports & Family Medicine at VCOM–Virginia.

D elmas J. Bolin, MD, PhD, FAAFP , was installed as the 72nd President of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians during the Academy’s Annual Meeting held July 26-29,

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