VCOM - Virginia 2016 Yearbook

2015-2016 YEARBOOK

Jan Willcox, DO, FACOFP Dean for the Virginia Campus O ver the course of the 2015-16 academic year, VCOM–Virginia has striven to positively influence the medically underserved populations of southwest Virginia and regions around the globe. Our students joined together to grow not only as future physicians, but as community members who understand how the care they provide can impact someone for a lifetime. Through holding national leadership roles with professional associations, hosting local health clinics and participating in student organization events, our students have showcased what it means to be future, community- focused physicians. VCOM–Virginia students have accomplished wonderful things this past year. Many have participated in research projects with faculty members that have gone on to impact various areas of medicine. Others have worked to advocate public health issues locally and abroad. Students traveled with VCOM–Virginia representatives to speak to government officials during DO Day on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of osteopathic medicine in today’s society. All of these accomplishments by our students played a vital role in the 2015-2016 academic year. I am proud our students have upheld the mission of the College and honored to say their accomplishments reflect what VCOM–Virginia hopes to show those we serve.

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