VCOM - Virginia 2017 Yearbook

Awards and Honors 2016-2017 Faculty and Staff V COM’s administration, faculty and staff are continually

Appointee, Virginia Governor’s Task Force on Prescription Drug Abuse Board Member, Rural Health Research Center of Virginia AHEC, Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network Board Member, Board of Graduate Medical Education Consortium of Virginia (OMNEE) Chair of the AOA-House of Delegates

Hosted seminar speaker James D. Polk, DO, Chief Health and Medical Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the VCOM Leading Global Health Series

being recognized around the world for being experts in their fields. From appointments to prestigious international boards, to awards for mentoring our own students and everything in between, VCOM employees strive for excellence. VCOM Administration

Reference Committee. July, 2017 ACOFP Annual Meeting; Women’s

Leadership Luncheon presentation entitled: Women in Osteopathic Medical Education. October, 2016 October, 2016. OIA Annual Meeting

Dixie Tooke- Rawlins, DO, FACOFP President Elect, American Osteopathic Foundation

Dean Jan Willcox, DO, was invited to the White House to speak on opioid addiction.

Jan Willcox, DO, FACOFP Dean of the Virginia campus Member, AACOM Board of Deans

Created VCOM Focus initiative

Participated in the VCOM medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic in October 2016 Brian Hill, PhD Accreditation inspector, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation Member, VCOM Library Committee and Committee for International and Appalachian Outreach. Organized and led a three day outreach trip to the Mountain Mission School in Grundy, VA Presented “Utilizing a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Modality to Improve the Course Assessment Process”, annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy in Blacksburg, VA Invited speaker, “Genetics in Primary Care – An Update”, Spring VOMA meeting in Williamsburg, VA Presented “Anatomy of a Multiple Choice Question” and “Physiology of a Multiple Choice Question”, annual meeting of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society in Salt Lake City, UT

Member, American Osteopathic Association’s House of Delegates Member, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Board Member, Research Advisory Council, Auburn University’s Board of Directors Member, ACOFP House of Delegates Family Practice Program Accreditation Inspector, American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) Member, Governor-appointed Southwest Virginia Health Authority

Chair, International Collaborative Committee Member, Annual Conference Planning Committee; Member, Nominating Committee, AACOM Presented at the White House National Symposium “Medicine Responds to Addiction II: Academic Medical Centers as Centers of Excellence in Addiction Medicine” in October 2017 Member, Medical Outreach Committee and Osteopathic Clinical Research Committee, ACOFP Poster judge for research and medical outreach posters, ACOFP Convention in March 2017 Member-at-Large, Bureau of International Osteopathic Medicine, AOA Member, National Faculty in Family Medicine; Member, Portfolio and Expanded Assessments Task Force, NBOME Member, Opioid Curricula Workgroup Steering Committee for the Commonwealth of Virginia Nominee, Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) Board of Directors Created the annual VCOM William G. Anderson, DO Black History Series and hosted Dr. William G. Anderson and Ms. Andrea Mickle as part of the inaugural event in February 2017

Member, Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia’s Council of Presidents Dean Sutphin, Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO and Andrea Mickle, president of Minority Access. President and Board Member, American Osteopathic Foundation President, Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association Team Chair/Inspector, Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation

Gunnar Brolinson, DO 2002 - Present, Head Team Physician, Virginia Tech

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