Erie, Pa. – An agreement reached among the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), Millcreek Health System and Erie County Council on behalf of Pleasant Ridge Manor has cleared the way for a five-story skilled nursing facility. The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Senior Living Center will be built on land south of

The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and Highmark Inc. today announced a scholarship program aimed at increasing the supply and retention of physicians in rural areas of Pennsylvania. The five-year, $500,000 initiative will be funded by Highmark and support LECOM students in their four years of medical school. “The shortage of physicians in

Dental students and faculty will help ease the shortage of physicians in rural Florida The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) has announced plans to bring much needed dental health care to the Florida Panhandle community of DeFuniak Springs, where the College has purchased a medical arts building that will become home to a

Are you interested in learning more about becoming an osteopathic physician, pharmacist, or dentist?  Then we hope you can join us for one or more Open House events being planned by the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine this summer in Erie, PA and Bradenton, FL. Open houses will include presentations on the LECOM academic

LECOM honored with Champions of Healthcare Award The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine received the Manatee Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 Champions of Healthcare Institution of the Year Award. LECOM was lauded for its dedication to community service and economic impact in Manatee County. Anthony Ferretti, D.O., Assistant Dean of Clinical Education at LECOM’s Bradenton,