LECOM Wellness Center accredited as Certified Medical Fitness Facility
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Officials from the LECOM Medical Fitness & Wellness Center today announced that it has been approved as a Certified Medical Fitness Facility by the Medical Fitness Association (MFA). As a result, the LECOM Medical Fitness & Wellness Center is now the first and only facility in Pennsylvania to be certified through MFA, the country’s leading org... Read More »
Student Chosen As Winner of Ripple Effect Contest, Will Make Humanitarian Service Trip.
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Osteopathic medical student will embrace LECOM's mission of service in Haiti this summer Matthew Schilling, a first-year medical student at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, will embrace LECOM’s mission of serving others when he makes a paid humanitarian service trip to Haiti. Schilling was announced as one of two winners of the 2... Read More »
Submit News For the LECOM Connection
Sunday, 22 February 2015
LECOM is proud of the accomplishments of the College's employees, students and alumni. Members of the LECOM Community are welcome to submit news items for publication in the LECOM Connection. Please include your name, LECOM affiliation (faculty, student, etc.), phone number, and a detailed description of your news item. ... Read More »
News for Healthier Lives
RAVI CHEKKA, MD, DISCUSSES SYMPTOMS OF MUMPS AND MINIMIZING RISK OF CONTRACTION Mumps: Minimizing Your Risk Factor Mumps are making a comeback this season. Are you prepared? In light of recent reports of mumps outbreaks on college campuses, it’s imperative to learn the facts about this highly infectious virus, which causes painfully inflamed glands... Read More »
LECOM Provides Easier Access to News Items
College Web Site to Include Really Simple Syndication Feed RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology has returned to LECOM. News organizations covering LECOM can receive the latest news about the College via this RSS feed. The public also can subscribe using their Web browser or RSS feed reader. The RSS icon (which carries the feed), as well as a ... Read More »
Students to Focus on Patient Health, Education Through Script Your Future
Students to Focus on Patient Health, Education Through Script Your Future Students hosting events focused on importance of medication adherence. Three in four people struggle to take their medications as prescribed. Though the reasons for non-adherence vary, the health consequences can be serious. Students from the Lake Erie College of Osteop... Read More »
First-year Students Receive White Coats
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
141 pharmacy and 196 medical students honored at ceremony LECOM student-pharmacists recite the Pharmacy Pledge of Professionalism at the White Coat ceremonies for the Class of 2018. Medical and pharmacy students at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Bradenton, Fla., campus marked the transition from classroom stu... Read More »
Class of 2015 Erie Receives Their First Stethoscopes
Sunday, 25 January 2015
The medical class of 2015 experienced a right of passage on Monday, January 23, 2012 as each student received their first stethoscopes. President of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association, Frank Tursi, D.O, was on hand to present these first year medical students with their stethoscopes and evoke some words of wisdom as they continue their med... Read More »
Middle school students learn about health professions during LECOM visit.
Friday, 23 January 2015
LECOM opens its doors to share wonders of medicine and pharmacy For more than 30 students from Fairview Middle School, this was anything but a typical Wednesday. During a visit to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), the students used human bone models to learn about the structure and function of the upper and lower extremities and too... Read More »
Student Pharmacists Inducted Into Academic Honor Society
Friday, 2 January 2015
Rho Chi inductions are source of pride for LECOM School of Pharmacy and for students from Classes of 2015 and 2016 Twenty-nine students from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy were recognized as future leaders of the profession when they were inducted into the Rho Chi Society, the national academic honor society ... Read More »
