LECOM Institute for Successful Aging First to Earn NICHE Certification
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
LECOM and Millcreek Community Hospital to Develop Center of Excellence for the Care of Older Adults The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Institute for Successful Aging and Millcreek Community Hospital (MCH) have become the first Erie health care organizations recognized for their commitment to improving health care for older adults... Read More »
LECOM Honored for Medication Adherence Programs
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Erie, Pa. and Bradenton, Fla. – A month-long program of patient-education has earned students of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy honors in the nationwide Medication Adherence Challenge. LECOM is one of only two schools to receive recognition two years in a row. LECOM is among eight schools that were recogn... Read More »
LECOM GRADUATES THE CLASS OF 2013
Monday, 6 May 2013
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) held commencement ceremonies on June 2, 2013 in Erie, Pa. for 471 members of the Class of 2013 who will become osteopathic physicians and pharmacists or receive the Master of Science degree. Highlighting the event was the graduation for the inaugural class of 94 osteopathic medical students from LEC... Read More »
LECOM Continues its Mission of Serving the Community
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Erie County (Pa.) government unveiled two projects financed by a $500,000 contribution provided by LECOM. The county used the funds to support two important initiatives, upgrading the Blasco Memorial Library and for the purchase and installation of mobile computers in emergency service vehicles. ... Read More »
LECOM and MCH Lead All Award Winners at POMA Conference
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Richard A. Ortoski, D.O., LECOM Regional Dean; Professor & Chair of Primary Care Education was recently honored with the 2013 Family Physician of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society (POFPS). The award was presented to Dr. Ortoski in recognition of his outstanding service to the osteopathic profession and his ... Read More »
LECOM Introduces the Next Generation of Senior Living
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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 Millcreek Co... Read More »
LECOM and Highmark Inc. Announce Partnership to Increase Physicians in Rural Areas of Pennsylvania
Monday, 29 April 2013
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 phys... Read More »
LECOM Finalizes Building Purchase for Dental Clinic in DeFuniak Springs
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 LECOM School ... Read More »
LECOM Named Institution of the Year by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce
Monday, 22 April 2013
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 Educa... Read More »
LECOM Announces Opening of Dental Group Practices
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Primary Care Dentistry Now Available to the Public Jasmine Shafagh, Timothy Speer, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education Francis Curd, DDS, Daulton Roberts, Stephanie Nguyen and Neha Chakravarti are ready to treat patients at the LECOM School of Dental Medicine group practices. Bradenton, FL– The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine con... Read More »
LECOM Students Learn the Value of Organ Donation
Saturday, 30 March 2013
Turning tragedy into triumph; giving hope to a hopeless situation. It is the message that resonated through the lecture hall as Starla Cassani made an impassioned plea to second-year medical students at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Erie, Pa. and Bradenton, Fla., campuses on the importance of organ donation. “As future phys... Read More »
LECOM President Named Person of Year by Erie Notre Dame Club
Friday, 22 March 2013
The Notre Dame Club of Erie recognized the life-time achievements of LECOM’s president by honoring John M. Ferretti, DO as the club’s 2013 Person of the Year. Notre Dame Alumnus Paul Hakel told the crowd gathered at the Erie Kahkwa club that Dr. Ferretti has provided the unfaltering and unmatched leadership necessary to navigate the Lake Erie C... Read More »
Eastside Medical Center Expansion Complete
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
State-of-the-Art Facility on Erie’s Eastside Medical Associates of Erie (MAE), the Clinical Practices of LECOM, held a press conference and open house on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Eastside Medical Center, 2625 Parade Street, at 10 a.m. This event signified the completion of the renovations to the Eastside Medical Center (ESMC), a projec... Read More »
LECOM School of Dental Medicine Opens in Grand Fashion
Friday, 8 March 2013
Ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens the $52 million facility in Bradenton, FL Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh, Willis A. Smith Construction Company Vice President Warren Simonds, LECOM Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Visnosky, Esq., LECOM School of Dental Medicine Dean Robert Hirsch, DDS and LECOM President and CEO John M. Ferre... Read More »
LECOM School of Pharmacy Students Kick Off Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge
Friday, 22 February 2013
Throughout February, pharmacy and medical students from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine will be reaching out to the Erie community to promote awareness and understanding of medication adherence. They are embarking on the Script Your Future Student Pharmacist Medication Adherence Challenge hoping to repeat their 2012 achievement when they... Read More »
Primary Care Olympics Challenge Students’ Physical Skills
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Annual competition promotes a healthy mind, body, and spirit. LECOM students were caught up in the big competition at the start of February. Not the Super Bowl, but the Primary Care Olympics took them out of the bitter winter cold and into the hot competition at the LECOM Medical Fitness and Wellness Center. Fourteen teams of LECOM Erie studen... Read More »
LECOM student speaks for legislation to fix Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Jimmy Demeo joined AACOM and AOA to support legislation The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) today announced its support of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act, presented today at a panel discussion hosted by the legislation’s sponsors, Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck, DO (R-NV). The re... Read More »
Registration Underway for LECOM’s Human Body Explored Program
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Considering a career in the medical field? Ever thought of becoming a physician, pharmacist or dentist? High school students can get a first-hand look at what it takes to be a medical practitioner though the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Human Body Explored (HBE) program. HBE is a comparative anatomy and physiology course that include... Read More »
LECOM Launches Online Program
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Master's in Health Services Administration degree now offered LECOM's inaugural MHSA class includes back row from left: Pamela Goldman, D.O.; Jillian Heschke; Anthony Ferretti, D.O.; Marcus Babiak, Pharm.D.; Jaime Babiak, Pharm.D.. Front row: Nicole Papanikos; Danielle Hansen, D.O.; James Lin, D.O.; Jessica Puckett, D.O.; Dominick Giovanniello, D... Read More »
Master of Science in Medical Education Applications Now Due
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Are you interested in teaching and learning issues? Would you, your students, or your institution benefit from thorough training in medical education? Would you like to earn a formal credential in medical education to document your specialized training in medical education? Instructional Design Assistant Carrie Kennedy (left) joins Dr. Mark Terr... Read More »
