LECOM Health Breaks Ground on New Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit
Saturday, 25 March 2023
Two-story addition will add 34,000 square feet to Millcreek Community Hospital ERIE, Pa. (March 23, 2023) – LECOM Health officials announced the groundbreaking of a 34,000 square-foot addition to the Millcreek Community Hospital that will create a new emergency department and intensive care unit. The announcement was made today during a ceremony at... Read More »
LECOM Pharmacy Students Plan Series of Events to Educate the Community on Prescription Drug Adherence
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
“Script Your Future Campaign” includes free educational events, Drug Take Back Day scheduled for March 18 ERIE, Pa. (March 7, 2023) – Students from the LECOM School of Pharmacy are hosting a campaign throughout March to raise awareness about the importance of taking medications as directed to properly manage health problems. The “Script Yo... Read More »
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Ranked a Top School for Online Master’s in Public Health for 2023
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
LECOM has been ranked as one of the nation’s best colleges for online master’s programs in public health. Just six percent of regionally accredited postsecondary institutions earned a ranking position. RENO, Nev. (PRWEB) February 21, 2023 – Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Health Services Administration has been recognized as... Read More »
Legacy of Learning Reflected in Updated LECOM Shield
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
30th Anniversary logos also unveiled A newly designed shield logo has been developed to include LECOM’s most recent undertakings, along with the design of two versions of 30th Anniversary logos. A four-quadrant shield is displayed above the founding date of 1992. Atop the emblem, sits the renowned Lake Erie sunset adorned with nine emanating r... Read More »
LECOM Announces Plans to Open a New Campus at Jacksonville University
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
LECOM to seek national accreditation and plans to break ground on new facility in 2024 Inaugural class of medical students to begin coursework in 2026 Jacksonville, Fla. – November 30, 2022 – The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) announced today a new partnership with Jacksonville University to establish a four-year medical school i... Read More »
LECOM Opens New School of Podiatric Medicine
Thursday, 17 November 2022
New school is the 11th podiatric medical school in the U.S. First class will begin in 2023 ERIE, Pa. (November 4, 2022) — The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) announced today it will open a new School of Podiatric Medicine (SPM). The LECOM-SPM Erie (PA) received approval from the accreditation agency, the Council on Podiatric Medi... Read More »
LECOM Leads The Way With Primary Care Graduates
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
LECOM produces more primary care physicians than any other U.S. medical school, according to new data released today by U.S. News & World Report. The standings, part of U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of medical schools, are based upon the percentage of graduates who entered the primary care field between 2019 and 2021. According ... Read More »
LECOM Launching New Master of Science in Medical Cannabinoid Therapeutics (M.S. MCT) Program
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Timothy Novak, D.B.A., M.S.A., FACHT, dean of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Health Services Administration (SHSA), announced today licensing approval by the Florida Department of Education’s Committee for Independent Education for LECOM’s four semester, 45 credit hour, fully on-line Master of Science in Medial Cannabino... Read More »
LECOM Awarded ‘It’s On Us PA’ Grant to Combat Sexual Assault on Campus
Friday, 10 December 2021
Building on his commitment to campus safety, Governor Tom Wolf of the state of Pennsylvania announced on December 10, 2021 that 34 institutions of higher education will receive up to $30,000 in It’s On Us PA grants. Launched by Governor Wolf in 2016, It’s On Us PA is a statewide campaign that invites education leaders and all Pennsylvanians to be pa... Read More »
LECOM Purchases the former Porreco Campus Property in Erie
Friday, 30 July 2021
ERIE, PA - Edinboro University has sold its former Porreco College property to the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM). Sale price for the 28-acre property on West 38th Street, about seven miles outside of Erie, was $3.2 million. Silvia M. Ferretti, D.O., Provost, Senior Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs for LECOM inte... Read More »
LECOM Commemorates Elmira Campus Anniversary
Monday, 19 July 2021
Watch Video : LECOM Elmira Commemoration Celebration ELMIRA, N.Y. (July 19, 2021) — The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) today reinforced its role as a leader in meeting the challenges of 21st century healthcare as it celebrated the region’s first medical school, LECOM at Elmira. Today’s event brought together college offici... Read More »
Rochester Regional Health Becomes Largest Clinical Training Site for LECOM Students
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Rochester, N.Y. – Rochester Regional Health is expanding its partnership with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) to become the medical school’s largest clinical campus. This new partnership will enable Rochester Regional to dramatically increase clinical rotations and feature locations in addition to United Memorial Medical Center whe... Read More »
LECOM Reaches Milestone With Largest Graduating Class
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
ERIE, Pa. — Over the next two weeks, the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) will graduate the largest class in school history as the college confers 1,267 degrees upon its Class of 2021 during commencement ceremonies in Erie and Bradenton, Florida. Students who attend LECOM Erie and LECOM at Seton Hill in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, wi... Read More »
LECOM, Communities Celebrate National Osteopathic Medicine Week
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Staff and students at LECOM’s four campuses have joined community leaders in recognizing the contributions doctors of osteopathic medicine make in the everyday lives of their patients during National Osteopathic Medicine (NOM) Week, April 18-24. NOM Week, promoted annually by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), brings the osteopathic medica... Read More »
LECOM Leads Way With Primary Care Graduates
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) produces more primary care physicians than any other U.S. medical school, according to new data released today by U.S. News & World Report. The standings, part of U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of medical schools, are based upon the percentage of graduates who entered the prim... Read More »
LECOM’s Online Master’s Program Among Nation’s Best
Thursday, 28 January 2021
BRADENTON, Fla. — The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Masters in Health Services Administration (MHSA) program has been ranked one of the top online master’s in healthcare administration degree programs in the U.S., according to a study by Intelligent.com. Intelligent.com, a website dedicated to helping students connect with the... Read More »
LECOM Strengthens Student Scholarship Fund
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Contributions Demonstrate Support For Future Of Healthcare ERIE, Pa. — The Coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching effects, touching nearly every aspect of our lives. Throughout the global crisis, there has been an increased focus on the significant roles medical professionals play as well as the importance of having a skilled, robust workforce cap... Read More »
Erie, Commonwealth Join LECOM, LECOM Health In Honoring Pharmacists
Thursday, 15 October 2020
The city of Erie and local legislators have united with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and LECOM Health in recognizing the impact pharmacists have upon Americans. Each year, the American Pharmacists Association recognizes October as American Pharmacists Month, a time to acknowledge the contributions these Doctors of Pharmacy ma... Read More »
LECOM at Elmira Ushers in Inaugural Class
Friday, 24 July 2020
ELMIRA, N.Y. — The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) welcomed the Class of 2024 to its Elmira campus July 24, marking the culmination of a years-long effort to establish a medical school in New York’s Southern Tier. LECOM at Elmira’s inaugural class, consisting of 120 osteopathic medical students, arrived on campus July 24 to comp... Read More »
LECOM Names Tavallali Head Of Master’s Program
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
BRADENTON, Fla. — Timothy S. Novak, D.B.A., dean of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Health Services Administration, announced today the appointment of Lisa M. Tavallali, Ph.D., M.B.A., as the director of the LECOM Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) degree program. Tavallali has 25 years of healthcare industry experien... Read More »
