Annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Challenge Places LECOM in the Vanguard for Third Consecutive Year
Thursday, 3 July 2025
The National Consumers League (NCL) announced the winners of its Annual Team Challenge, an eight-week intercollegiate competition among health profession student teams and faculty intended to combat poor medication adherence in the United States. Nearly three-out-of-four patients do not take their medication as directed. The Challenge returns to phar... Read More »
LECOM Students to Receive Key Support from Buffalo and Cleveland Pro Sports Teams
Representatives from five professional sports teams visited the LECOM main campus on April 5, 2025 to collectively present $360,000 in scholarships to 69 deserving LECOM scholars. Front office personnel from the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Cleveland Guardians, along with an array of their mascots, joined th... Read More »
LECOM Congratulates Dr. Roger Biringer for Noteworthy Publication
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) extends hearty congratulations to Dr. Roger G. Biringer, Professor of Biochemistry at the LECOM Bradenton Campus, for his new work entitled, Indirect Regulation of Na+, K+-ATPase by Neurotransmitters: Participation of Neurotransmitters in the Sodium Theory for Migraine. The piece was included in the ... Read More »
Introducing the Force of a New Age of Healthcare
LECOM Celebrates Commencement Ceremonies in Erie, PA and Bradenton, FL Dare to have a dream for dreamers make the miracles, dreamers right the wrongs, and dreamers shape the world. Sacrifice for your dreams for one will not gain from a dream too easily reached, and above all believe in yourself - for upon that your dream depends. Abundant dreams fi... Read More »
LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pavilion Opens New Emergency Department, Cardiac Cath Lab, Medical/Surgical Unit, and Intensive Care Unit
Physicians understand urgency. They train for urgent situations. They prepare for the worst case scenarios. Their minds - skilled, alert, and competently honed - comprehend the gravity of a moment. For those who find themselves in the epicenter of an emergency, state-of-the-art, first rate treatment and healthcare are essential. Advancing that very p... Read More »
Fourth-Year LECOM Scholar Presents Research Findings at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Conference
[caption id="attachment_65511" align="alignleft" width="450"] Jacob Foster, OMS4, presenting a poster during the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Conference.[/caption] The administrative leadership of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is proud of the recent accomplishment of fourth-year scholar, Jaco... Read More »
LECOM Congratulates Dean Kauffman on Two New Publications
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. ~Socrates Let’s Go Doling in the Clouds Do you remember lying on the grass on a warm summer day, gazing up at the clouds, seeing birds, dogs, and all sorts of unnamed creatures? Perhaps you recall pointing them out to friends who had to find them: “I see a cat! I see an airplane!” This tendency, known as P... Read More »
Millcreek Hospital Renamed to LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pavilion
Monday, 24 February 2025
LECOM Health recently unveiled LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health Pavilion as the new name of its flagship hospital during a special ceremony that took place in the Atrium at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in early February of 2025. Formerly known as Millcreek Community Hospital, LECOM Medical Center and Behavioral Health P... Read More »
Exceptionalism Rewarded – LECOM Receives 10-Year Accreditation for Medical School
More than three decades in the cultivation and advancement of academic exceptionalism define the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM). The road to our future always begins in our past; and as the years have taught us, the task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us. It is with that surety that LECOM is proud to celebrate... Read More »
LECOM Congratulates Published Scholars
Third-year scholars, Lexi Garber and John Grossi, along with Dr. Seth Gardner recently announced a new publication entitled, Bell’s Palsy: Description, Diagnosis, and Current Management. The piece was published in the journal, Cureus [volume 17(1): e77656, 2025]. The two astute scholars performed this research under the guidance of Dr. Gardner, Ass... Read More »
Second-Year LECOM Scholar Recognized as American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) Student of the Month
Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) second-year scholar, Justin Brown-Gnarra, was nominated by the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI) for his outstanding leadership skills in multiple capacities. His long-term goal of practicing Medical Oncology in an academic setting reflects his dedication to advancing clinical practice... Read More »
LECOM Scholar Leads Boys and Girls Club Program
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Class of 2026 scholar, Eleanor Tung-Hahn, is passionate about community service and educational outreach. Every day, Boys and Girls Clubs (BGC) across America provide children with a safe after-school space to learn and thrive, often while their parents are working. Last year, Tung-Hahn initiated a... Read More »
LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital Earns Key 2024 Performance Leadership Award
LECOM Health Corry Memorial Hospital announced recently that it has earned a 2024 Performance Leadership Award for Excellence in Patient Perspective. Compiled by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, the Performance Leadership Awards recognize top quartile performance among rural hospitals in Quality, Outcomes, and/or Patient Perspective. “Caring fo... Read More »
New Dean at LECOM School of Podiatric Medicine Puts Best Foot Forward
As the eleventh podiatric medical school in the United States, the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Podiatric Medicine began offering a four-year program in July of 2023 at the LECOM main campus in Erie, Pennsylvania. The scholars undertake their education and training in state-of-the-art classrooms housed within the LECOM ... Read More »
LECOM Alumna – A Dedicated Internist Committed to Holistic Patient Care
Integrating Telemedicine and Comprehensive Care for a Healthier Future The Physicians' Group of The Woodlands in Shenandoah, Texas recently offered tribute to the dedication of Amy Chung, DO, a board-certified internist who has brought a wealth of knowledge and her holistic approach to patient care. She emphasizes the importance of treating the whole... Read More »
LECOM Research Team Presents Project at Simulation Healthcare Conference
Several members of the OBGYN Research Team were honored to be selected to present their project entitled, Designing, Fabricating, and Evaluating a Pelvic Model Prototype at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in Orlando, Florida. The conference explored the latest innovations and best practices in healthcare simulation presen... Read More »
LECOM Scholar Presents Research at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Conference
Tuesday, 3 December 2024
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) extends its hearty congratulations to fourth-year medical student, Taylor E. Collignon, who successfully presented a poster entitled, Cancer Prevention with Nutritional Science: Addressing the Gap in Clinical Medicine, at the Annual Conference of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. The Conf... Read More »
Christmas and New Year’s Message to Our Readers
At the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and across the globe, the Christmas Season is a time resplendent with tradition. Even before President Ulysses S. Grant established Christmas as one of the first American federal holidays in 1870, it had been a season that melded awe with wonder to create a holiday both joyous and holy. The ... Read More »
Collaborative Engagement in the Heartland Benefits Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals
A collaborative undertaking involving Mercy Southeast, Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) will welcome medical students to Southeast Missouri and transform Mercy Hospital Southeast into a teaching hospital. Mercy Southeast and Mercy Stoddard will host clinical rotations for LECOM scholars ... Read More »
Illuminate the Future with the Gift of Education
End-of-Year Giving Welcomes Generous Hearts We, at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), reach out to our extended family with warm Christmas and holiday wishes of good health, peace, wisdom, and a courageous resolve to engage in purposeful pursuits in the year to come. Those who know this estimable institution recognize that a b... Read More »
