LECOM Professor Receives AOA Research Award
Friday, 15 November 2024
Santiago Lorenzo, Ph.D., MS, MSMedEd, Associate Professor of Physiology and Director of Problem-Based Learning at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM Bradenton) recently received the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) 2024 Journal of Osteopathic Medicine Innovations Research Award. The honor highlights an article documenting outcome... Read More »
LECOM Scholars Present Research at Florida Medical Association Annual Meeting
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
LECOM medical scholars from the Bradenton, Florida Campus put forth a noticeable presence at the David A. Paulus, M.D. Poster Symposium during the Annual Meeting of Florida Medical Association (FMA) in Orlando, Florida, August 2-4, 2024. Several key posters were presented by LECOM students. A photo array highlights a few of the event offerings. ... Read More »
LECOM is Combating Physician Shortage with New Regional Campus
The Sunday, August 11, 2024 Edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured the new LECOM-Mercy Hospital Jefferson Regional Campus. The article emphasized the multiple strengths that set the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) apart from other medical schools. Mercy and LECOM are mission-centered organizations; with LECOM providing a m... Read More »
LECOM-Bradenton Scholar Wins Prestigious Poster Award at Florida Medical Association Annual Meeting
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) congratulates fourth-year medical school scholar, Nicolette Casarcia, on her recent victorious poster presentation during the David A. Paulus, M.D. Poster Symposium at the Annual Meeting of Florida Medical Association (FMA) in Orlando, Florida held from August 2-4, 2024. Nicolette’s poster entit... Read More »
Advancing Medical Education through Innovative Simulation Methods
Dr. Rami Ahmed, a 2005 Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Seton Hill (LECOM - Seton Hill) graduate is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Simulation Division Chief, and Director of Simulation in the Interprofessional Practice and Education Center at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. The Cleveland, Ohio native began his journey at John ... Read More »
LECOM Leader Receives Raymond J. Saloom, DO, FACOFP Memorial Award
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) has long espoused the tenet that a great leader's courage to fulfill his vision is derived from passion and committed to purposeful results. That closely held belief once again was evidenced in early August 2024, as LECOM Regional Dean, Richard A. Ortoski, D.O. received recognition at the highest... Read More »
Remembering Mom – LECOM Leader Champions Purposeful Mission to Treat Cancer Patient
Losing one’s mother to cancer is a life-changing event. The difficult journey of seeing her undergo a transformation from the mom she was to how she was when she died creates memories that follow one for the rest of one’s life - they also motivated one LECOM leader to make a profound difference for others. In 1987, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic ... Read More »
LECOM Alumnus Named Chief Operating Officer for St. John’s Riverside
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Dr. Michael DiGiorno, a well-recognized and highly esteemed member of the St. John's Riverside Hospital medical staff, has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer for the Hospital. This appointment marks a significant milestone for the hospital as Dr. DiGiorno is the first physician to hold the key leadership position at St. John's Riversi... Read More »
Heartland Healthcare – Physicians of Tomorrow Begin Rotations
The first cohort of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) students at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Festus, Missouri have begun their first clinical rotation year. LECOM, as one of the largest medical colleges in the nation, recently celebrated the opening of its new regional campus at Mercy Jefferson - its first Midwest location. Mercy Je... Read More »
LECOM Institute for Successful Living
In a transformation of its well-known moniker, the LECOM Institute for Successful Aging has been renamed as the LECOM Institute for Successful Living. This name change reflects the growth and expansion of additional services that the Institute recently has added within its continuum of care. Dr. James Lin, President of the LECOM Institute for Su... Read More »
LECOM Health Selected by CMS to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model
LECOM Health has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and to assist their caregivers. Under the CMS Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model, LECOM Health will be one of almost 400 participants ... Read More »
Second-Year Scholar Presents Research at the Digestive Disease Week 2024 Event
Wednesday, 21 August 2024
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) congratulates LECOM second-year scholar, Kent Sabatose, for his presentation of a poster entitled, Patient Factors in Responders and Non-Responders Treated with Steroids for Acute Alcohol Associated Hepatitis. His work was offered during the Digestive Disease Week in Washington, D.C., held f... Read More »
New Book Published by Dr. Seth Gardner, LECOM-Bradenton
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) congratulates Dr. Seth Gardner for the publication of his new book entitled, Cadaver Dissection with Clinical Applications (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 168 pages). Dr. Gardner is LECOM Assistant Professor of Anatomy, serving the College for three years, teaching anatomy, physiology, and cadaver dis... Read More »
Susan Calderbank, DMD Honored by Thiel College
The Thiel College Mentor of the Year Initiative recently has awarded honors to several noteworthy area professionals who have excelled in their careers. Founded in 1866, Thiel College is an independent college in Greenville, Pennsylvania. While there are seven categories that have been recognized through the years, new tributes were added this yea... Read More »
The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Awards Essay Prize to LECOM Second-Year Student
The second-place winner in the 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest (through The Arnold P. Gold Foundation) is an essay penned by Noor Ahmed, a second-year Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) scholar. An Arnold P. Gold Foundation representative notified Noor that her essay entitled, Apartment 5 on Dolphin Drive,... Read More »
LECOM Alumnus Leads as Army Flight Surgeon
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is proud to announce that Erik Johnson, D.O., M.P.H., is the 2024–2025 President of the Society of the United States Army Flight Surgeons. Dr. Johnson is an Army Aerospace and Occupational Medicine Specialist currently serving as Chief - Aviation Medicine Branch, at the Department of Aviation Me... Read More »
LECOM Bradenton Director of Research Presents at AACOM Annual Meeting
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Anupam Bishayee, Ph.D., Director of Research at LECOM-Bradenton, made an invited presentation at a research symposium during the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Annual Conference. The theme this year was Educating Leaders 2024. The event was held in Kansas City, Missouri, from April 17-19, 2024. Dr. Bishayeeâ€... Read More »
Natalie Nagib Presents Research at the American Academy of Osteopathy Convention
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) congratulates LECOM second-year scholar, Natalie Nagib, for her poster presentation at the American Academy of Osteopathy Convention held in Colorado Springs, CO, from March 6-10, 2024. ... Read More »
Osteopathic Medicine Celebrates its Sesquicentennial Year
A full 150 years ago, on June 22, 1874, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still declared the founding of osteopathic medicine. Every day since that day, humanity has reaped the benefit of his meticulous study. In conjunction with the best of modern medicine, the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) unabashedly carries the torch of Dr. Still’s revolu... Read More »
Poster Prize – LECOM Scholar Places First
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) congratulates Anna Engli, a Bradenton Class of 2025 scholar, on her recent success in placing first in the 2024 Annual Clinical Assembly Scientific Poster Competition for Ophthalmology. Her poster presentation was entitled, Capturing the Soul of Sight: A Guide to Iris Photography. LECO... Read More »
