Winston Churchill explained that, “Leading means having a very clear sense of one’s own identity, of one’s values, and of that which one seeks to achieve.” Churchill further noted that, “Education is the key to any future worth having.”
John M. Ferretti, D.O., President and CEO of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), unabashedly reflects those concepts, for indeed he has been a champion of the positive transformation of American healthcare and of the advancement of intellectual liberty through education.
With the foregoing aphorism in mind, it seems only fitting that Dr Ferretti and LECOM Institute for Successful Living President, James Lin, D.O. are among a distinguished list of innovative leaders named as 2024 Trailblazers in Healthcare by Pennsylvania City & State Magazine.
The publication cites the Commonwealth’s dynamic healthcare industry including the success and growth of LECOM.
Notes the article: “When he founded the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine three decades ago, physician John Ferretti was at the forefront of a powerful trend in U.S. medicine.”
The article further elucidated that LECOM has become a training powerhouse with four campuses and a broad ranging economic impact of billions annually. In addition to overseeing the only osteopathic academic health center in the nation – LECOM Health – Dr. Ferretti has spearheaded schools of pharmacy, dentistry, podiatric medicine, and a host of post-doctoral healthcare and health services specialties; and the LECOM visionary continues to guide the institution in its upward course and national expansion.
The Pennsylvania City & State Magazine also lauded Dr. James Lin as leader of the LECOM Institute for Successful Aging, the geriatrics component of the LECOM Health osteopathic medicine dynasty.
Dr. Lin earned his medical degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in 2002. He is board certified in internal medicine, with added qualifications for geriatric medicine, hospice, and palliative medicine. After completing a geriatric fellowship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, Dr. Lin joined LECOM as Director of its Institute for Successful Aging.
LECOM contributions to the medical community, and categorically to the broader education of a purposeful progeny as a whole, have helped to define the proud and noble calling of osteopathic medicine. Those far reaching contributions to the healthcare paradigm are generational; and recognition in magazines such as the one above mentioned reaffirm the solid place that LECOM holds in the foundational underpinning of osteopathic medicine.