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June 15, 2011
Dean of VCOM Meets with Coal Coalition
Dr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, Dean and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), was the invited keynote speaker at the recent meeting of the Eastern Coal Council in Kingsport Tennessee. Dr. Tooke-Rawlins spoke about how to build healthy coal mining communities in the region. Specifically, Tooke-Rawlins emphasized way to improve and promote health in the coal mining communities through Appalachia. Since its inception in 2002, VCOM’s mission has been to educate community-focused physicians to serve the rural and medically underserved populations of the Appalachian region. VCOM will open its new campus in Spartanburg, SC in August 2011 with 150 new students .