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VCOM in the News
2009
11/16/09
Pamplin College and VCOM launch dual-degree program
Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business and the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) have teamed up to launch a cooperative two-degree program that allows students to earn both the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Business Administration.
“After medical school, many osteopathic physicians go directly into private practice for which a certain amount of business education is needed,” says Pamplin Dean Richard E. Sorensen. “A business education is particularly valuable for physicians seeking positions as hospital or other health-care administrators or those seeking to manage their own practice.” (Read complete article 
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11/08/09
Anderson was Guest Speaker at White Coat Ceremony
VCOM’s White Coat Ceremony was held Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The speaker this year is Dr. William G. Anderson, D.O.
WILLIAM G. ANDERSON, I, D.O., Past President of the American Osteopathic Association, Senior Advisor to the Dean Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine and is Vice President of Academic Affairs, Osteopathic Medical Education responsible for the development of osteopathic medical education programs for students, interns and residents at hospitals within the Detroit Medical Center (DMC). He is Professor of Surgery and Senior Advisor to the Dean of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. (Read complete article )
10/05/09
VCOM Nationally Ranked for Hispanic Students
The Hispanic Business magazine ranked what it judged to be the top 20 medical schools for Hispanic students, and several osteopathic medical schools made the list! The University of North Texas Health Science Center– Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) ranked 11th, the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked 16th, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked 19th, and the A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine ranked 20th. Read the full list, published on 9/23/09, online. Congratulations!
More news….
U.S. News and World Report puts VCOM in the nation’s top ten list for primary care residents
VCOM is proud to have been recently ranked among the nation’s top ten primary care resident producers, in the category of “Which schools turn out the most primary care residents?” in the magazine’s best medical school rankings. MORE...
09/18/09
Weight loss key to preventing diabetes
One Yanceyville, N.C., woman grew concerned she was at risk for diabetes because her mother had it.
Shirley M. Evans already exercises by walking, dancing and weight training, but Thursday she learned to eat smaller portion sizes to keep her weight in check.
Evans repeatedly asked questions of Dr. Daniel Addis at the “Preventing (Type 2) Diabetes” seminar at Danville Community College for Danville Regional Medical Center’s weeklong Women’s Health Symposium. (Read complete article 
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08/27/09
Medical college aims to increase number of rural doctors
The newest group of students has arrived at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Blacksburg. Representing the Class of 2013 are 189 first-year students, taken from an application pool of over 3,200.
Students at this college must not only have the grades, but also a love for rural medicine. “We look for students who will meet our mission,” explains William King, Associate Dean for Student Services at VCOM. The college’s mission is to provide medical education and research which will prepare community minded physicians who will practice in medically underserved areas. An emphasis is placed on attracting students from Virginia, North and South Carolina and the remaining Appalachian region. Sixty-eight percent of the incoming VCOM class comes from these regions. (Read complete article )
07/21/09
VCOM and New Partners Take a Step to Improve Global Health
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) announced a new partnership with Foot Levelers, Premier Transfer and Storage, and Burch Enterprises to take a step against poverty by helping to provide free footwear to those in need. The free footwear is just one component of a larger VCOM global health initiative that includes education and preventive health efforts to decrease the prevalence of foot injuries, and parasitic, bacterial and fungal infection to improve the quality of life for many communities throughout the Dominican Republic, Honduras and El Salvador. (Read complete article )
06/07/09
Danville medical students on rotation
Jaclyn Tolentino is a medical student any patient would love to have beside the bed perusing a chart. She’s smart, articulate and enthusiastic about her chosen career of medicine.
She is one of the medical students who, since 2005, have spent their third or fourth year of medical school work-ing with Danville physicians through a partnership between Danville Regional Medical Center and the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg. (Read complete article )
06/06/09
Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine holds safety day
Some Blacksburg medical students made safety awareness fun Saturday.
It was a beautiful day for students at the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine to host the community safety fair on school grounds there in Blacksburg. (Read complete article )
05/30/2009
VCOM Presents Three Honorary Degrees at its Third Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Theodore W. Kheel was chosen by the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine to receive the Honorary Doctorate of Humanities and Letters Degree..MORE
Gary Cornwell and Laura Bireley-Cornwell were chosen by the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine to receive the Honorary Doctorate of Humanities and Letters Degree... MORE
05/30/09
Osteopathic medicine school keeps growing
"It's really hard to envision the effect this is going to have on the health care delivery in this area."
BLACKSBURG -- When the 148 students who make up the third class of graduates from the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine receive degrees today, it will signify more than an end to their studies. (Read complete article )
02/25/2009
Blake E. Fought Memorial Scholarship - VCOM Golf Tournament
Blacksburg Country Club
Monday, May 4, 2009 - Please register by Weds, April 29, 2009
Complimentary Lunch & Registration begins at 11:00 am
1:00 pm Shotgun Start
Blake E. Fought – a student at Radford University – died tragically and unexpectedly. His mother, Amy, was a third year student at VCOM at the time of Blake’s passing. The Fought family have established a scholarship at VCOM in Blake’s name. To raise funds toward the goal of endowing that scholarship, VCOM is proud to announce the Blake E. Fought Memorial Scholarship-VCOM Golf Tournament. MORE...
2008
12/28/2008
VCOM Holds Annual White Coat Ceremony
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine's sixth White Coat Ceremony was held Dec. 5 in Burruss Hall on the campus of Virginia Tech.
More than 1,200 faculty, family members and guests viewed the ceremony as 188 VCOM students from the Class of 2012 were cloaked with their first white coats. (Read complete article)
12/22/2008
VCOM Students Help Give Gifts to Warm Hearth Village Retirement Community
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM). VCOM students, faculty and staff played “Santa” this year for the residents of Warm Hearth Village Retirement Community in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Karol Gordon D.O., Department Chair of Geriatrics at VCOM and geriatric physician at Warm Hearth, spearheaded this effort. Dr. Gordon asked Warm Hearth staff to fill out a gift tag request for each resident, listing items they felt the resident would like to receive, noting sizes and favorite colors. (Read complete article)
11/23/2008
Med School Checkup
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is growing and looking for ways to recruit talent back to the region.
When Dr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins moved to Blacksburg in 2001 there was one practicing doctor of osteopathic medicine in the area.
As dean and vice president for academic affairs at the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tooke-Rawlins, an osteopath herself, has had a direct hand in dramatically changing that statistic.
And she said she's just getting started. (Read complete article)
11/19/2008
VCOM Students Reach Out to Help Hispanic Community in Roanoke Valley
On Sunday, November 16, 2008, VCOM students participated in a Health Screening Fair at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Roanoke, Virginia. The Fair was geared toward Spanish speaking patients of the Roanoke region and over 100 patients were screened by VCOM students and faculty.
The Hispanic Community Medical Outreach Club (HCMO), founded earlier this year at VCOM, made its debut and coordinated the event with a primary focus on screening, awareness, and prevention. (Read complete article)
07/2008
VCOM Sponsors Summer Program
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) sponsored an Anatomy Summer Enrichment Experience (SEE) for high school students, ages 14-18, during the month of July. During the week of July 7, 2008, VCOM hosted seventeen boys and during the week of July 14, 2008, thirty three girls attended the program.
The program afforded students from rural or medically underserved areas of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee the opportunity to learn about anatomy from VCOM faculty and students and to gain an introduction to science and medicine. (Read complete article)
05/10/2008
VCOM Students Provide Free Health Care in Jonesville, VA, Birthplace of A.T. Still
On Saturday May 10, 2008, two physician faculty members and thirty (30) students from the
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) hosted a health fair in Jonesville,
Virginia. Jonesville is the birthplace of A.T. Still.
This health fair has been an annual event for VCOM for the past few years, organized by the
VCOM student chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Physicians (ACOP).
Faculty and students provided free physicals, hearing and vision screens, and cholesterol and
glucose screens to over sixty (60) members of the Jonesville community. (download complete article 
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05//2008
VCOM Students and Faculty Help Tornado Victims
Students from VCOM’s Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (AMOPs) Club traveled to Suffolk Virginia to help victims of recent tornados which struck the Virginia area earlier this month. Three faculty members and eleven students participated in activities to help military families who needed assistance, many with loved ones deployed to Iraq.
Efforts were initiated by Colonel Vaden Blackwood, D.O. (ret.), VCOM faculty member and AMOPs advisor, and led by Dean Dixie Tooke-Rawlins and Associate Dean, Dr. Jan Willcox. The Virginia Osteopathic Medical Association (VOMA) was also provided support for the relief team. (download complete article )
05/21/2008
Missouri Flood Relief
Beginning this past Monday, March 17th and through Wednesday, torrential rains fell across the central United States. One of the hardest hit areas is Piedmont, Missouri where more than twelve inches of rain caused streams and rivers to overflow their banks. In Piedmont the center of downtown was covered with two to three feet of water. About 300 of the 900 homes had to be evacuated. The town’s water was cut off when the bridge carrying the pipeline was destroyed by the river. Several people have died as a result of the flooding. The waters are receding, but they are leaving behind a soggy mess of debris and destroyed homes. In addition, the resources of the local authorities and healthcare providers are being stressed as they try to clean up the devastation and help displaced individuals put their lives back together.
On March 26, 2008 VCOM will be sending a team to Piedmont,
Missouri to help in the relief efforts. The team will help in the
cleanup and also provide medical care when appropriate.
Another goal of the relief team is to provide financial assistance
to those who have lost their possessions and who need to obtain
the basics of life such as food and water... (download complete article )
02/14/2008
Virginia Medical School Celebrates Inauguration of Clinic in Honduras
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Blacksburg, Virginia celebrated the inauguration of its third international clinic in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Honduran clinic – along with previously established clinics in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador – complements an extensive outreach program VCOM has locally, throughout Southwest Virginia, and internationally.
Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O., Dean and Vice President of the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM), noted, “This initiative will provide medical students with experiences in compassionate care of patients and will bring high-level medical care to those who need it the most. There is a strong parallel with the experiences students gain in our Honduran and other international clinics with the skills needed to be effective in rural and underserved areas in the U.S. Our students will be better physicians here in Virginia and in other underserved areas of Appalachia as a result of these international experiences.” (download complete article )
05/10/2008
Response to AOA President’s Call to Action: The D.O. Jingle Dash 5K
When the President of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Dr. Peter Ajluni, visited VCOM in November he spoke about the “DOs: Fit for Life” campaign. He encouraged students to do “fun runs’ and organize fitness activities. His talk was truly inspirational: three VCOM first year students immediately took on his challenge.
Arlene Zelinkas, Kimberly Skelton and Aimee Riley went forward and organized the first annual, “D.O. Jingle Dash 5K” in Black Mountain Park in Ashville, North Carolina the very next month. They took on the challenge to promote fitness and combined that goal with promoting the osteopathic profession to the communities surrounding Ashville and with raising money for their student mission trip to assist underserved patients in El Salvador.
The student organizers chose the location of Ashville because it fit well with VCOM’s mission to educate and train physicians for both Southwest Virginia and North Carolina. VCOM is in the process of establishing a permanent campus in North Carolina for student training... (download complete article )
2007
09/10/2007
New Medical Facility Offers the New River Valley Community
Evening Hours and Compassionate Care
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) announces the opening of Academic Primary Care Associates on September 10, 2007. The newly constructed office is located on the first floor of Montgomery Regional Hospital and will provide primary care medical services including family medicine, sports medicine, preventive medicine, osteopathic manipulative therapy, and immediate care... (download complete article )
02/13/2007
VCOM Signs Agreement with Medical School in San Salvador –
Extends Partnership in Global Health
The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in Blacksburg continues to develop creative educational programs to prepare its medical students to practice and perform medical research in the global health arena.
On February 13, 2007, VCOM signed an agreement with Evangelical University Medical School in San Salvador to partner in its global education program.
Since its inception in 2003, VCOM students have participated in medical mission trips and international rotations in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Kenya. The Blacksburg osteopathic medical school is also promoting global medical research in these and other countries. (download complete article )