Heritage College vice dean receives honor


Wayne Carlsen_ DO
Wayne R. Carlsen, DO, was awarded the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners' highest honor, the Santucci Award, last month. Dr. Carlsen is Heritage College's vice dean, associate professor of Family Medicine and medical director of the College's Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center. 

The NBOME is the leading assessment organization for the osteopathic medical profession. NBOME's COMLEX-USA examination series is a requirement for graduation from colleges of osteopathic medicine and provides the pathway to licensure for osteopathic physicians in the United States and numerous international jurisdictions.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Carlsen!

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ohio osteopathic symposium keynote speaker announcement
Andrew Morris-Singer, MD, will serve as the keynote speaker for this year's Ohio Osteopathic Symposium, to be be held April 25-29 at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center. 

Andrew Morris-Singer_ MD
Morris-Singer is president and founder of Primary Care Progress, a clinician, a medical educator and primary care advocate. He founded PCP in 2010 and it has quickly developed into an inter-professional, trainee-led, grassroots movement to reform primary care delivery and training. The organization has provided advocacy training and coaching to leaders across the country and has campaigned widely for greater awareness of the value of primary care.

He is a frequent blogger; has been featured in mainstream media outlets including NPR, CNN and The New York Times ; and speaks regularly at academic medical institutions and professional conferences across the country.

Check out Dr. Morris-Singer's introductory video here, and learn more about the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium by clicking this link

student-led research on sexual harassment and assault

For survivors of sexual and relational abuse, a routine physical examination might be re-traumatizing. One Heritage College student and three Heritage College faculty members recently released research about how brain chemistry and behavior can change in the aftermath of assault. The 
article , published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, also includes practical care concerns for medical providers. 

The research, led by OMS II Kristen Cuevas, and her co-authors, faculty members Jane Balbo, DO ('07), Krista Duval, DO ('08) and Elizabeth Beverly, PhD began in 2014, but was
picked up by Newsweek as the #MeToo movement gained momentum. 
diabetes needs assessment 
CARE LEADS HERE

The Centers for Disease Control have found that diabetes is more common in Appalachia than in the nation as a whole. And according to a recent needs assessment by the Diabetes Institute at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, its prevalence in the southeastern Ohio region is even higher than CDC estimates from a few years ago. 

Read more about the Diabetes Institute's findings  here  and check out  this news clip from WTAP-TV out of Parkersburg, W.Va.

class notes
1980s

Ralph Crew, DO ('81), has recently published a book, Retirement Planning for Young Physicians.

1990s

Frank Magro, DO ('99), was named medical director of Texas Health Resources new Grand Prairie - Carrier Parkway facility. 

2000s

Tyree Winters, DO ('07) was featured in an article by the American Osteopathic Association as a "hip-hop doc who rocks," in which he stresses the importance of movement, especially for younger people.

2010s

Chance Spalding, DO ('10)was recently featured in a clip from WOSU Public Media on the balloon technology he uses at Grant Medical Center in Columbus to control bleeding in trauma patients.

In Memoriam

Tony Starr, DO ('91), Caldwell, Ohio

George "Skip" Seese, DO ('87) ,   Dalton, Ohio

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