While visiting hospitals in the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's northern statewide campus region, President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., Associate Dean Hilary Hamric, and Associate Vice President Don Smith were able to visit Pittsburgh and attend a Pittsburgh Pirate vs. LA Dodgers baseball game as guests of Ogden Newspapers, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bill Nutting and other Ogden representatives.

While visiting hospitals in the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's northern statewide campus region, President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., Associate Dean Hilary Hamric, and Associate Vice President Don Smith were able to visit Duquesne University's Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine. The WVSOM representatives met with NCOM Dean John M. Kauffman, Jr., DO, FACOI, FACP. and Dr. Crystal Boudreaux, who previously worked at WVSOM.

As part of his ongoing efforts to visit the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's statewide campuses and hospital partners, President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., and WVSOM representatives recently visited WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital to meet with the Family Medicine Center and residency program staff.

WVSOM was represented by the following:
President James Nemitz
Associate Dean Hilary Hamric
Associate Vice President Don Smith
Northern Regional Assistant Dean Jane Daugherty-Luck, DO
Northern Regional Director Mary Beth Fitch

As part of his ongoing efforts to visit the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's statewide campuses and hospital partners, President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., and WVSOM representatives recently visited Trinity Health System to meet with Interim CEO Dwayne Richardson.

WVSOM was represented by the following:
President James Nemitz
Associate Dean Hilary Hamric
Associate Vice President Don Smith
Northern Regional Assistant Dean Jane Daugherty-Luck, DO
Northern Regional Director Mary Beth Fitch

As part of his ongoing efforts to visit the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's statewide campuses and hospital partners, President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., and WVSOM representatives recently visited the WVU Weirton Medical Center, meeting with CEO David Artman and his team.

WVSOM was represented by the following:
President James Nemitz
Associate Dean Hilary Hamric
Associate Vice President Don Smith
Northern Regional Assistant Dean Jane Daugherty-Luck, DO
Northern Regional Director Mary Beth Fitch

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine has committed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Advancing Nutrition Education Across the Medical Continuum Initiative. WVSOM was represented at the event by student Jacqueline Shoemaker, Dean Gail Swarm, Dr. Dina Schaper, and Dr. Brian Griffith.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. hosted the event, which will highlight the growing national momentum around strengthening nutrition education in medical training.

HHS recognized the next cohort of medical schools participating in the Advancing Nutrition Education Across the Medical Continuum Initiative. \

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Association hosted a raffle and raised $12,000 for the Drs. John and Nancy Chambers Memorial Scholarship, awarded to students with a strong academic performance who intend to practice in a medically underserved community. The late John Chambers, Ph.D., was a professor of pharmacology who joined WVSOM in 1976 and taught at the school for 21 years before retiring in 1997. His wife, Nancy Chambers, Ph.D., was also a WVSOM professor.

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) students who completed the school’s Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS) program graduated May 8. Members of the podium party line up for graduation.

WVSOM President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., delivers this 2026 State of the School message.

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