During the WVSOM Alumni Association's Mid-Winter Osteopathic Seminar on Jan. 26-28, Dr. James Nemitz, Ph.D., gave an update on new developments at the school. The Mid-Winter Seminar gives physicians an opportunity to earn continuing medical education credits. In addition to educational sessions, an annual event included the alumni luncheon, a student poster presentation session and an osteopathic manipulative medicine demonstration, among other activities. The seminar took place in person and virtually.
WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative students had an early start on Friday, Jan. 26. The group, along with Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; and President James Nemitz, Ph.D., met in the Embassy Suites lobby at 7 a.m. to prepare for the RHI students' visit to the West Virginia Capitol to meet with legislators.
West Virginia State Delegates Jeff Campbell, R-Greenbrier, and Todd Longanacre, R-Greenbrier; took time to talk with WVSOM representatives and students participating in the school's Rural Health Initiative Program on Friday, Jan. 26, at the West Virginia Legislature.
Groups of students visited legislators and attended floor sessions during the day. Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker, Hoke and the students joined with Campbell and Longanacre in the House Chamber for a photo by legislative photographer Perry Bennett.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
Groups of students visited legislators and attended floor sessions during the day. Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker, Hoke and the students joined with Campbell and Longanacre in the House Chamber for a photo by legislative photographer Perry Bennett.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
West Virginia State Senators Jack Woodrum, R-Summers; Tom Takubo, D.O., R-Kanawha; and Vince Deeds, R-Greenbrier; took time to talk with WVSOM representative and students participating in the school's Rural Health Initiative Program on Friday, Jan. 26. Groups of students visited legislators and attended floor sessions during the day.
Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker, President James Nemitz, Ph.D., and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; joined with the Senators and students in the State Senate chamber for a photo by Legislative photographer Will Price.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker, President James Nemitz, Ph.D., and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; joined with the Senators and students in the State Senate chamber for a photo by Legislative photographer Will Price.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
WVSOM students participating in the school's Rural Health Initiative Program visited the state Capitol in Charleston on Friday, Jan. 26. Groups of students visited legislators and attended floor sessions during the day. Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Hoke, Thacker and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; listen while President James Nemitz, Ph.D., speaks to one group of students ready the legislator visits.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
Hoke, Thacker and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; listen while President James Nemitz, Ph.D., speaks to one group of students ready the legislator visits.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
WVSOM students participating in the school's Rural Health Initiative Program visited the state Capitol in Charleston on Friday, Jan. 26. Groups of students visited legislators and attended floor sessions during the day.
Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker joins, at left, with President James Nemitz, Ph.D., and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; in preparing one group of students for the legislator visits.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
Rebecca Thacker, M.S., WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Director; and Amanda Hoke, WVSOM's Rural Health Initiative Program Specialist; organized the event.
Thacker joins, at left, with President James Nemitz, Ph.D., and Art Rubin, D.O., FACOP, MHA, WVSOM’s associate dean for predoctoral clinical education; in preparing one group of students for the legislator visits.
Participating students, all third or fourth-year students currently during rotations at health care facilities, included Donald Adkins, Charleston; Brenna Bohn, Elkins; Cody Cawthon, Elkins; Alyssa Chafin, Salem/Bridgeport; Caleb Duncan, Charleston; Natalie Fabrizio, Bridgeport; Cody Fuller, Bluefield; Charles Lafferty, Spanishburg; Maria Mace, Morgantown; Laurel Markert, Buckhannon; Dominic Muttillo, Fairmont; Kymbre Robinson, Princeton; Madison Robinson, Elkins; Sarah Socrates, Charleston; Hannah White, Petersburg; Jessica Brumbaugh, Elkins; Cheyenne Earle, Ashland, KY; and Joshua Rosenberger, Charleston.
Helping raise funds for DOCARE International's service trip to Peru in March, where students will provide medical care to underserved communities, Dr. James Nemitz visited WVSOM's International Festival and talked with SGA President Ethan Galloway about the auctions. The festival on Jan. 19, despite wintry weather, offered a night of diverse food tastings, captivating performances, as well as silent and live auctions.
Despite the wintry weather, WVSOM's International Festival on Jan. 19 offered a night of diverse food tastings, captivating performances, as well as silent and live auctions.
The event raised funds for the student chapter of DOCARE International's service trip to Peru in March, where students will provide medical care to underserved communities. Dr. James. Nemitz visited the festival and talked with second-year students Claire Atiyeh and Joud Hassoun while enjoying the international flavor.
The event raised funds for the student chapter of DOCARE International's service trip to Peru in March, where students will provide medical care to underserved communities. Dr. James. Nemitz visited the festival and talked with second-year students Claire Atiyeh and Joud Hassoun while enjoying the international flavor.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Reception allowed legislators and state leaders to gather. Among the guests were WVU President Dr. Gordon Gee and WVSOM President Dr. James Nemitz, who took a moment to share a private conversation at the West Virginia Culture Center.