Achieving New Heights Highlighting the Accomplishments of Our Faculty, Staff and Physicians in Training
RVUCOM Vice Dean Inducted as Member of AODME Board and Elected Vice President of the ADEMS
RVUCOM Vice Dean, Thomas Mohr, M.S., D.O., FACOI, was recently inducted as a new member of the 2013-14 Board of Trustees for the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (AODME). He was installed as a Regional Trustee by American Osteopathic Association (AOA) President-Elect, Norman Vinn, D.O., at a special ceremony held in Baltimore. As a Board member, Dr. Mohr will help to direct Thomas Mohr, D.O., (second from left) at the the organization, which assists Directors of Medical Education at hospitals across the AODME induction ceremony in Baltimore country and leaders of residency and fellowship programs throughout the osteopathic profession, to serve their trainees and their institutions with the highest possible quality of postgraduate medical education. In May, Dr. Mohr was also elected as the Vice President of the Arapahoe-Douglas-Elbert Medical Society (ADEMS), a component of the Colorado Medical Society which represents physicians as members of organized medicine to state and national legislative bodies and works to improve the practice of medicine for both physicians and the patients they treat. It's the first time that a county medical society has elected D.O.s as both President and Vice President. Karen Davis, D.O., is the new president and also serves as an adjunct faculty member for RVU.
Three Physicians in Training Receive CSOF Scholarships
For the first time ever, three RVUCOM physicians in training have been awarded scholarships from the Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation (CSOF). The CSOF awards these $10,000 tuition scholarships ($5,000 per semester) to OMS-III physicians in training, and the awards are automatically renewed for their fourth year if they remain in good academic standing. Congratulations to the OMS-III recipients: Emily Albrecht, Erin Ross and David Baulesh.
Emily Albrecht
Erin Ross
David Baulesh
RVU Staff Member Earns Master's Degree After three years of hard work, online courses and hours of homework after work, RVU Paralegal, Lucienne D. Lacey, ACP, graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, earning her Master of Science in Legal Administration. Lucienne previously graduated from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree. Lucienne's Commencement Ceremony was held the same day as the RVUCOM ceremony, on Saturday, May 18th. The Commencement Speaker for the ceremony was U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet. Lucienne's husband, son and mother were in attendance at the ceremony, along with RVU Administrative Assistant to the Vice President and General Counsel, Crickett Forrest and her husband. Congratulations, Lucienne! Lucienne Lacey with her Diploma
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Some of Lucienne's co-workers surprised her with a mini Grad Party; Back: Kathy MacKay, Ph.D., Chief of Staff and Director of Special Projects; Linda Terpenning, Administrative Assistant to the President; Adrian Clark, Executive Director of Institutional Planning and Assessment. Front: Crickett Forrest, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President and General Counsel; and Lucienne Lacey, Paralegal
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