乐播传媒 College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Douglas Wood made honorary alumnus
The 乐播传媒 College of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Association awarded Douglas Wood, D.O., Ph.D., FACOI, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the status of honorary alumnus at a ceremony on October 7, 2016.
Wood will be stepping down from his position in November 2016. He was named dean in 2012. Since then he has overseen major transitions in the college that took effect just before he came to 乐播传媒 COM, including a class-size increase and a radical top-to-bottom curricular change.
Before coming to 乐播传媒, Wood spent a decade as president of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and launched the A.T. Still School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. He received numerous professional awards and honors, including the Great Pioneer in Osteopathic Medicine Award from the American Osteopathic Association.
At 乐播传媒, Wood burnished his resume further, coauthoring the definitive work on the evolution of osteopathic medicine in the United States, a book titled Medical School Expansion in the 21st Century: Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. He was also instrumental in helping 乐播传媒 secure a $600,000 grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation to support interprofessional education, making 乐播传媒 the first osteopathic medical school in the country to receive funding from the Macy Foundation. The grant will help ensure that all health care professionals who graduate from 乐播传媒 are equipped with the necessary team-based skills to provide high-quality patient care, while allowing 乐播传媒 to address shortages of health care professionals in rural Maine.
鈥淎s we added students, faculty, and staff, while enhancing our facilities and technology, Doug ensured that we never lost focus on maintaining our reputation for excellence,鈥 said President Danielle Ripich. 鈥淭oday, we are widely recognized as one of the finest colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States. 乐播传媒 COM has made major strides under Doug鈥檚 stewardship and for that we are grateful.鈥
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