Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) is a

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located in Lynchburg,

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. It is one of the 17 colleges and schools located in

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty i ...

. LUCOM was the second osteopathic medical school to open in the

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of Virginia after the

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) is a private medical school on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia (VCOM-Virginia), with branch campuses in Spartanburg, South Carolina (VCOM-Carolinas), Auburn, Alabama (VCOM- ...

. In 2018, the inaugural class of 126 medical students graduated.

History

In August 2014 Liberty University opened the college of

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. The college is housed in a 144,000-square-foot, $40 million building and was completed in 2014. The college received provisional accreditation from the

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through the

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in 2013 and received full accreditation in 2018. The college secured long-term affiliations with Halifax Health, the Johnson Health Center, LifePoint, and a 30-year clinical clerkship and graduate medical education affiliation with Centra Health that includes a commitment of clinical rotations for 80 students per year. In July 2015 the college of osteopathic medicine opened Liberty Mountain Medical Group LLC, a primary care clinic serving the greater Lynchburg area. Services include

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, internal medicine,

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, and will have a laboratory and X-ray imaging available.

Leadership

2012-2016 Founding Dean Ronnie Martin, D.O. 2016-2017 Interim Dean David Klink, D.O. 2017-2020 Dean

Peter Alan Bell Peter Alan Bell, DO, MBA, FACOEP-''dist,'' FACEP (born Jan. 21, 1958) is an American osteopathic physician. He is the current Vice Provost and Dean at Baptist College of Health Sciences, now known as Baptist Health Sciences University in Memphis, ...

, D.O., MBA 2021-Present Dean Joseph Johnson, D.O.

References

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Osteopathic medical schools in the United States 2014 establishments in Virginia

History

Leadership

See also

References