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Inaugural Graduating Class 2007

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VCOM Celebrates First Graduating Class at Commencement

On June 2, 2007, the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine held its Inaugural Com-mencement Ceremonies for the graduating Class of 2007. Family, faculty and friends watched proudly as the Osteopathic physicians of tomorrow took the next step toward their future medical careers at VCOM’s first graduation ceremony. One hundred and thirty nine students received their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, with fourteen continuing for another year to complete their Ph.D. (The D.O./Ph.D is a joint program between VCOM and Virginia Tech). Twenty four of the graduates were Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) military scholars who, as commissioned officers, will go on to serve their country.

VCOM was honored to have Donald L. Weaver, M.D., Assistant Surgeon General-United States Public Health Service, as the first commencement speaker.

Dr. Weaver’s credentials include being a graduate of Harvard Medical School and serving as a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

At the ceremony, John and Sue Ellen Rocovich, chair and member of VCOM’s Board of Directors, received honorary degrees.

The Rocovichs shared a vision with the Via family to establish a medical school in southwest Virginia. Under their leadership, VCOM was established in 2002.

Following graduation, the doctors are now in the process of completing internship and residency programs in the various fields of medicine at sites across the United States.

Congratulations and best wishes to the Class of 2007, as well as the faculty, staff and administration for this milestone in achievement. 3

Donald L. Weaver, M.D., the Assistant Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service, delivered the Graduation Address to the class.

VCOM’s President James Wolfe, Ph.D. delivered the Invocation and presented the Candidates for Degree in Course - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

Honorary Degrees were presented to VCOM board members Sue Ellen Rocovich, D.O., Ph.D. and John G. Rocovich, Jr. J.D., LL.M by James Wolfe, Ph.D., in honor of their dedication and support in helping establish VCOM.

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Degrees were conferred to the graduates with the presentation of the hoods to designate their degree and honors by Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O., Dean and Executive Vice President of VCOM. If the graduate had a family member who is a physician, that member helped “hood” the graduate.

Diplomas were presented to graduates by VCOM Board of Directors’ Chairman John G. Rocovich, Jr. J.D., LL.M.

After the ceremony, smiling graduates gathered with friends and family for congratulations and farewells on the steps of Burruss Hall.

Congratulations Class of 2007

Class of 2007 President Bhaba Misra addresses his fellow graduates.

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, D.O., Dean and Executive Vice President of VCOM, hoods a 2007 graduate.

The new Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine recite the Osteopathic Oath along with other D.O.’s in the faculty and audience.

Graduation was a day of pride and celebration of a job well done.

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The Uniformed Service Members of the Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Class of 2007 were promoted at a ceremony on June 1, 2007 at the Virginia Tech War Memorial Chapel.

Twenty four VCOM students are now graduates of the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) – Army (7), Navy (10), Air Force (7). Medical staff to the Ma-rine Corps is supplied by the Navy.

Opening remarks were made by Colonel G. Vaden Blackwood, U.S. Air Force, Retired. Col. Blackwood, D.O., is a VCOM faculty member. The guest speaker was Rear Admi-ral Richard R. Jeffries, U.S. Navy, Medical Officer of the Marine Corps. Rear Admiral Jeffries, D.O., began his successful career through completing the HPSP at the Col-lege of Osteopathic Medicine in Des Moines, Iowa. 3

The Inaugural Military Promotion Ceremony

Rear Admiral Richard R. Jeffries

Colonel G. Vaden Blackwood

Members of the Class of 2007 Health Professionals Scholarship Program after the Military Promotion Ceremony.

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Class of 2007 Graduate residencies | Where are they now?

Sofia ElainE abrahamPediatrics

PCOM/Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA

ann ElizabEth SchlEupnEr auStin

Traditional RotatingPCSOM/New Hanover Regional Medical,

Wilmington, NCPlans to enter Internal Medicine

ronna DEniSE comptonFamily Medicine

University of Louisville Department of Family/Geriatrics,

Louisville, KY

DaviD anDrEw cotoniInternal Medicine

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth, NH

DaviD munEEr afzalFamily Practice

Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA

Joanna ElizabEth archPsychiatry

Maine Medical Center, ME Neuromuscular MedicineUNECOM/University of

New England, Biddefield, ME

EStylan Dan lEbita arEllanoTraditional Rotating Palms West Hospital,

Loxahatchee, FLPlans to enter Emergency Medicine

KingSlEy appaw aSarEInternal Medicine

NSUCOM/Sun Coast Hospital, Largo, FL

morgan lEigh barnumObstetrics and GynecologyMedical College Georgia,

Augusta, GA

mEgan ann brElSforDTransitional Program

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA

and Military Officer, USS Gunston Hall

John DaviD burrowOrthopedic Surgery

UMDNJ-SOM/Kennedy Memorial, Stratford, NJ

Sarah ElizabEth catESEmergency Medicine

Geisinger Health System, PA

lawrEncE Scott cooKObstetrics/GynecologyCarilion Health System,

Roanoke, VA

aaron K. corayFamily Medicine

Fort Wayne Family Medicine Program, Fort Wayne, IN

mEgan gwEnDolyn cornwEllInternal Medicine-Pediatrics


colin DaviD croShawTraditional Rotating

South Pointe Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Plans to enter Surgery

DaliborKa manigoDa DanE-liSEn

PsychiatryVCU Health Systems,

Richmond, VA

JamES DaviD DannErTraditional Rotating

WVSOM/Charleston Area Medical Center; Charleston, WV

SamuEl patton DEElInternal Medicine-Pediatrics

University of Kentucky Medical Center, KY

DEnniS charlES DESimonEObstetrics/Gynecology

UMDNJ-SOMStratford, NJ

tammy lynn DonowayFamily Practice

Womack Army Community Hospital, Fayetteville, NC

amy wEtzEl DoolanFamily Practice

VCOM/ Carilion Health System, Roanoke, VA

matthEw carlton DornTraditional Rotating and

General SurgeryOUCOM/South Pointe/

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

vinoDh thomaS DoSSPreliminary Internal Medicine Internship

UVA Roanoke Salem Program; Roanoke, VA

and Neurology ResidencyVirginia Commonwealth University, VA

marK brian DuDlEyFamily Practice

PCSOM/Spartanburg Regional Health System,

Spartanburg, SC

aDrian carlo DEwS Bluefield Regional Medical Center

Bluefiled, WVTraditional Rotating

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linDa collEEn DunnInternal Medicine


mEliSSa roSE ElliSTraditional Rotating

NSUCOM/Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL

Will enter Flight Surgery and Plans to enter Emergency Medicine

ElizabEth annE gErSuKPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation

University of North Carolina Hospital, NC

ElizabEth lloyD golDingInternal Medicine

Moses Cone Health System-UNC, Greensboro,NC

matthEw gabriEl DyEEmergency Medicine

PCOM Leigh High Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA

JuStin lanE EbErlyTraditional Rotating

PCOM Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Reading, PA

Plans to enter Internal Medicine

Emily ShonK EDwarDSFamily Practice

VCOM/Carilion Health System, Roanoke, VA

brian DaviD EKEyTraditional Rotating

PCSOM/Pikeville Hospital; Pikeville, KY

Plans to enter Emergency Medicine

taiwona lamEEKa ElliottFamily Practice

Womack Army Community Hospital, Fayetteville, NC

matthEw John faganFamily Practice

PCSOM/Shenandoah Valley Family Practice, Front Royal, VA

robErt Scott fEllTransitional

Portsmouth Naval Hospital; Portsmouth, VA

Military Officer, 2nd Marine DivisionCamp Lejeune, NC

JuliE rEnEE hEiShman forbuSh

Family PracticeTripler Army Medical Center,

Honolulu, HI

JEromE fraziErObstetrics/Gynecology

University of Oklahoma COM-Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

KriStin annE gEErSInternal Medicine

VCOM/Carillion Medical Center, Roanoke, VA

glEynora JEanE gilbhrighDEInternal Medicine

Norton Community Hospital, Norton, VA

bambi l. glaDfEltErFamily Medicine

Chippenham Medical Center, VA

John m. goaDInternal Medicine


JaSon charlES grovE Psychiatry

VCU Health Systems, Richmond, VA

aaron Q. haighTraditional Rotating

Genesys Health System, Grand Blanc, MI

Plans to enter General Surgery

abraham billy harDEE iiiTraditional Rotating

PCOM/Geisinger Health System,Danville, PA

g. thEoDorE harriS ii Neurology

OUCOM/Grandview Hospital, Dayton, OH

laura ElizabEth harvEyEmergency Medicine

Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV

patricia ann hEnryInternal Medicine

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson, Camden, NJ

camillE JEanEttE hEnSonInternal Medicine

Detroit Medical Center (Sinai Grace), MI

JorDan lynn hillFamily Practice

PCSOM/Shenandoah Valley Family Practice, Front Royal, VA

chriStophEr michaEl hughESEmergency Medicine

LECOM/Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital,

Johnstown, PA

John EDwarD hughESEmergency Medicine

University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Little Rock, AK

Shannon chriStian hEinrichInternal Medicine

St. John’s West Shore Hospital, Westlake, OH

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JoShua DaviD JuSticEOphthalmology

OUCOM/Doctors HospitalColumbus, OH

Jon Son woong KimTraditional Rotating Internship

PCOM/Christiana Care-Riverside, Wilmington, DE

and Anesthesia Residency Temple University Hospital, PA

traviS chaD lovETraditional Rotating

WVSOM/Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV


mEliSSa ann martinEKTraditional Rotating (Orthopedics)

University Hospitals/ClevelandCleveland, OH

huma KauSarInternal Medicine/Emergency

MedicinePCOM/Frankford Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

KriSty caSEy KazEmfarTraditional Rotating

Northside Hospital & Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

and OB/GYN Residency New Hanover Regional Medical

Center, NC

Emily maE KEEnErOrthopedic Surgery

UMDNJ-SOM/Kennedy Memorial, Stratford, NJ

KEvin DEwaynE KEithPreliminary Surgery

Univ. of Tennessee Memorial Research Hospital, Knoxville, TN

Plans to enter Surgery

amy ElizabEth KEurEntJESObstetrics and Gynecology

St. James HospitalOlympia Fields, IL

JoShua hEnry KnowlESOrthopedics

Olympia Fields Hospital, Chicago, IL

JamES lEE lanDEro Traditional Rotating Internship

Florida Hospital East, Orlando FLand Anesthesia Residency

Case Western/Metro Health Medical Center, OH

macy littlE lattErFamily MedicineFort Collins, CO

hEiDi Kay lEftwichObstetrics and Gynecology

University of Connecticut Medical Center, CT

KathErinE EttEn livElyPediatrics

Naval Medical CenterSan Diego, CA

margarEt mariE macmillanInternal Medicine

Northside Hospital & Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

JEnniE o’lEra malonEFamily Medicine

UMDNJ-SOM/Kennedy Memorial Stratford, NJ

SEan nicholaS martinFamily Practice

Eglin Air Force Base, Eglin, FL

JamES allEn maxEyTransitional Rotating

Madigan Army Medical Center-Fort Lewis, Tacoma, WA

and General Military Officer, Ft. Richardson, AK

braDlEy michaEl mccraDyTraditional Rotating Internship

Heart of Lancaster Regional Hospital, PA and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Case Western/Metro Health

Medical Center, OH

cEDric KEnyatta mcKinnEyTraditional Rotating (Internal Medicine)

UMDNJ-SOM/Kennedy Memorial University Medical

Stratford, NJ

JaSon DEwaynE mcKinnEyInternal Medicine

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Jonathan EDwarD mcnEalNeurological Surgery


ShElly Kay millSFamily Practice

WVSOM/The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH

hEiDi lEE millErObstetrics/Gynecology

Western U/COMP Arrowhead Regional Medical Center,

Colton, CA

michEllE m. JacobSObstetrics/Gynecology

PCOMPhiladelphia, PA

marK waynE JanKowSKEInternal Medicine-PediatricsBaystate Medical Center, MA

JuStin alan JonESPediatrics

East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN

JoSEph S. JungInternal Medicine

Madigan Army Medical Center- Fort Lewis, Tacoma, WA

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bhaba r. miSraInternal Medicine

Montgomery Regional HospitalBlacksburg, VA

JuStin S. mitchEllOrthopedic Surgery

OUCOM/South Pointe/ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH

luciE victoria moraviaObstetrics/Gynecology

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Camden, NJ

JuStin gaEtano morEaInternal Medicine

Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE

amy lynn murphyPreliminary Year and Residency in

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationWalter Reed Army Medical Center,

Washington, DC

paul arthur phillipSFamily Practice

PCSOM/ETSU-Quillen College of Medicine,

Johnson City, TN

criStina mariE rhoDESAnesthesiology

U Texas S Medical School-Dallas; Dallas, TX

JEffrEy D. SarataEmergency Medicine

EW Sparrow Hospital, Lansing MI

KErri mariE narDonEObstetrics and GynecologySinai Hospital-Baltimore,

Baltimore, MD

valEntinE tEmbEng nDuKuNeurological SurgeryGarden City Hospital,

Garden City, MI

DonalD JEffrEy nEalInternal Medicine


DaniEl paDronEmergency MedicineNSUCOM/Palmetto

General Hospital, Hialeah, FL

matthEw DaviD pErryTraditional Rotating

LECOM/Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center; Johnstown, PA


autumn mariE potaracKEDermatology

University Hosptial/Case Western Reserve, OH

amy mariE pritcharDTransitional


and Military Officer, USS Ponche

KEith EDwin proctorTraditional Rotating

WVSOM/Greenbriar Valley, Ronceverte, WV /

and Occupatioanl Medicine ResidencyUniversity of South Florida, FL

aStriD Kathrin raDErmachEr Traditional Rotating

PCOM/LeHigh Valley Hospital and Health

Allentown, PA

JEnnifEr rEnEE ragErTraditional Rotating Internship and

Residency in OtolaryngologyUMDNJ-SOM/Kennedy Memorial,

Stratford, NJ

langan phElpS robbinSTransitional Rotating

Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, VA/

and Flight Surgeon

JaSon william romESburgTraditional Rotating Internship

PCSOM/New Hanover Regional Medical, Wilmington, NC

and Radiology ResidencyWake Forest Baptist Medical Center,

Winston-Salem, NC

ElizabEth lynnE SaftFamily Practice

Mountain Area Health Ed. Ctr.-NC, Hendersonville, NC

robErt chriStophEr ScaliSETransitional Rotating

Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA

Plans to enter Interventional Radiology

JESSica annE ScarfEPreliminary Internal Medicine


and Anethisia Residency, Medical Colloge of Virginia, VA

niyati p. ShEthInternal Medicine

OUCOM/South Pointe/ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

bilJana SimiKicInternal Medicine-Pediatrics

Baystate Medical Center, MA

mEliSSa mariE SimonFamily Practice

DMUCOM/University of Wisconsin SMPH, Madison, WI

KEvin lawrEncE SprouSEEmergency Medicine

NY Methodist Hospital, New York City, NY

cliff rEiD SmithFamily Medicine

Eglin Air Force Base, Eglin, FL

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aShlEy hall tapScottTraditional Rotating

PCOM/Roxsborough Memorialand Urology Residency

Albert Einstien and Hahneman Univeristy Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

JonEllE conSolacion ulEpObstetrics and Gynecology

St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Clinton Township, MI

matthEw S. wallInternal Medicine

Maine Medical Center, ME

John wang mEliSSa branDon wEimErInternal MedicineOregon Health &

Science University, OR

william DouglaS thomaS iiInternal Medicine


Shayla moniQuE toombSTraditional Rotating

NSUCOM/The Medical Center, Columbus, GA

and Family Medicine ResidencyThe Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Diana m. topolnycKyObstetrics and Gynecology

OUCOM/Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH

Darany Khun toyFamily Practice

U Kansas SOM-Wichita, Wesley, KS

JarviS arthur tzEngTraditional Rotating

Heart of Lancaster Hospital, Lititz, PA

Plans to enter Anesthesia

anDrEw John vanbrocKlinPreliminary Internal Medicine UVA Roanoke Salem Program,

Roanoke, VAand Anesthesia Residency

Western Pennsylvania Hospital, PA

SamuEl John vaSElich grEgory S. vigESaaEmergency Medicine

Regions Hosp/Health Partners-MN, MN

mary carolyn clEmEntS vinSonTraditional Rotating

NSUCOM/ Sun Coast Hospital, Largo, FL

and General Surgery Residency, West Virginia University SOM, WV

JaimE StEphan wagnErPreliminary Surgery and Residency in Radiology

Wake Forest Baptist Med. Center, Winston-Salem, NC

JEnnifEr annE watErmanTraditional Rotating

UH Richmond Medical Center; Richmond Heights, OH

Will Pursue Flight Surgery

KathErinE irEnE watSon Pediatrics

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

laurEn D. wEbEr Emergency MedicineSt. Barnabas Hospital,

Bronx, NY

JErEmy JaSon whitEEmergency Medicine

Columbia Hospital/Palms West Hospital

Loxahatchee, FL

DouglaS l. wilEyFamily Practice

PCSOM/Spartanburg, Regional Health System,

Spartanburg, SC

bryan l. wittTraditional Rotating

NSUCOM/ Sun Coast Hospital, Largo, FL

Plans to enter Orthopedics

KriStiE noEl wolfEObstetrics and Gynecology

Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

JEnnifEr lynn zavEcKaSObstetrics and Gynecology

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH

Jonathan michaEl StuartFamily Medicine

Jacksonville Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

KElly ann SullivanPsychiatry

Carilion Health System, Roanoke, VA

JamES Eric SuthErlanDDiagnostic Radiology

St. James HospitalOlympia Fields, IL

rubaiya y. taluKDarInternal Medicine


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