West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine - Medicus Yearbook (Lewisburg, WV)

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55 vlsrtlng clrnrcrans lecture annually about thenr specral tres These dedrcated teachers provide the clrnrcal lnfor matron which the freshmen and sophomores fund so help ful In understanding the Importance of their baslc sc: ences The faculty has really grown In numbers since the time Gary Beasley Davrd Chessman Walter Durham and Davrd Price began their studies Sue Keller was a faculty member that flrst year but then jorned the class To assist the faculty are 15 para professionals lncludrng directors for bromedrcal communications the anrmal quarters and the physical plant as well as nurses and laboratory assistants A growrng staff of over 50 secre tarres clerk typrsts maintenance people and security officers ard administrators and faculty rn runnrng the college effrcrently About 80 percent of WVSOM s students come from West Vrrglnla From the northern panhandle to the southern coal fields and from Huntington rn the west to Whrte Sulphur Sprrngs In the east 176 student physrcrans studied here during the 1977 78 academic year to prepare themselves for a family practrce In the areas of the state where medical services are really needed In fact the doctor shortage rn West Vlrglma was the prrmary reason why the Ieglslature merged the private Greenbrier College of Osteopathic Medlclne Into the state system of higher education Futhermore students from the states of Mary land Georgia and Florida wlll start matrlculatlng here next year through a cooperative program lnrtrated by the Southern Regronal Educatron Board under the ausprces of the West Vlrglnra Board of Regents On Iune 11 the flrst class of 33 physicians will graduate james Deerlng Patty Huguley Greg Kelly Lloyd Kurth Wllllam McLean john Manchln and Joe Schreiber will receive their diplomas Ed Eskew another graduate will even have the opportumty to hear has mlmster father start the graduation with the Invocation An appropriate cele bratlon hrghlrghted by a banquet at the world famous Greenbrier Hotel rn nearby White Sulphur Sprrngs IS now being planned In order to make It easy for the seniors to return to West Vlrgmla after their Internships a place ment service rs In existence at the school under the drrec tlon of Fredric W Smlth Dean for Admrnlstratlon and Student Affairs Several physicians around the state have already Indicated a desire to have a WVSOM graduate In therr area FUTURE Orderly growth will contrnue to characterize WVSOM for at least the next five years Wlth full accreditation being granted by the Commrttee on Education of the American Osteopathic Association the College has Increased its first year enrollment to 60 students per class thereby making an eventual student body numbered at 240 The rngly As a result the goal of producing osteopathic physlclans to practice famxly medlcrne rn West Vlrgrnla and Appalachia will be attained rn the future And this charter class of 33 students rs our prrde and joy A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC BY DAVID H CORCORAN Ph D DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CLASS OF 1978 WHEN THEY FIRST MATRICULATED IN OCTOBER, 1974 . . . - . . . . . . I I I I I I I . I I . I . . I . t . - H A. I . 1. I I I ll II ' ' ' I . , I I I I I I . . 1 - l I STUDENT BODY ColIege's faculty and staff will therefore grow accord- I , . . . . . . . ,, . . ,, I I I I I . I ' ' . , : . , . . I ' I I I I I I - I I I . . . . . I C I .I I I ul I I I I , I I I , . , . .

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