Monday, March 16, 2015
LUCOM hosts open public forum with speaker Bruce C. Steffes, M.D.
Mon, 16 Mar 2015Christopher Breedlove :: LUCOM Marketing
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) will host an open public forum with invited speaker Bruce C. Steffes, M.D., Chief Medical Officer for Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS) on Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m. The presentation, sponsored by the LUCOM Medical Library and its Scholars Series, will take place in the Center for Medical and Health Sciences Blue Auditorium (#1014). Catered reception to follow presentation.
Dr. Steffes’ presentation is entitled “Compassion, Capacity, 
and Concatenation – Is Medical Missions on a Cusp?”
Since 1998, Dr. Steffes has spent a considerable amount
of time as a volunteer physician and general surgeon in
Haiti, Belize, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, Brazil, Sierra
Leone, Afghanistan, and more. Collectively he has logged
nearly a million air miles in visiting countries and medical
works in developing nations. In 2006, he joined the Pan-
African Academy of Christian Surgeons; a rural-based health
initiative (general surgical training program) for African residents and is a part of the Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA). Dr. Steffes has made it his personal and medical mission in life to serve, protect, and improve the quality of life for countless citizens in the developing world.
Dr. Steffes graduated from the University of Michigan College of Medicine and trained in general surgery at the University of Florida. He is also certified in tropical medicine by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, received a Masters of Arts in Biblical Ministry from Baptist Bible College of Pennsylvania, and a Masters of Business Administration from Duke University.
In fulfilling the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Steffes concentrates his efforts on the programmatic and educational aspects of the PAACS, acting as liaison to the programs, supporting the faculty and residents at each site, continuing to interface with the African Colleges of Surgery, and is using rural mission hospitals to train African physicians to become surgeons. Dr. Steffes is often quoted to say, “in Africa, for Africa and for a lifetime.”
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM), located in the Center for Medical and Health Sciences on the campus of Liberty University, is dedicated to producing physicians who are knowledgeable, skilled and competent and founded in professionalism, ethics, and Christian principles. LUCOM has as its mission the development of community-based physicians to meet the needs of underserved patients worldwide. LUCOM strives to produce graduates who will remain lifelong learners and contribute to the advancement of medical knowledge while retaining their servant’s heart and passion to help others.