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Family shares Cystic Fibrosis story with student-doctorsTue, 26 Jan 2016Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PRSpend a few minutes around six-year-old Myles Gebhardt, and, odds are, he is just like most boys you know. “He is a very active little boy. He loves soccer and baseball and basketball,” said father...
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Understanding Human Trafficking: a Physician's Role Fri, 08 Jan 2016Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR “People think slavery was abolished years ago, but in fact, we have more slaves today than we’ve ever had in history.” According to Joy Marinelli, National Race Director for the Lynchburg non-profit Freedom 4/24,...
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'You need an ophthalmologist?' LUCOM associate professor featured on Baptist Press. Thu, 07 Jan 2016Baptist Press LESOTHO (BP) -- "We really need an ophthalmologist, one who specializes in disease of the eyes in children." The request by missionary Teresa Flora was hard for pediatric ophthalmologist David Klink, D.O., to ignore,...
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Local Alzheimer’s Association chapter gives insight about disease Thu, 10 Dec 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR “This is not just an isolated disease, this is one that affects entire families and friends.” Jane Massie knows this firsthand. Not only is she the Development Director for the Alzheimer’s Association...
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Student organization makes an impact at pancake fundraiser Fri, 04 Dec 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR Student-doctors at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) came back from their Thanksgiving break with a mission to help others. On Nov. 30 at the Center for Medical and Health Sciences, LUCOM-Student...
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Student-doctors, faculty reflect on Dr. Ben Carson’s visit to LU/LUCOM Thu, 03 Dec 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR While he is known to most people as a candidate in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, Dr. Ben Carson’s visit to Lynchburg was special in a different way...
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Duke University professor shares research about religion in health careWed, 02 Dec 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PRPhysicians spend years in medical school learning how to assess the needs of a person’s body and mind. In a presentation at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM), Harold Koenig, M.D.,...
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Centra neurosurgeon shares view on medical missions with student-doctorsTue, 24 Nov 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PRAside from the impressive accomplishments leading up to his current position as neurosurgeon/medical director at Centra Brain and Spine Institute, Dilantha Ellegala, M.D., also has a passion that mirrors the mission of Liberty...
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Student-doctors make an impact at annual "Superhero 5K" Mon, 23 Nov 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR While Batman and Spiderman may be the first names that come to mind, a group of Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) student-doctors reminded the community that physicians are superheroes too....
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Student-doctors prepare for "Pancakes for Parkinson's" fundraiser Fri, 20 Nov 2015Shelley Andrews :: LUCOM Marketing and PR For the second year in a row, a group of student-doctors from Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) will flip flapjacks for a great cause. LUCOM-Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) will host...
