LECOM Connection Summer 2020

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AWARDS 2020 AOGME LEADERSHIP AWARD

THE AACOM ANNUAL CONFERENCE MARCH 25-27 | VIRTUAL EVENT

Richard Terry, DO, MBA Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dr. Richard Terry Receives AOGME Award Richard Terry, DO, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) at Elmira has received the 2020 Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME) Leadership Award. The award, presented by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM), is bestowed upon an individual who has shown exemplary leadership and who has made exceptional contributions to the osteopathic profession. Dr. Terry has been instrumental in improving osteopathic medical education through his noteworthy innovation and creativity. The honor was conferred upon Dr. Terry during the online awards presentation at the

Educating Leaders 2020 Virtual Event held on Friday, March 27, 2020. Dr. Terry joined the LECOM faculty in 2012 as LECOM Assistant Regional Dean of Clinical Education. He was instrumental in expanding student clinical rotation sites across east and central New York State, and his four-year effort contributed greatly to the establishment of the new LECOM at Elmira School of Medicine, of which he is now the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. As the former President of the New York State Osteopathic Medical Society, Dr. Terry possesses a robust background in clinical aptitudes that will assist the College in

increasing clinical education opportunities across the East and Central regions of New York State. With the influential and sweeping view of LECOM peering ever-optimistically into the future, the growth of the College is an enduring and continual initiative, and one that Dr. Terry has taken to heart. LECOM takes profound pride in congratulating Richard Terry, DO in his receipt of this estimable award.

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