LECOM Lauds Alumni Completing Conemaugh Graduate Medical Education (Med Ed) Program

Two graduates of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) - Doug Pazehoski, DO and Jennifer Silvis, DO - recently completed the Conemaugh Graduate Medical Education (Med Ed) Program.

Conemaugh provided the scholars with a variety of probative clinical experiences to complement their rigorous LECOM medical training.

Doug Pazehoski, DO joins the Emergency Medicine Department at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Pazehoski completed his medical education at LECOM at Seton Hill. The Greensburg native received his undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh.

Jennifer Silvis, DO will return to the Conemaugh Health System on October 1, 2021, specializing in Surgical Critical Care. Dr. Silvis completed her medical education at LECOM and undertook her residency in general surgery at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. In August of this year, she will complete a fellowship in acute care surgery with a special focus in surgical critical care, trauma surgery, and emergency surgery at the University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital. Dr. Silvis is a Beaver County, Pennsylvania native, and she has served honorably in the United States Air Force since 2003. Currently, she has dual assignments as a flight surgeon and general surgeon for Critical Care Air Transport. As a medic in the Air Force, Dr. Silvis completed combat tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, and she was awarded the prestigious John M. Templeton Jr. Military Call to Service Scholarship in 2018.

LECOM commends these two distinguished graduates on their recent accomplishments.