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Patty Shelor Smith

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Patty Shelor Smith
Director for Institutional Licensure, Reporting, and Accreditation Support
Office: VCOM II - Suite 1000B
2280 Kraft Drive
Department/Discipline: Administration
Campuses: Virginia, Auburn, Carolinas, Louisiana
Fax: 540-231-6990

Melissa Simpkins

Melissa Simpkins
Melissa Simpkins, MBA
Program Administrator for ONMM Residency, Educational Specialist for PPC-OMM Program
Office: 1691 Innovation Drive, Suite 1300
Department/Disciplines: Post–Graduate Affairs, Sports Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - OMM
Campus: Virginia

David Showalter

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David Showalter, BS
Associate Vice President for Finance
Office: 378
Department/Discipline: Finance
Campuses: Virginia, Louisiana, Carolinas, Auburn
Fax: 540-231-5338

Cindy Shepard Rawlins

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Cindy Shepard Rawlins, BS
Preferred First Name: Cindy
Vice President for Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications

Leading the Communications division at VCOM, Cindy has been with the College since 2006.  She brings over 40 years of experience with award-winning communications in higher education including Washington University in St. Louis, newspaper and magazine publishing corporations, printing industry, and international marketing and design experience at two global corporate positions including Bridge Information Systems (now part of Reuters), and Cardinal Health, a Fortune 20 company.

 

The skills she has brought to VCOM are built on a foundation of extensive experience and education in marketing, graphic design, web design/development, communications, and public relations.

Office: Knollwood 133
Department/Discipline: Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications
Campuses: Virginia, Louisiana, Carolinas, Auburn

Awards

  • Annual Report Competition (ARC) International – Bronze Award for 2016 Annual Report: On the Trail of Our Appalachian Mission, in the Printing and Production category under Health and Education. October, 2016.
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Second place for Best Advertising for the “Thinking of Medical School?” advertising campaign for the Auburn campus. April, 2016.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold Award for the 2015 Annual Report and Yearbook: Building on a Tradition of Success, in the Graduate School Annual Report category. February, 2016.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold Award for "Thinking of Medical School?" digital advertising campaign for the three VCOM Campus locations, in the Graduate School Website Advertising category. February, 2016.
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Southeast District III Advancement Awards. Special merit award for Magazine/Tabloid Improvement. February, 2016.
  • Annual Report Competition (ARC) International – Silver Award for 2014 Annual Report: Turning your desire to help others into a lifelong mission, in the Printing and Production category under Health and Education.
  • American Advertising Federation 2015 Western Virginia Advertising Awards - Silver ADDY® Award for Magazine Design (Entire Magazine): VCOM View Vol. 7 No. 1. February, 2015.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Gold Award for the 2014 Annual Report & Yearbook: Turning Your Desire to Help Others into a Lifelong Mission. February, 2015.
  • Annual Report Competition (ARC) International Bronze Award for 2016 Annual Report: On the Trail to Our Appalachian Mission, in the Printing and Production category under Health and Education. August, 2016.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Gold Award for the 2014 Recruitment Pocket Folder: Turning Your Desire to Help Others into a Lifelong Mission. February, 2015.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Bronze Award for 2014 Magazine Advertising Single: the Lifelong Mission Ad – International Outreach version. February, 2015.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Bronze Award for 2014 Website Advertising: The Lifelong Mission – digital advertising series – the International Outreach version. February, 2015.
  • Annual ARC International Awards – Honors Award for the 2013 Annual Report & Yearbook: Patient-Centered Care, The Heart of Medical Education. The report was exhibited in New York City, Hamburg, Germany, and Beijing, China. October, 2014.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Received Gold Award for 2013 "Patient-Centered Care - the Heart of Medical Education" Annual Report and Yearbook. February, 2014.
  • American Advertising Federation 2013 Western Virginia Advertising Awards - Silver ADDY® Award for the 2012 Special Edition 10th Anniversary Annual Report and Yearbook. February, 2013.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards – Gold Award for the 2012 Special Edition 10th Anniversary Annual Report and Yearbook. February 2013.
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Third Place for Best Video. Advancement Awards from the Council for Advancements and Support of Education (CASE) Southeast District III, April, 2012.
  • Received Grand Award for 2011 Annual Report and Yearbook. Received one of 39 Grand Awards out of over 1,000 entries across the U.S. February, 2012.
  • American Advertising Federation 2011 Western Virginia Advertising Awards - Silver ADDY® Award for the 2010 Annual Report and Yearbook. February, 2011.
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) First Place for Best College Newsletter. April, 2007.
  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) First Place for Best One-of-a-kind Special Publication. April, 2007.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold Award for the 2016 Annual Report: On the Trail of Our Appalachian Mission, in the Graduate School Annual Report category. February, 2017.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold Award for VCOM+Virginia Tech - A Public/Private Success Story, in the Graduate School Other/Misc. awards category.February, 2017.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Gold award for the Auburn campus photograph titled "Our Future Physicians," in the Graduate School, Photo/Illustration - Single category. February, 2017.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Silver award for Auburn campus magazine ad series "Training Tomorrow's Physicians", in the Graduate School, Magazine Advertising - Series. February, 2017.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Silver Award for design of the VCOM Medical Outreach program logo, in the Graduate School, Logos/Trademarks/Mascots category. February, 2017.
  • Collegiate Advertising Awards - Silver Award for the redesign of the VCOM website - www.vcom.edu in the Graduate School, Website Design category. February, 2017.
  • Blue Ridge chapter of the Public Relations Society of America - Silver Summit Award - awarded to Access Advertising, Inc. and VCOM for the redesign of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine’s website. November, 2016

Activities

  • American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Marketing and Communications Council member. 2006-current.
  • American Advertising Federation - Roanoke Chapter board member, Government Relations Chair, 2016-18.
Fax: 540-231-5338

Randy Schuller

Schuller, Randy
Randy Schuller, JD
Preferred First Name: Randy
Vice President for Institutional Policy and Administrative Law
Office: 310
Department/Discipline: Administration
Campuses: Virginia, Louisiana, Carolinas, Auburn

Mark Rogers

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Mark Rogers, DO, CAQSM, FAAFP, FAOASM
Discipline Chair for Sports Medicine
Program Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship
Professor for Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, and Sports Medicine

 

Education

Year University Degree
2018 American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine Fellow
2018 American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Master Preceptor
2015 American Academy of Family Physicians Fellow
2007 Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicice  Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
2006 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Family Medicine Residency 
2003 Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center  DO
1999 Duquesne University MA Health Care Ethics
1996 University of North Carolina - Charlotte BA Chemistry 

 

If you are a current patient or need to schedule an appointment please visit https://osteopathicsports.com/

Office: VCOM Sports and Osteopathic Medicine 
Department/Disciplines: Sports Medicine, Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - OMM
Campus: Virginia
Fax: 540-232-8429

Luke Robinson

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Luke Robinson, DO
Assistant Professor for Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

If you are a current patient or need to schedule an appointment please visit https://www.osteopathicsports.com/

Office: VCOM Sports and Osteopathic Medicine 
Department/Disciplines: Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - OMM, Family Medicine
Campus: Virginia

Christopher Reilly

Chris Reilly
Chris Reilly, PhD
Preferred First Name: Chris
Department Chair for Biomedical Sciences; Discipline Chair and Professor for Cell Biology and Physiology

Research Interests

My research focuses on systemic lupus erythematosus using murine animal models. In my laboratory, we study the role of epigenetics and the microbiome and how these factors regulate the immune system. In regard to my research training, I obtained my PhD from the Medical College of Georgia in Physiology and Endocrinology and completed a three-year post-doc at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology under the mentorship of Dr. Gary Gilkeson. After my post-doctorate, I remained on staff as a Research Assistant Professor at MUSC for 2 years before taking the position as Chairman for Physiology and Biochemistry at VCOM and a joint appointment at the Vet School at Virginia Tech. I have extensive experience in both immune function and murine lupus. In Google Scholar, my studies have and been cited over 5000 times, and I have an h-index of 39 and an I10-index of 60.

 

Education

2000 MUSC Charleston  Postdoc
1997 Medical College of Georgia PhD-Physiology/Endocrinology 
1991 University of New Mexico BS-Biology

 

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Office: 350
Department/Disciplines: Biomedical Affairs and Research, Cell Biology and Physiology
Campus: Virginia

Awards

  • Grant funding from Acetylon Pharmaceuticals for the proposal, “Inhibition of SLE with the HDAC6 inhibitor ACY-1083 in NZB/W female mice.” The grant was funded in February 2014 and the award is for $240,253
  • Featured in the Microsoft Cloud article that accompanies their commercial that is currently airing on television. http://news.microsoft.com/features/cloud-computing-contributes-to-individually-tailored-medical-treatments-of-the-future/
  • Reviewer for AOA abstracts for national meeting
  • Reviewer for AOA grant awards
Fax: 540-231-5338

Peter Recupero

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Peter Recupero, DO, FACP, FACOI
Associate Professor for Internal Medicine
Director for Student Medical Education for Lewis Gale Montgomery Regional Hospital
Office: 235
Department/Discipline: Internal Medicine
Campus: Virginia
Fax: 540-231-6298

Gregory Reaves

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Greg Reaves, BS
Preferred First Name: Greg
Director for Research Administration
Office: Knollwood 105
Department/Discipline: Biomedical Affairs and Research
Campuses: Virginia, Auburn, Carolinas, Louisiana
Fax: 540-231-2001
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