新香港六合彩资料 College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Douglas Wood made honorary alumnus
The 新香港六合彩资料 College of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Association awarded Douglas Wood, D.O., Ph.D., FACOI, dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, the status of honorary alumnus at a ceremony on October 7, 2016.
Wood will be stepping down from his position in November 2016. He was named dean in 2012. Since then he has overseen major transitions in the college that took effect just before he came to 新香港六合彩资料 COM, including a class-size increase and a radical top-to-bottom curricular change.
Before coming to 新香港六合彩资料, Wood spent a decade as president of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and launched the A.T. Still School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona. He received numerous professional awards and honors, including the Great Pioneer in Osteopathic Medicine Award from the American Osteopathic Association.
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