is a Commissioner of Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission (MedPAC), advising Congress on Medicare
issues.
Dr. Stowers’ continuing interests are innovations in
medical education, rural healthcare delivery policy and
national physician manpower and training issues.
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Dr. Craig Lenz received his
D.O. degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic
Medicine. He received a B.S.E. in aerospace engineering
from Princeton University and attended the University of
Pennsylvania's master's degree program in counseling
psychology. In 1989 he was conferred as a Fellow in the
Collegium of the Academy of Osteopathic Directors and
Medical Educators (FAODME).
Dr. Lenz holds board certification
from the American Board of Osteopathic Family
Practitioners (ABOFP) and is a past Fellow of the
American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).
Additionally, he was a member of the Commission for
Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and on the
Board of Directors for the National Board of Osteopathic
Medical Examiners (NBOME). Dr. Lenz travels throughout
the country serving as an inspector for the American
Osteopathic Association's (AOA) and Osteopathic
Postgraduate Training Institute's (OPTI) internship
programs. He also chairs accreditation visits to
osteopathic colleges for AOA COCA.
Dr. Lenz was appointed to
LMU-DCOM's Dean's Council on November 1, 2005, when he
accepted the position of Senior Associate Academic
Dean/Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences. He brings
with him more than 25 years of experience in clinical
medicine and medical education. Previously he has served
as Dean at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the
Pacific at Western University of Health Sciences, and
chairman of the University of New England Dean's
Council. In three different family practice residency
training programs, he has served as the Director of
Medical Education and/or Family Practice Residency
Director.
While working in medical education
for the past 25 years, Dr. Lenz' continuous clinical
experience includes private family practice and
emergency medicine in Maine, California and Tennessee.
His areas of academic expertise
include medical errors and patient safety, case-based
ethical dilemmas in the emergency department, domestic
violence in the emergency department, professionalism in
medical education and the cognitive theory of
differential diagnosis. His academic research has been
in content neutral critical thinking in first year
medical students.
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Dr.
Howard S. Teitelbaum is the Associate Dean
of Research, Grants and Sponsored Programs at LMU-DCOM.
He comes to LMU-DCOM from the New York College of
Osteopathic Medicine where he was Associate Dean for
Graduate Programs. He received his Ph.D. and D.O.
degrees from Michigan State University. He also has an
M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health. He
completed his internship at Mount Clemens General
Hospital in Michigan and completed his residency in
preventative medicine at the Yale University School of
Medicine, where he was chief resident. He has held
faculty positions at Michigan State University College
of Osteopathic Medicine, the Yale University School of
Medicine, and the New York College of Osteopathic
Medicine. He has been attending physician at the
preventative medicine clinics in New Haven, Connecticut
and adult health clinic at the Ingham County Health
Department. He was the medical director at the Insight
clinic for substance abuse and chemical dependency and
the St. Lawrence Hospital substance abuse clinic, both
located in Lansing, Michigan.
Dr. Teitelbaum has held several
administrative and academic posts in his career. He was
a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at
Michigan State University and served as chair of several
college and university committees. He has also been the
Dean of the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic
Medicine. He then became a senior research fellow at the
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
(AACOM) in Bethesda, Maryland, where he completed a
study of the curriculum at all the colleges of
osteopathic medicine in the United States. The result
was a book entitled Osteopathic Medicine in the
United States: Improving the Future of Medicine.
He is the author of numerous
research papers and presentations and serves on several
state and national committees. He is recognized as an
expert in medical education curriculum. He has been a
consultant on research methodology for several projects
and studies and has served on several doctoral
committees. He has taught courses in epidemiology,
biostatistics, physical diagnosis and specialty courses
in internal medicine. He has won many teaching awards,
most notably the Professor of the Year at Yale in the
Department of Epidemiology and elected to the Mentor
Hall of Fame of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
His research interests are in clinical preventative
medicine, community based medical education, health
policy, public health, and the epidemiology of
infectious diseases.
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Dr. Jonathan Leo received his Ph.D. in Anatomy from the University of Iowa where he studied the effect of drugs on the developing brain. He received his B.A. from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. In 1995 he became an assistant professor of anatomy at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University of the Health Sciences (WUHS). During his nine-year tenure he taught gross anatomy, physiology and neuroscience in the medical, physician assistant, physical therapy, pharmacy, and nursing programs. In the medical school he also served as the course director for both Medical Neuroscience and the Head and Neck section of Gross Anatomy. Dr. Leo won several teaching awards during his stay at WUHS.
In 2004 Dr. Leo became the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Bradenton Florida. He also taught anatomy and served as a facilitator in the LECOM problem-based learning curriculum.
Dr. Leo has written numerous textbook chapters including chapters on neurophysiology and neuropharmacology for several leading textbooks. He has also been published in numerous scientific journals. His most recent article on serotonin was published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS). The article was covered by numerous media outlets including WebMD, Medscape,
Nature, Forbes, The Scientist, and was featured in
The Wall Street Journal Science Section.
For the past ten years Dr. Leo has also served as a lecturer for the Kaplan preparation course for the COMLEX exam, in which capacity he has lectured at many of the Osteopathic colleges. He is also an author of the Kaplan Anatomy Review book.
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Dr. Dennis Kiick received his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 1985 and went on to a NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. He went on to become an assistant professor of biochemistry at University of Tennessee Memphis Health Science Center where he received a 5-year, $350,000 NIH FIRST Award to conduct research into the mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
Dr. Kiick left UT Memphis in 1995 and began his tenure at College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University, where he most recently served as Chairman of the Basic Medical Sciences Department and professor of biochemistry. During his 10-year tenure he twice received the Outstanding Basic Science Professor Teaching Award.
Dr. Kiick was appointed to LMU-DCOM’s Dean’s Council on January 3, 2006, when he accepted the position of
Assistant Dean of
Basic Medical Sciences. Beyond his 20 years of teaching experience, Dr. Kiick has also been published in many journals including the
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, the Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Biochemistry, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology and more. He has also been a featured presenter at
various seminars.
His areas of academic expertise include energy and
lipoprotein metabolism, acid-base chemistry and nutrition.
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Ms. Joohee Kim received her graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1998 with a Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.), emphasis in Health Administration and Policy. She has served in osteopathic medical education for over
eight years in the areas of pre-doctoral education and post-doctoral education.
Ms. Kim joined LMU-DCOM on October 3, 2005, from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSUCOM) where she was responsible as the Administrative Director for the Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma. There, she provided administrative leadership and support for seven graduate medical education institutions and over 190 interns and residents.
At LMU-DCOM, Ms. Kim is the Executive Director of Academic Services and is responsible for the support in the development of educational programs, working closely with faculty and assessing learning outcomes as it relates to overall goals and objectives. She is responsible for the annual self-study for LMU-DCOM as required by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOA COCA). Currently, she serves on the LMU-DCOM Dean’s Council and is a member of the Curriculum Committee and serves as member of the University Institutional Effectiveness Committee and is a member of the University Level V Committee.
Her interest in medical education research is in the areas of competency based education and assessment.
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