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HCOM Executive Dean Kenneth Johnson celebrates with a group of students after the 2014 Convocation ceremony

Office of the Executive Dean

Welcome to the Office of the Executive Dean


The executive dean is the chief administrative officer of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and is responsible for the college’s strategic direction and its partnerships with health care systems across the nation.

Contact the Executive Dean

 johnsok9@ohio.edu

 740.593.9350

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Communications

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  • A look back at Commencement

    May 11, 2022
    Dr. Johnson recognizes the ways in which faculty and staff have supported our students' journey to graduation. 
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  • College names primary care interim chair

    May 4, 2022
    Jennifer Gwilym, D.O., to serve as interim chair of the Department of Primary Care.
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  • Beth Longenecker, D.O., chosen to found new COM

    April 12, 2022
    Tracy Shaub, D.O., will serve as interim dean for the Athens campus.
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Care Leads Here

The Heritage College is where tomorrow's primary care physicians and specialists learn, grow and go forward. Trained to treat the whole patient. Ready to serve every population. And fully prepared to address the most pervasive medical needs of the state.

 

Strategic Planning

Since our beginning over 40 years ago, OHIO's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has been guided by its founding idea: To train excellent osteopathic physicians who serve Ohio’s communities of greatest need, especially in primary care fields.
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The Phillips Medal of Public Service

The Phillips Medal of Public Service is named for the late J. Wallace Phillips and Jody Galbreath Phillips, longtime friends of Ohio University, to recognize the men and women involved in health care, education and public service.
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News

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  • Shaub to serve as interim Athens campus dean

    May 20, 2022
    Tracy Shaub, D.O. ('92), the former Department of Primary Care chair, has been selected to serve as interim dean of the Athens campus.
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  • Gwilym selected as interim Department of Primary Care chair

    May 20, 2022
    Jennifer Gwilym, D.O. ('03), recently was selected for two new leadership roles - one outside the college and the other as as interim chair for the Department of Primary Care.
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  • Heritage College holds in-person awards event for 2022 grads

    May 7, 2022
    For the first time in two years, the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine held its commencement awards ceremony in person.
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