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LECOM Announces Plans to Open a New Campus at Jacksonville University

LECOM Announces Plans to Open a New Campus at Jacksonville University

LECOM to seek national accreditation and plans to break ground on new facility in 2024 Inaugural class of medical students to begin coursework in 2026 Jacksonville, FL – November 30, 2022 – The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) announced today a new partnership with Jacksonville University to establish a four-year medical school in northeast Florida that will become LECOM at Jacksonville University. LECOM President and CEO John Ferretti, D.O., stated: “Since our inception...Read More »

Dr. Seth Carter: Headed for retirement? Keep your mind sharp with brain games

Dr. Seth Carter: Headed for retirement? Keep your mind sharp with brain games

This article first appeared online at GoErie.com on Nov. 27, 2022. As we grow older, many of us look forward to retirement because we imagine it to be a time free of life’s challenges. We envision exciting, long vacations and travel. But when that day actually arrives, we often find ourselves questioning what to do, and end up being more passive and watching TV. Without much stimulation, our minds begin to decline. Instead of falling...Read More »

LECOM Health Waterford Family Practice Announces Grand Reopening

LECOM Health Waterford Family Practice Announces Grand Reopening

ERIE, PA (November 22, 2022) — Medical Associates of Erie, an affiliate of LECOM Health, today held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand reopening of Waterford Family Practice at 220 E. 3rd St. in Waterford. Completed a month earlier than estimated, the 5,188-square-foot building replaces the facility formerly located in the adjacent lot. “With the completion of this state-of-the-art facility, we are pleased to offer proper access to quality health care for the Waterford community...Read More »

LECOM Opens New School of Podiatric Medicine

LECOM Opens New School of Podiatric Medicine

New school is the 11th podiatric medical school in the U.S. First class will begin in 2023 ERIE, PA (November 4, 2022) — The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) announced today it will open a new School of Podiatric Medicine (SPM). The LECOM-SPM Erie (PA) received approval from the accreditation agency, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, to begin accepting students for the fall semester of 2023. The LECOM-SPM is the eleventh podiatric...Read More »

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