Jack Brose, D.O., a
leading advocate of medical education and dean of Ohio
University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM), recently
received the medical school’s alumni society Special Recognition
Award.
Brose, who for the last two
years has been the chairman of the Ohio Council of Medical
School Deans, earned the award, “for his extraordinary vision
and commitment to osteopathic education, for his advocacy on
behalf of Ohio’s medical schools, and for embracing alumni … as
an integral part of the college community,” says Thomas
Anderson, D.O. (’83), president of the OU-COM’s Society of
Alumni and Friends.
As chairman of the council,
Brose is a primary advocate for Ohio’s medical schools with
Ohio’s Board of Regents, General Assembly and governor’s office.
Brose’s efforts were crucial in the inclusion of medical
education as one of the state’s Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) programs, which are
exempted from certain educational budget cuts. Earlier this
year, Brose received the Distinguished Service Award from the
Ohio State Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family
Physicians. Brose also has
served as the medical school
representative on the Ohio Higher Education Funding Study
Council.
Brose has received 25
outstanding instructor awards, including being chosen as Family
Practice Educator of the Year by the Ohio Academy of Family
Physicians in 2001.
The Special Recognition Award,
made at the college’s annual Continuing Medical Education and
Class Reunion, was the first given by the alumni organization.
“Jack Brose understands and
values the importance of alumni relations and the ongoing
involvement of our graduates of our graduates in the future of
our college. He exemplifies the responsibility we, too, have to
our graduates: to work with them and advocate for them as we
help them become integral in the life of Ohio University. We are
most fortunate to have such extraordinary leadership and support
at OU-COM.”
“His enthusiasm is contagious,”
says Anderson, who surprised Brose with the award.
Upon receiving the award, Brose
says that one of the best parts of being dean is working with
graduates.
“Getting out and seeing former
students and their tremendous successes in medicine helps foster
an enthusiastic environment at the college,” says Brose. “Our
graduates are certainly a driving force behind what we do each
and every day.”
In his remarks, Brose
acknowledged the importance of former OU-COM Dean Frank
Myers, D.O., who was in attendance, as his mentor during
Myers’ tenure as dean from 1977–1993.
“It was very thoughtful of the
Society of Alumni and Friends to recognize his contributions,”
commented Ohio
University Provost Kathy Krendl, Ph.D. “Dr. Brose has provided
valuable leadership at a critical time in the history of the
college.”
During the fifth annual CME &
All Class Reunion the
society and college also recognized eight alumni, friends and
supporters of the college with awards for their contributions to
the college, profession and to medical education during the
reunion dinner on Saturday evening. The three-day event, which
took place Oct. 27–29 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus, brought
more than 175 physicians to 22 workshops and didactic sessions
on diabetes management, advances in
radiology, osteopathic manipulative treatment for the geriatric
patient and dermatology case studies, among other topics.
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