Society of Osteopathic Medical Educators
The 2024 SOME Innovation Award application is now closed.
The next cycle will open in January 2025.
Email Lynn Bragan your member request:
- Official Voting Member: Indicate that you are responsible for creating and/or implementing an osteopathic medical education program and are eligible to be an official voting member of SOME.
- Non-voting Member: Indicate that you would like join the online community to participate in the discussions.
You also agree to abide by usage terms in the Community and have reviewed the SOME SIG guidelines.
AACOM Staff Liaison
Mark Speicher, PhD
AACOM Senior VP of Research, Learning and Innovation
SOME Operating Strategies
The Society seeks to include those involved in educational programs through the colleges of osteopathic medicine, osteopathic post-graduate training institutions (OPTIs), specialty colleges and continuing medical education programs. The mission of the society is to promote the continuous collaborative improvement of osteopathic medical education.
The strategies of this Council shall be to:
- share information regarding current educational practices, including content, processes and administrative oversight, along the continuum of osteopathic medical education;
- implement best practices for medical education programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education;
- promote, plan, conduct and disseminate the results of individual and collaborative osteopathic medical education research;
- provide opportunities for collaboration among the colleges of osteopathic medicine and among educational programs along the continuum of osteopathic medical education;
- develop and recommend administrative policies that would promote and reward education scholarship; and
- present recommendations to the Board of Deans and to prepare and present other reports which may be requested by the Board of Deans.
SOME Leadership
The Society is led by a Steering Committee that is representative of the full continuum of osteopathic medical education, including continuing medical education. Membership on the Steering Committee is determined by a vote of the Society membership in attendance at Educating Leaders, the AACOM Annual Conference.
2024-2025
Steering Committee Leadership
- Chair: Christopher C. Keller, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology/Immunology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Chair-Elect: Sarah Zahl, PhD, Assistant Dean for Accreditation Logistics and Advancement, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Marian University Tom and Julie Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Secretary: Abigail Frank, DO, Assistant Dean of GME, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Past-Chair: Nicole Wadsworth, DO, Dean, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Steering Committee Members:
- Adrienne Ables, PharmD, MS, Associate Dean of Basic Medical Sciences, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Stephen DeMeo, DO, Regional Assistant Dean, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Lauren Deutsch, DO, MHA, Assistant Professor, Rowan-Virtua SOM Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
- David Garza, DO, Associate Dean, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Kelli Glaser, DO, MPH, Professor of Family Medicine, Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Sherry Jimenez, EdD, Associate Dean of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Debasis Mondal, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Elizabeth McClain, PhD, EdS, MPH, AVP Academic Success, Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Heather Phipps, DO, MBA, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Student COSGP National Medical Education Representative: Tylyr Cromedy, OMS, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
- NAOME Liaison: Machelle Linsenmeyer, EdD, Associate Dean for Assessment and Educational Development, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Revised 7/10/2024