WesternU names Dr. Jonathan Labovitz as College of Podiatric Medicine Dean - Yahoo Finance

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, /PRNewswire/ -- Western University of Health Sciences has selected Jonathan Labovitz, DPM, FACFAS, CHCQM, arsenic Dean of the College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM), effectual November 1, 2022.

WesternU College of Podiatric Medicine Dean Jonathan Labovitz, DPM, FACFAS, CHCQM

Dr. Labovitz joined CPM successful 2009, the aforesaid twelvemonth the College welcomed its inaugural class. He has served the College and WesternU admirably successful a multitude of capacities, including Department Chair, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, and Medical Director of the WesternU Foot & Ankle Center. He astir precocious served arsenic Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Graduate Placement.

"Dean Labovitz has invested his vocation astatine WesternU and was pivotal to the planetary maturation of CPM and eventual occurrence of the College," said WesternU President Robin Farias-Eisner, MD, PhD, MBA. "He takes the reigns astatine a transformational clip successful wellness care, for the University, and for the Podiatric Medicine profession. I person each assurance that helium volition pb CPM to execute adjacent higher levels of prominence."

Labovitz earned his Bachelor of Arts successful Biology with a attraction successful Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University and his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine grade from the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his Podiatric Medicine and Surgery residency astatine Botsford General Hospital successful Farmington Hills, Michigan, past traveled to Graz, Austria for the AO International Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship astatine LKH University Clinic for Traumatology. He besides served arsenic a Visiting Scholar successful Health Policy and Management astatine UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health.

Labovitz is an American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery Diplomate Certified successful Foot Surgery and Reconstructive Rearfoot & Ankle Surgery and an American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians Diplomate Certified successful Healthcare Quality & Management. He has published and produced galore peer-reviewed diary articles, publication chapters, abstracts and posters, and helium has fixed invited presentations nationally and internationally. He mentors podiatric aesculapian students, residents and module members successful wellness management, objective and administrative research, vocation development, and enactment principles and strategies to heighten their communication, ratio and wide occurrence arsenic leaders.

"Throughout his clip astatine WesternU, Dr. Labovitz has touched each facet of CPM, from assessing and modifying the case-based learning curriculum, to processing objective partnerships and redesigning objective curriculum, to assisting with the enactment of accreditation responsibilities. He created and implemented the DPM Advanced Standing grade programme for overseas aesculapian graduates," said WesternU Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer Paula M. Crone, DO '92. "With his clinical, world and collaborative background, Dr. Labovitz is poised to pb CPM arsenic a planetary person of innovative and integrated podiatric aesculapian education."

Labovitz succeeds Dr. V. Kathleen Satterfield, who served arsenic CPM dean from May 1, 2019 to Oct. 31, 2022. She retired arsenic dean but volition proceed to service CPM and WesternU successful a consultative capacity.

"I americium fortunate to person been a portion of CPM since its humble beginnings and to enactment alongside my colleagues to assistance it turn to go a starring instauration successful podiatric aesculapian education," Labovitz said. "I look guardant to moving with students, faculty, staff, alumni, WesternU administration, and outer stakeholders arsenic we strive to execute our imaginativeness to beryllium the planetary person of innovative and integrated podiatric aesculapian education."

About Western University of Health Sciences

Western University of Health Sciences (www.westernu.edu), located successful Pomona, Calif. and Lebanon, Ore., is an autarkic nonprofit wellness professions university, conferring degrees successful dental medicine, wellness sciences, aesculapian sciences, nursing, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, carnal therapy, doc adjunct studies, podiatric medicine and veterinary medicine. WesternU is location to WesternU Health, where the champion successful collaborative wellness attraction services is offered.