Induction Year:
1998
Achievement Category:
Education
County:
Athens
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Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, dean of the Ohio University of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-COM), is the first African-American woman to head a medical college in the United States and the first woman dean of a college of osteopathic medicine.
She was the first osteopathic physician to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship, and is a captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve Medical Corps. She has a strong background in health policy issues and serves as an advisor on primary care, medical education, minority health, women’s health and rural health care issues on federal and state levels.
Under Ross-Lee’s leadership, OU-COM has been instrumental in creating the Centers for Osteopathic Regional Education statewide education consortium. She directs the OU-COM/American Osteopathic Association Health Policy Fellowship and is the executive director of the Institute for National Osteopathic Medical Association.
Ross-Lee was selected in 1997 by the Pew Charitable Trusts to serve on the Americans Discuss Social Security National Advisory Board. She is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Board of Governors. Ross-Lee serves on many other state and national organizations, including the National Health Services Corps’ Association of Clinicians for the Underserved and The Ohio Corporation for Health Information.
Her awards include the Distinguished Public Service Award, Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine; Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, New York Institute of Technology, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; “Magnificent 7" Award, Business and Professional Women/USA; and the Women’s Health Award, Blackboard African-American National Bestsellers. |
