PCSOM participates in 2009 RAM Expedition

PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Pikeville College School Osteopathic Medicine (PCSOM) students, faculty and staff were among the 470 volunteers during one of the region’s largest health care events. The 2009 Pike County Remote Area Medical® (RAM) Expedition provided free medical, dental and vision services at a value of more than $185,000 to 830 patients in the community.

PCSOM third- and fourth-year medical students worked along with other medical volunteers to provide osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and cardiovascular, asthma, blood pressure and diabetes screenings. Student-doctors also triaged patients waiting to receive dental services.

RAM is a non-profit relief corps dedicated to serving others by providing health care services and assistance to people in need in remote areas of the United States and around the world.

Randy Litman, D.O., associate dean for clinical sciences at PCSOM, and others in the health care community coordinated the medical component for the area’s second RAM Expedition.

Pictured: Clayton Bowman, Matthew Smith, Tiffany Salyers, Kara Caudill and Amanda Kiser were among the more than 20 PCSOM students volunteering during the two-day clinic.