Dean's Council
Ray Stowers, DO, FACOFP
Vice President and Dean
Craig J. Lenz, DO, FAODME
Senior Associate Dean
Jonathan Leo, PhD
Associate Dean of Students
Dennis Kiick, PhD
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Basic Medical Sciences
JooHee Kim, MPH
Executive Director of Academic Services
Dr. Ray Stowers currently serves as vice president and dean for the DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee.
Dr. Stowers was an associate professor of Family Medicine and director of the Division of Rural Health at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was also the director of the Oklahoma Rural Health Policy and Research Center.
Dr. Stowers continues to be a leader in osteopathic medicine, as well as an advocate for rural healthcare. He graduated from Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, and received his D.O. degree from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. He completed an internship at Tulsa Regional Medical Center. He is board certified in family practice by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Physicians, and is a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (FACOFP)
Dr. Stowers practiced as a rural physicians in Medford, Oklahoma, for 25 years. His leadership positions have been extensive, including president of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association, past member of the Board of Trustees of ACOPF and commissioner and chairman of the Oklahoma Physician Manpower Training Commission. He currently serves on the American Osteopathic Association's Board of Trustees and Council on Federal Health Programs, and is a past Commissioner of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), which advises Congress on Medicare issues.
Dr. Stowers' continuing interests are innovations in medical education, rural healthcare delivery policy and national physician manpower and training issues.
Dr. Craig Lenz received his DO degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He received a BSE. in areospace engineering from Princeton University and attended the University of Pennsylvania's master's degree program in counseling psychology. In 1989 he was conferred as a Fellow in the Collegium of the Academy of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (FAODME).
Dr. Lenz holds board certification from the American Board of Osteopathic Family Practitioners (ABOFP) and is a past Fellow of the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM). Additionally, he was a member of the Commission for Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) and on the Board of Directors for the National Board of Osteopathic Medicine Examiners (NBOME). Dr. Lenz travels throughout the country serving as an inspector for the American Osteopathic Association's (AOA) and Osteopathic Postgraduate Training Institute's (OPTI) internship programs. He also chairs accreditation visits to osteopathic colleges for AOA COCA.
Dr. Lenz was appointed to LMU-DCOM's Dean's Council on November 1, 2005. He brings with him more than 25 years of experience in clinical medicine and medical education. Previously he has served as Dean at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University of Health Sciences, and chairman of the University of New England's Dean's Council. In three different family practice residency training programs, he has served as the Director of Medical Education and/or Family Practice Residency Director.
While working in medical education for the past 25 years, Dr. Lenz' continuous clinical experience includes private family practice and emergency medicine in Maine, California and Tennessee.
His areas of academic expertise include medical errors and patient safety, case-based ethical dilemmas in the emergency department, domestic violence in the emergency department, professionalism in medical education and the cognitive theory of differential diagnosis. His academic research has been in content neutral critical thinking in first year medical students.
Dr. Jonathan Leo received his PhD in Anatomy from the University of Iowa where he studied the effect of drugs on the developing brain. He received his BA. from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. In 1995 he became an assistant professor of anatomy at the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University of the Health Sciences (WUHS). During his nine-year tenure he taught gross anatomy, physiology and neuroscience in the medical, physician assistant, physical therapy, pharmacy and nursing programs. In the medical school he also served as the course director for both Medical Neuroscience and the Head and Neck section of Gross Anatomy. Dr. Leo won several teaching awards during his stay at WUHS.
In 2004 Dr. Leo became the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) in Bradenton, Florida. He also taught anatomy and served as a facilitator in the LECOM problem-based learning curriculum. Dr. Leo has written numerous textbook chapters including chapters on neurophysiology and neuropharmacology for several leading textbooks. He has also been published in numerous scientific journals. His most recent article on serotonin was published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS). The article was covered by numerous media outlets including WebMD, Medscape, Nature, Forbes, The Scientist and was featured in The Wall Street Journal Science Section.
For the past ten years Dr. Leo has also served as a lecturer for the Kaplan preparation course for the COMLEX exam, in which capacity he has lectured at many of the osteopathic colleges. He is also an author of the Kaplan Anatomy Review book.
Dr. Dennis Kiick received his PhD from the University of North Texas in 1985 and went on to a NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. He went on to become an assistant professor of biochemistry at University of Tennessee Memphis Health Science Center where he received a 5-years, $350,000 NIH FIRST Award to conduct research into the mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
Dr. Kiick left UT Memphis in 1995 and began his tenure at College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific at Western University, where he most recently served as Chairman of the Basic Medical Sciences Department and professor of biochemistry. During his 10-year tenure he twice received the Outstanding Basic Science Professor Teaching Award.
Dr. Kiick was appointed to LMU-DCOM's Dean's Council on Janaury 3, 2006. Beyond his 20 years of teaching experience, Dr. Kiick has also been published in many journals including the Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemistry, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology and more. He has also been a featured presenter at various seminars.
His areas of academic expertise include energy and lipoprotein metabolism, acid-base chemistry and nutrition.
Ms. JooHee Kim received her graduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1998 with a Masters in Public Health (MPH), emphasis in Health Administration and Policy. She has served in osteopathic medical education for over eight years in the areas of pre-doctoral edcuation and post-doctoral education.
Ms. Kim joined LMU-DCOM on October 3, 2005, from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSUCOM) where she was responsible as the Adminstrative Director for the Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma. There, she provided administrative leadership and support for seven graduate medical education education institutions and over 190 interns and residents.
At LMU-DCOM, Ms. Kim is the Executive Director of Academic Services and is responsible for the support in the development of educational programs, working closely with faculty and assessing learning outcomes as it relates to overall goals and objectives. She is responsible for the annual self-study for LMU-DCOM as required by the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (AOA COCA). Currently, she serves on the LMU-DCOM Dean's Council and is a member of the Curriculum Committee and serves as member of the University Institutional Effectiveness Committee and is a member of the University Level V Committee. Her interest in medical education research is in the areas of competency based education and assessment.
