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BIDDEFORD, Maine

UNE's Polly Leonard elected president of the Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network

Polly E. Leonard, D.O.'96, M.S., associate clinical professor, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, was recently elected as president of the Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN).  

Leonard, a 1996 graduate of COM and a 2011 graduate of COM's Medical Education Leadership Program, was the director of medical education at Kent Hospital from 2007-2010.  She is presently in private practice in Warwick, Rhode Island.

NEOMEN is a consortium of 14 health institutions that oversee graduate medical education for over 250 residents. NEOMEN stretches across the Northeast and oversees and supports 31 residencies that are affiliated with the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. 

Other officers elected at the October meeting include Judith Malinowski, Ph.D. of St. Michael's  Medical Center, Newark, N.J. as vice president, Joseph Calabro D.O., also of St. Michael's as treasurer, and Neal Mitnick D.O., of Albany Medical Center as secretary.
 

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.