Keith Egan selected as American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Osteopathic Health Policy Fellow

Keith Egan, MS II, has been selected as an American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Osteopathic Health Policy (OPHI) Fellow. The OHPI Program enables up to three osteopathic medical students to spend two consecutive months in the government relations department at the AACOM headquarters in order to develop an understanding and operational knowledge of how federal healthcare policy is developed and how to have an effective impact on public policy formulation.

In addition to spending two months in D.C., Keith's responsibilities will include meeting with federal agency policymakers, including, but not limited to, officials at the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Education;
attending hearings on Capitol Hill pertaining to health policy and attending meetings of groups such as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Council on Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association Bureau on Federal Health Programs, as well as conferences and colloquia, as appropriate; developing a thorough understanding of an area of particular health policy interest, as well as health policy in general; and completing a health policy paper.

Keith is the first UNECOM student to be awarded this prestigious fellowship.
 

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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.