UNECOM Professor Michael LaCombe honored at USM commencement with honorary degree

UNE Professor Michael LaCombe, M.D., was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the University of Southern Maine's 132nd Commencement. LaCombe is professor of internal medicine and medical humanities at the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine's ME Augusta Clinical Campus - MEDartmouth Practice

LaCombe has practiced medicine in Maine for 37 years and is currently in the Cardiology Division of MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta. A graduate of the University of Rochester and Harvard Medical School, LaCombe has been a visiting professor at more than 60 universities throughout the world.

He is also associate editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine. He has published more than 100 pieces of fiction and 12 books, most recently "Bedside: The Art of Medicine," a book of his own stories about being a doctor in rural Maine.

About the University of New England

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.