The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine employs a diverse team of clinical faculty. These physician-educators have expertise in educational theory and practice, as well as hands-on teaching. The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine employs a diverse team of clinical faculty. These physician-educators have expertise in educational theory and practice, as well as hands-on teaching.
Dr. Lora Bennett serves as Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Bennett grew up outside of Chicago, IL and attended Valparaiso University for her baccalaureate degree in Nursing/Biology with a Chemistry minor. She completed her medical school training with the military at the Uniformed Services University of the … Read More
Dr. Marlin Trainer is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at ICOM. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine and has been practicing in the Treasure Valley for almost 20 years, taking care of the great, and not-so-great, people that come visit him in the ER. He does use OMM in the Emergency Department to occasionally … Read More
Dr. Andrea Belovich serves as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Belovich earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University and completed the Neuroscience Program in Substance Abuse (N-PISA) training program from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute. While at Vanderbilt, she sought ways to serve her academic and local communities … Read More
A group of second-year medical students at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) recently completed a video project related to stress urinary incontinence for the Meridian-based Idaho Urologic Institute (IUI). Student-Doctors Gina Brock, Jarom Ruby and Samantha Mallory produced a two-part video series for the IUI, containing information pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment … Read More
A recent expansion to Idaho State University-Meridian’s Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory (TVAPL) offers space for ICOM’s student-doctors to learn more about the human body. ICOM has a 40-year agreement with ISU for use of TVAPL. There, ICOM’s first-year medical students perform whole-body dissections on donated bodies, also known as cadavers, during one of … Read More
Second-year ICOM student, Thomas Auen, contributed to recently-published research that discovered Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) is dispensable for both high fat diet-induced obesity and its therapeutic reduction by celastrol. Student-Doctor Auen conducted this research during his time at Boston Children’s Hospital. The study, published in Scientific Reports, Nature group, is available to read at the following link: https://go.nature.com/2kEsWSJ … Read More
Dr. Jessica Ziebarth is an Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at ICOM. She is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation physician and has expertise in a variety of neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions. She also uses Osteopathic Techniques and Principals on a daily basis to care for patients both in the hospital and in … Read More
A group of student-doctors from the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) have returned to campus for the start of the academic year, after serving a medical mission in Haiti. Accompanied and supervised by Dr. Rodney Bates, ICOM’s Chair of Primary Care, the group of student-doctors, including: Bakir Dzananovic, Zaid Ahmed, Mehwish Choudhry, Bilal Darwish, … Read More