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Parkersburg physician honored with preceptor award

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Photo Provided Amelia McPeak, D.O., center, received the 2023 Outstanding Specialty Preceptor Award for the Central West Region of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s Statewide Campus. The award was presented by Marla Haller, D.O., second from left, the region’s Statewide Campus assistant dean, and Joan Gates (second from right), the region’s Statewide Campus director. McPeak is a psychiatrist at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg. Also pictured are Carol Grove, the center’s chief nursing officer and vice president of nursing, and Anthony Thorpe, D.O., the center’s head hospitalist.

PARKERSBURG -- An area physician received recognition for her work with students from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Amelia McPeak, D.O., received the 2023 Outstanding Specialty Preceptor Award for the Central West Region of the school's Statewide Campus. McPeak is a psychiatrist at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg.

Preceptors assist and provide guidance to medical students at the osteopathic school in their third- and fourth-year clinical rotations. Each year, Outstanding Primary Care and Specialty Preceptor Awards are given to physicians from each of the college's seven Statewide Campus regions who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring. These health professionals have also demonstrated a commitment to community wellness and service. Eighty-eight hospitals, clinics and medical centers across West Virginia and surrounding states that participate in the Statewide Campus system.

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