Dr. Longenecker received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1991. She completed a one-year rotating internship at Doctor's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio in 1992 and subsequently a residency in emergency medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. She continues to be certified in this specialty by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Longenecker is a member of the inaugural class of the Costin Institute for Osteopathic Medical Educators (2005) and completed the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Healthcare Professions in 2008. She received a master’s degree in medical education and leadership from the University of New England in 2016. She is a 2017 AACOM Health Policy Fellow.
Dr. Longenecker brings 20 years of experience in medical education to her leadership role. She began in her position as founding dean of the proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Northern Colorado (COM-UNC) in June 2022.
Prior to arriving at UNC, Dr.Longenecker served as the Athens Campus Dean at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Her previous experience focused on graduate medical education (GME), serving as emergency medicine residency program director at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach and St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, New York.
Dr. Longenecker is a member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). She served as President of the Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society (IOMS), holds an appointment on the Bureau of Education of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and serves as a Site Inspector for the AOA Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.
Dr. Longenecker served as a trustee on the board of the Foundation for Osteopathic Emergency Medicine (2015-21) and a member of the board of directors of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians from 2005-14 and as treasurer in 2011-12. She was a delegate for the state of Illinois at the 2016 and 2017 AOA House of Delegates and served as a delegate for the state of Colorado at the AOA business meeting in July 2022.
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