Lorenzo Pence

Dr. Pence joined the ACGME in spring 2015 as Senior Vice President, Osteopathic Accreditation, overseeing the staff that supports the Osteopathic Principles Committee and the Review Committee for Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. Dr. Pence comes to the ACGME from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM), where he served as Vice President of Graduate Medical Education and Rural Outreach, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, and Professor of Family Medicine. He also served as the Academic Officer and Chair of the Board of the Mountain State OPTI (MSOPTI). Prior to that, he was the Director of Osteopathic Medical Education at Mercy St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio, and Northwest CORE Assistant Dean of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Pence was previously the Interim Director of Osteopathic Medical Education/Osteopathic Family Medicine Residency Program Director for the Toledo Hospital Family Medicine Residency and the Osteopathic Sports Medicine Fellowship, and Director of Osteopathic Medical Education/Osteopathic Family Medicine Program Director at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte, West Virginia. During his tenure as Academic Officer of MSOPTI, Dr. Pence was responsible for the development of an AOA-accredited Teaching Health Center that was one of the first 11 Teaching Health Centers funded by the US Department of Health Resources and Services Administration.