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DO and Ohio native became dean of LMU-DCOM in the midst of the pandemic

By The DO Staff

03.01.22

Christopher Loyke, DO, is an Ohio native who has become a leader in Appalachian medical education as dean of Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Medicine (LMU-DCOM) in Harrogate, Tennessee. His first exposure to this region was attending Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens. He returned to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, to practice family medicine as part of a five-physician group.