University of New England

Kenneth Johnson, D.O. '92, named UNECOM interim associate dean for clinical affairs

Kenneth Johnson, D.O. '92, has been appointed as the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's associate dean for clinical affairs (interim).  Dr. Johnson began his full-time duties on March 1, 2006.

Dr. Johnson is a 1992 graduate of the University Of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is certified by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. He most recently was the chief medical officer for the Health Access Network, a federally qualified healthcare network providing medical, dental, podiatric and mental health care to rural northern Penobscot county.

In this position he was responsible for development and implementation of quality improvement, medical leadership and program development.  He is currently serving the American Academy of Osteopathy on the OPTI committee and Membership committee, which he had chaired for 9 years. He has served three terms on the AAO Board of Trustees and is currently president-elect.  He is president of the Northeast Osteopathic Medical Education Network (NEOMEN) and has participated in it’s governance since its inception.

He served as a faculty member of Eastern Maine Medical Center/UNECOM Family Practice Residency for nine years, practicing the full scope of family medicine to include obstetrics, inpatient and ICU care. He served at EMMC as the director of Osteopathic Medical Education, director of the NMM Plus 1 Program, director of the Osteopathic Family Practice Program and director of medical student rotations.

He has developed, taught and been a faculty member at numerous programs on OMM and osteopathic medical education including AAO Convocation, AOA Convention, Residency Assistance Program, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine National Meeting and Northeast Regional Meeting, Maine Academy of Family Physicians and Maine Osteopathic Association.

He has faculty appointments through the University of New England and Tufts. He has published numerous articles including original research, evidence based medicine reviews and osteopathic medical education.

The associate dean for clinical affairs was previously held by Boyd Buser, D.O., who was named  dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and vice president for health services (interim) after former Dean and Vice President Stephen C. Shannon, D.O., M.P.H.,  accepted a new position as president of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM).

(Press release issued March 1, 2006)