GA-PCOM Student Elected to Leadership Role in the American Academy of Pediatrics

(SUWANEE, GA – February 9, 2015) The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Medical Students, Residents and Fellowship Trainees elected Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM) student Britta Roach (DO ’17) to the position of District Representative to the Medical Student Subcommittee for the 2015 term. The AAP is a professional membership organization of pediatric specialists that devote themselves to the physical, mental, and social health of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Roach, who lives in Buford, is in her second year at GA-PCOM. She previously received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. This leadership opportunity with the AAP will provide Roach with significant networking, scholarship, and award access. She will also attend the section’s long range planning meeting this February and the Academy’s National Conference & Exhibition in October.

About GA-PCOM

Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM) is a private, not-for-profit branch campus of the fully accredited Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, a multi-program institution with a 115 year tradition of educational excellence. Located in Suwanee, GA-PCOM offers the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree, the doctor of pharmacy degree and a master’s degree in biomedical sciences. The campus includes the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit www.pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500.

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