“The Mind-Body Nexus in Osteopathic Medicine”
Speaker:
Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer, proposed Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School
Date: May 20, 2025, noon-1 p.m.
Location: The Forum Room - Innovation Lab, 1800 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO, Rolla, Missouri 65401 US
*Zoom option available
Description
How can doctors take better care of both their patients and themselves? Medical practice is a challenging career path, and about half of health care providers report symptoms of burnout.
Dr. John Lucas, founding Dean at the proposed Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Chicago School, is leading the charge in training future doctors to care for the whole person—mind and body. Join us for a free talk where Dr. Lucas will discuss how a holistic focus on the connections between mental and physical health can improve our overall quality of care, why resilience is key for doctors, and what this means for all patients.
“This concept of being mentally healthy is inextricably intertwined with being physically healthy,” says Dr. Lucas. “And the incidence of diagnosable mental health conditions is going up.”
About the Speaker
Dr. Lucas is a graduate of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Erie, in Erie, PA. He completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, PA. He served as senior vice president for institutional advancement and administration at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM). Dr. Lucas also served as interim campus dean at VCOM-Auburn campus.
Dr. Lucas is also a board-certified emergency medicine physician with extensive clinical and administrative experience. He served as an attending emergency medicine physician at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia. He was also medical director and chief in the emergency department and medical director in hospitalist medicine at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia.
About the Discovery Series
provides learning opportunities for UM System faculty and staff across disciplines, the statewide community and our other partners to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborative opportunities. The series consists of monthly lectures geared toward a broad multidisciplinary audience so all can participate and appreciate the spectrum of precision health efforts.
For questions about this event or any others in the Discovery Series, please reach out to Mackenzie Lynch.
Reviewed 2025-04-17