{"id":42848,"date":"2019-08-16T15:37:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T19:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=42848"},"modified":"2019-08-16T15:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T19:54:20","slug":"physician-randall-longenecker-75-tapped-to-discuss-health-deserts-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/physician-randall-longenecker-75-tapped-to-discuss-health-deserts-on-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Randall Longenecker &#8217;75 tapped to discuss health deserts on Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dr. Randall L. Longenecker<\/strong> &#8217;75 was interviewed by Fox News about efforts to make health care more accessible to Americans living in rural communities.  He is assistant dean for rural and underserved programs at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 6, 454 areas designated as &#8220;health deserts&#8221; lack primary care physicians, and 13,991 practitioners are needed to help the 77 million Americans living in those areas, according to Fox News sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6072982115001\/#sp=show-clips\">View the interview on Fox News.<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A lot of myths persist around rural practice,&#8221; Longenecker told Fox News host Dana Perino on &#8220;The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino.&#8221; &#8220;And my job is to debunk those.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increasing the number of physicians specifically trained for their residency in a rural community could help raise the numbers, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longenecker oversees the Rural and Urban Scholars Pathways Program and the patient-centered medical care curriculum for medical students, as well as rural training tracks in residency programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EMU ties still strong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from EMU, Longenecker earned his MD from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.  He has stayed connected to his alma mater, joining other alumni in the medical professions as <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/consultants-to-ma-in-biomedicine-program-bring-experience-from-vcu-ohio-u-harvard-and-much-more\/\">consultants<\/a> for EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/ms-biomed\/\"><strong>MS in biomedicine program<\/strong><\/a>.  He also recently mentored a biomedicine graduate student through thesis research on the topic of rural medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At one time, Longenecker worked at Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine with five fellow EMU alumni: <strong>Roger Kauffman \u201973<\/strong>, <strong>Winfred Stoltzfus \u201980<\/strong>, <strong>Rodney Graber \u201987<\/strong>, <strong>Charles Kratz \u201988<\/strong> and <strong>Ryan Kauffman \u201999<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Outstanding educator&#8217; with rural care focus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> In 2014, Longenecker was awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/alumnus-receives-national-award-for-educating-rural-healthcare-professionals\/\">Outstanding Educator Award from The National Rural Health Association<\/a> for his work as a longtime rural physician, his efforts in bringing together students from all of Ohio\u2019s medical schools for rural health retreats, and his success in connecting students with opportunities for networking, leadership and advocacy through trips to the nation\u2019s capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Through a <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2011\/emu-alum-physician-focuses-on-rural-medical-education-in-ohio\/\">2011 grant<\/a> from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy,  Longenecker is also developing the non-profit Rural Training Track Collaborative, a network of medical education programs created to sustain health professions education in rural places. The collaborative aims to advance rural training tracks nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He practiced as a comprehensive family physician, including maternity care, in western Ohio from 1982 to 2012 and was program director of The Ohio State University Rural Program family medicine residency\/rural training track from 1997-2011.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Randall L. Longenecker &#8217;75 was interviewed by Fox News about efforts to make health care more accessible to Americans living in rural communities. 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