RVU Announces 2016 Commencement Speaker [April 14, 2016] Rocky Vista University (RVU) is pleased to announce that Boyd Buser, DO, FACOFP, has been selected to address the Class of 2016 at the University’s commencement ceremony. Dr. Buser is a board-certified physician in osteopathic manipulative medicine and family medicine. He is the Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean at University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Buser has previously served as president of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO). He has received several awards including the A.T. Still Medallion of Honor from the AAO and the Santucci Award for outstanding contributions to the mission of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners. Dr. Buser is the osteopathic visionary of the 21st century,” said Clinton E. Adams, DO, FACHE, President and CEO of RVU. “His exemplary career as an educator and academic leader pushed him to the forefront of the creation of the Single Accreditation System we are implementing with the ACGME. The medical historians will point to Dr. Buser’s tenacity, diplomacy, and belief in the osteopathic responsibility to reshape graduate medical education by embracing the opportunity to become partners, leaders, and educators in the Residency Review Committees, RRC, and […]

RVU to Open New Medical School in Utah [January 19, 2016- Parker, CO] – Colorado-based Rocky Vista University (RVU) will soon become Utah’s second medical school, admitting its first class of 125 students in the summer of 2017. The announcement was made by Clinton E. Adams, DO, RVU’s President and Chief Executive Officer, on Thursday, January 14th at What’s Up Down South-Southern Utah’s Economic Summit held at the Dixie Convention Center. RVU has selected Ivins for its new location. The school will be located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Center Street and 200 East on a 30-acre parcel of land at the base of The Big Red Mountain. Construction for the 107,000 square-foot building housing the medical school is scheduled to begin in March of this year. The University has also acquired the Snow Canyon Clinic to use as administrative offices and for future clinical practice. The Clinic will be used to interview prospective medical students starting in September of 2016. RVU is a designated Military Friendly® School. Students attending RVUCOM-SU will benefit by working with veterans at the Southern Utah Veterans Home located on the adjacent property.  Every student will be assigned to a veteran to […]