A Note from the Executive Dean

Heritage College entered FY 2022-23 with a singular goal in mind: Progress toward our vision of a healthier Ohio.

Armed with a new strategic plan and the ongoing support of incredible partners such as the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations, our students, faculty and staff set to work, and boy did we deliver!

• For the second consecutive year, a record 98% of Heritage College students matched into residency placements—an achievement that we honored through our first combined in-person Match Day Celebration.
• We increased research funding by 33% while pressing forward with plans for the new Heritage Translational Research Center.
• We expanded our community outreach through a new choice food pantry and the purchase of a new mini-mobile unit.
• And our accolades underscored our upward trajectory: In fact, we were named a top-50 medical school for primary care by U.S. News and World Report for the first time in college history!

These are just a few of the milestones highlighted on the following pages of our 2022-23 Annual Report—a snapshot of the significant progress achieved in one year’s time.

Today, Heritage College is number 1 for Ohio recruits. We are number 1 for matching in Ohio with match rates that far exceed national averages for both M.D.’s and D.O.’s. We are the state’s number 1 producer of rural physicians, and—true to our mission—we are Ohio’s number 1 producer of primary care providers.

I truly believe that our position as “Ohio’s medical school” has been solidified by the strides of our past academic year. As you engage with our 2022-23 Annual Report, I hope you share my pride in the incredible impact that we continue to make with each passing year. Onward and upward!

Kenneth H. Johnson, D.O. Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Ohio University Executive Dean, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine