Two area physicians received recognition for their work with West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) students.
Christopher Wood, D.O., received the 2025 Outstanding Primary Care Preceptor Award for the South East Region of WVSOM’s Statewide Campus. Wood is an internal medicine and geriatric medicine physician at the Robert C. Byrd Clinic in Lewisburg.
Brant Hinchman, D.O., received the 2025 Outstanding Specialty Preceptor Award for the South East Region of WVSOM’s Statewide Campus. Hinchman is an emergency medicine physician at CAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Ronceverte.
Preceptors assist and provide guidance to WVSOM medical students in their third- and fourth-year clinical rotations. Each year, Outstanding Primary Care and Specialty Preceptor Awards are given to physicians from each of WVSOM’s seven Statewide Campus regions who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring.
These health professionals have also demonstrated a commitment to community wellness and service.
There are 88 hospitals, clinics and medical centers across West Virginia and surrounding states that participate in WVSOM’s Statewide Campus system.
