Randall Belt, D.O., was elected to serve as chair of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) Board of Governors, the body that oversees the financial, business and educational policies under which the school operates.
His term as chair became effective July 1.
A WVSOM alumnus who lives in Johnson City, Tenn., Belt was appointed by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice in 2021 to fill an unexpired term.
Belt is the medical director of the Greeneville Community Hospital East emergency department in Greeneville, Tenn., and serves as an adjunct faculty member for the physician assistant degree program at Milligan College in Elizabethton, Tenn.
After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Bluefield College in Bluefield, Va., Belt attended medical school at WVSOM, where he was awarded a Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1998. He completed a family medicine residency at Logan Regional Medical Center in Logan, W.Va.
Belt previously served on the Board of Directors for the Mid-Atlantic Section of the U.S. Tennis Association.
Additionally, Frederick Morgan, D.O., an orthopedic surgeon, was named vice chair of the WVSOM Board of Governors. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concord College and was awarded a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from WVSOM in 1991.
After receiving his medical degree, he completed a rotating internship and orthopedic residency at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He completed a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Morgan is the vice chair of the surgery department at WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital in Princeton, W.Va.
Marlena Kirby was re-elected as secretary of the WVSOM Board of Governors. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern New Hampshire University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Columbia Southern University. Kirby is a paralegal in WVSOM’s Office of General Counsel and is the Board’s staff representative.
The WVSOM Board of Governors consists of nine lay members appointed by West Virginia’s governor and three elected representatives, one each from the school’s faculty, staff and student body.