The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) is pleased to announce that Megan Cornwell Thomas, DO, FAAP, FACOI, FACP has joined our staff. Dr. Thomas will be serving patients in Christiansburg, Dublin, and at the Student Health Center at Giles High School. Dr. Thomas will be seeing patients for a full day at the Student Health Center each week, marking an expansion in the services at that location.
A graduate of Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Thomas has extensive experience as a practitioner, teacher, speaker, and mentor. She completed an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. Dr. Thomas then returned to Montgomery County, serving as Core Faculty by supervising residents in the Internal Medicine Continuity Clinic at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, and serving as the Chair of Internal Medicine at VCOM. Throughout her career, she has mentored hundreds of students and interns and earned multiple teaching awards.
Dr. Thomas also serves on Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and has served as the Chair of Internal Medicine. She is an accomplished lecturer and prodigious academic writer, including COMLEX-USA Level 2-CE Item Writer of the Year by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners.
Dr. Thomas is licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine and certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Internal Medicine, and American Board of Osteopathic Internal Medicine. Her volunteer work includes work with Apple Ridge Farms, academic coaching, participation in Professional and Ethical Standards Board and Title IX, Mountain Mission School in Grundy, and classroom presentations for students of all levels.