The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME), an independent, nonprofit organization that provides competency assessments for osteopathic medical licensure and related health care professions, is proud to announce the following appointments to its National Faculty Chair positions effective January 2024:
National Faculty Chairs 2024
Regina Lewis, DO
COMVEX Examination Chair
Lewis has been an active member of the National Faculty since 2010. Her range of contributions spans from various levels of engagement such as participating in COMLEX-USA Level 3 Item Writing and acting as COMLEX-USA Level 3 Advisory Committee vice-chair.
Alesia Wagner, DO
Clinical Decision-Making (CDM) & Key Features Chair
Wagner has been a National Faculty member since 2015. Her range of in CDM spans the spectrum as a CDM Item writer, CDM primary rater, CDM Rating Master and CDM QA reviewer over the past several years. She was the recipient of the CDM Case Writer of the Year award in 2020 and 2023.
Meaghan Nelsen, DO, MS
COMAT Examination Chair – Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nelsen has participated in several engagements since joining the National Faculty in 2021. She has supported the Reproductive Health Task Force and participated in Level 3 Pretest Exam Content Review – Virtual, Level 2-CE Pretest Exam Content Review and Revision Projects, and various activities in support of the COMAT exam.
Rodney Bates, DO
COMAT Examination Chair – Internal Medicine
Bates joined the National Faculty in 2019, and has participated in numerous item writing workshops and exam content reviews for COMAT and COMLEX Level 2-CE and Level 3.
Jacqueline Locrotondo, DO
COMAT Chair- Psychiatry
Locrotondo has participated in Rationale, New Item, Exam, and Item Writing workshops for COMSAE, COMAT Clinical, and COMLEX-USA Level 1. She previously served on the COMAT Psychiatry subcommittee. She joined the National Faculty in 2017.
Janet Lieto, DO
Competency Chair – Systems-Based Practice
Lieto joined the National Faculty in 2017. She has written numerous items for COMLEX-USA and served on the National Curriculum Committee. Most recently she was a standard setting panelist.
Darren Cohen, DO
Department Chair – Emergency Medicine
Cohen has served as a member of the COMAT Emergency Medicine Committee and Clinical Decision Making Subcommittee, and participated in many COMAT item writing workshops as well as case writing workshops, new Case Reviews for Clinical Decision Making, and was an exam content reviewer for COMLEX-USA Level 3. He joined the National Faculty in 2017.
Robert Agnello, DO
Department Chair – Family Medicine
Agnello served the National Faculty most recently as interim department chair of family medicine. He has also served as a new item reviewer for COMAT FBS and COMAT Clinical exam content, a Physician Examiner OMT rater, and on the COMLEX-USA Level 1 Advisory Committee and COMAT Family Medicine subcommittee. He joined the National Faculty in 2014.
Janie Myers, DO
Department Chair – Surgery
Myers, who was elected to the NBOME Board of Directors in 2023, has served on the National Faculty since 2015. She served on the COMAT Surgery Subcommittee and was a content reviewer for COMAT Clinical exams and COMLEX-USA Level 3.
Jonathan Leo, PhD
Division Chair – Anatomy
Leo most recently served as division chair, neurosciences and neurology, for the COMAT Comprehensive FBS exam. He joined the National Faculty in 2000 and has also served as an item writer for COMLEX-USA and COMAT-FBS, and as member of the Standard Setting and Exam Review committees.
David Gardner, PhD
Division Chair – Genetics
Gardner joined the National Faculty in 2000, and most recently served as an item reviewer for COMLEX-USA Level 1. He also served as the National Faculty Division Chair – Geriatrics from 2013-2016 and has participated in numerous item writing workshops for COMLEX-USA Level 1 and Level 3.