Randall Longenecker, MD
SENIOR ADVISORY FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Randall Longenecker, MD, is a family physician who has dedicated his career to caring for rural communities and growing a community of practice in rural health professions education and training. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the University of Wisconsin Family Practice Residency, Madison, Wisconsin, he practiced comprehensive family medicine, including maternity care, for 30 years in west-central Ohio; 15 of those years as Program Director of a rural training track in family medicine. Then for 10 years he served as Assistant Dean for Rural and Underserved Programs at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has published nationally and internationally and is widely recognized for his expertise and research in rural graduate medical education. Having founded The RTT Collaborative in 2012 and served as executive director for 10 years, he remains a consultant for the organization, newly named The Rural Medical Training Collaborative, a national non-profit board-directed cooperative of rural programs devoted to sustaining health professions education in rural places. In retirement he and his wife now live in Bridgewater, Virginia, where he continues to advise, write, research and advocate for place-based education in rural communities.