Each month Rocky Vista University plans to highlight a faculty member. This month's featued faculty member is Dr. Greg Smith, D.O., FACOFP.
Gregory D. Smith, D.O., FACOFP,
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Dr. Smith received his bachelor's of science degree from Baylor University and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. After completing an internship in family practice at Dallas Family Hospital, Dr. Smith completed his family practice residency in Waco, Texas. Dr. Smith also completed a fellowship in surgical obstetrics at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City and a U.S. public health fellowship in Washington, DC. Dr. Smith pursued a PhD in higher education administration from the University of North Texas as well as a masters of divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Centennial, Colorado over the next dozen years. He is currently working on a PhD in the field of Old Testament/Hebrew at the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute. His dedication to education truly is enhanced by his personal desire for continuing education and his love to teach others.
Dr. Smith is board certified in family practice and a fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He is an instructor in ACLS & ALSO, as well as being Level II certified in occupational medicine. He holds memberships in multiple national and local professional organizations.
Dr. Smith’s experience in rural family practice, full-time teaching at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, tenure as a director of Osteopathic Medical Education as the family medicine residency director at Saint Anthony in Oklahoma City make him uniquely qualified for his current position as the associate dean for clinical affairs. When you add his years of work with the South Metro Fire Department, as a regional dean for Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific and his experience as president/CEO of Occ Med Colorado and his knowledge and expertise spans a wide area which will benefit the college, faculty and students.
On a personal note, Dr. Smith and his wife Melinda have been married for 27 years. He is the father of three children, Crystal, Collin and Clinton. He and his wife are also the proud grandparents of three girls. Dr. Smith has a strong faith and is an associate minister at Community of Grace Church in Centennial, Colorado. Yearly, he volunteers for international mission work. Returning from Nigeria this past February, he led a medical mission team into the bush region, seeing in excess of 300 people per day. He also has a love of sports and music - having taken 12 years of piano, and having participated in multiple sports from high school and college into his professional life. For more than 30 years he has volunteered his time coaching both baseball and football. One of his greatest passions and joys has been in coaching and watching his two sons participate at the high school and collegiate level.