Faculty
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Camille Z. Bentley D.O., M.P.H., FACOFP
Chair, Rural and Community Medicine
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Dr. Bentley received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Wagner College in Staten Island, New York, and a Master of Science in Environmental Biology from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She received a Master of Public Health degree from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Miami, Florida and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine. She was Chair and Assistant Professor at NSUCOM and she also had her own private practice as a family physician.
Dr. Bentley is the Chair of RVUCOM Community Medicine Outreach Program and just returned from her 14th medical outreach trip to Guatemala in January where she worked with healthcare providers, students and volunteers to help meet the medical needs of Mayan villagers living near Lake Atitlan.
"I have been an educator all my adult life. Regardless of subject matter or age of student my philosophy has always remained the same. We teach by example, we are what we teach. The astute student will learn from his teacher the good and the bad. With a solid foundation and proper direction for the future, educators mold the adult of tomorrow. As a physician educator we have the responsibility to produce physicians that can meet the demands of an ever-changing field of medicine, as well as the expectations of society. Along with values of humanism, compassion, empathy, honesty and respect, we must enable our students with skills of competency in the technical as well as social sense. We do not practice medicine in a vacuum, but rather part of a community. The physician of tomorrow must be able to integrate all he has learned with his practice. As a physician educator we are the mentors, we set the example. As an inaugural faculty member of RVU I will be able to explore and expand my skills as a physician, educator and mentor."
--Dr. Bentley