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Amanda Baright, DO

Chair of Surgery
Campbell University
CUSOM

Amanda Baright, DO, FACOS, FACS is Chair of Surgery at Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine since the start of 2023. She currently advises students who are interested in surgical specialties and anesthesiology. At CUSOM, she teaches surgical skills in the clinical skill curriculum, osteopathic manipuatve medicine in the osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) course, is course director for the dermatology course, and clerkship director for the third year surgery rotation.. She graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine after completing an additional year of an undergraduate OMM teaching fellowship in 2006. Prior to medical school, she spent time as a research assistant at Purdue University studying antioxidant effects from grapefruit juice and Vitamin C levels in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder after receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition science and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Purdue.

Dr. Baright completed her general surgery residency at the Michigan State University Statewide System in Grand Rapids, MI and became board certified in general surgery in 2012. In 2014 she became an inaugural member of faculty at Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine where she taught gastrointestinal anatomy, pathophysiology, physical examination skills, and was the director of the third year osteopathic manipulative medicine clerkship.

She has practiced in rural independent hospitals in Ohio and Wisconsin. Dr. Baright is a lifetime member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and has been a supporter of international medical mission work both by serving in Kenya, Togo, Honduras, Bolivia, and Ecuador and encouraging medical students and residents to go and serve internationally as well. She and her husband, Matt, can be seen with their English golden retriever, Duke, hiking throughout North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin. She recieved her FACOS in 2017 and has since served on the Government Affairs committee.

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