is not about what we build for ourselves, but what we cultivate in others,” Calloway says.“ Our investment in others multiplies far beyond what we can do alone.”
Calloway currently serves as regional assistant dean for WVSOM and chief medical director for HospiceCare West Virginia. She says throughout her career, she has witnessed how providing service can form connections, sometimes unexpectedly. One example of this is when Calloway saw a trip with students to northeast India turn into meeting the Dalai Lama and hosting his advisor, the Oracle Nechung Kuten-la, in West Virginia, who later spoke at WVSOM and offered a blessing over the state on the Capitol steps.
“ Experiences like these remind me how deeply interconnected we all are and how service has a way of widening the circle far beyond what we imagine,” she says.
Of everything she has accomplished, Calloway considers one of her greatest successes raising three children while pursuing a demanding medical career. She says throughout that experience, her husband was there to support her every step of the way as well as her mother, who she says was a constant source of encouragement, and her father, who demonstrated unwavering faith.
“ I am also deeply influenced by my three children,” Calloway says.“ They remind me daily of what matters most and inspire me to be a better, more compassionate and grounded version of
Dehradun Cancer Center
While taking medical students on a trip to Dehradun, India, Katherine Calloway, D. O., MPH, chief medical director for HospiceCare West Virginia and regional assistant dean for the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, met the director of the Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital Cancer Center. Through their conversation, the two learned how similar the problems were in rural Himalayan communities and rural West Virginia communities. When Calloway hosted one of the center’ s oncologists who was giving a lecture in the state, that conversation deepened, leading to a collaboration between Calloway and the cancer center.
Calloway’ s work with the cancer center involves planning shared educational efforts, consulting on palliative and comfort-focused care and helping develop strategies to expand hospice and palliative services to urban and rural populations in northern India.
“ This partnership aligns with HospiceCare West Virginia’ s
myself. They are the motivation behind much of the work I do— a reminder that service, integrity and humility are values best lived, not just taught.”
For Calloway, continuing to live and work in West Virginia is not a question but a commitment.
“ My life’ s work is to serve, help others be heard and build systems that honor the dignity of every human being,” she says.“ That mission has guided every step of my career, and it continues to guide what I hope to contribute to West Virginia.” •
mission to broaden access to compassionate end-of-life care and to build meaningful connections that strengthen how we serve patients and families,” Calloway says.
Additionally, Calloway is helping provide National Acupuncture Detoxification Association( NADA) acupuncture training to nurses, providers and outreach workers.
“ NADA, originally used for detox and recovery purposes, is now widely used in cancer, hospice and palliative programs internationally, offering minimally invasive, cost-effective adjunct non-pharmacologic treatment,” she says.
Calloway also expands her international service through her work with Dehradun’ s Center for Education and Development( CED), which provides care for girls with disabilities or facing severe poverty in the Himalayan region, and its Sounds of Soul project, offering the girls creative arts and music therapy.
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