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All 37 US osteopathic medical schools are listed as medical schools in the World Directory of Medical Schools, since they confer the D.O., a medical degree in Western medicine and surgery. Currently, only graduates of American osteopathic medical colleges are considered physicians who may practice the full scope of medicine and surgery. [1]
Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine DO Candidate - Inaugural Class Fall 2025 [13] New York: Buffalo: D'Youville University College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Candidate - Proposed Start Fall 2025 [14] North Carolina: Fayetteville: Methodist University School of Medicine at Cape Fear Valley Health MD Applicant - Proposed Start Fall 2026 [15 ...
In its 2023-2024 Rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school #11 for primary care, which is the highest ranking for an osteopathic medical school in the category, and #116 for research. [35] Additionally, TCOM was ranked #10 amongst medical schools for producing the most graduates practicing in primary care fields.
61% of graduating seniors at osteopathic medical schools evaluated that over half of their required in-hospital training was delivered by MD physicians. [40] Overall, osteopathic medical schools have more modest research programs compared to MD schools, and fewer DO schools are part of universities that own a hospital. [41]
Rowan-Virtua SOM confers the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (DO), and is one of the top medical schools for geriatric care and primary care as ranked by the U.S. News & World Report. [5] Rowan-Virtua SOM is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. [6]
The college opened in 1977, as the first osteopathic medical school in the state of New York, offering the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.). The college was established through the efforts of W. Kenneth Riland , an osteopathic physician (D.O.), and New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and members of the Rockefeller family.
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine opened in 2007 in Harlem, New York. It was the first medical school to open in New York State in nearly 30 years and is the first osteopathic medical school with a special emphasis on training minority doctors. [8] The college's inaugural class graduated in 2011. [7]
Their idea gained supporters who also believed a medical school in Paintsville would eliminate the shortage of primary care physicians in the region. In February 1994, the American College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) was established in Paintsville. It was then renamed the Southern College of Osteopathic Medicine (SCOM) in September 1994. [6]