Organization:Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Short description: Osteopathic medical school of Touro University
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
TypePrivate medical school
Established2007
AffiliationJudaism
Budget$28.40 million[1]
DeanKenneth J. Steier, DO, FACOI, FCCP, MBA, MHA, MPH [2]
Academic staff
675 Full- and Part-time[3]
Students810[4]
Location
New York (Harlem) & Middletown[5]
,
New York
,
United States

[ ⚑ ] : 40°48′33″N 73°56′59″W / 40.80917°N 73.94981°W / 40.80917; -73.94981
CampusMultiple types
Websitetourocom.touro.edu
Touro-college-harlem.jpg

The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) is a private medical school with a main campus in the neighborhood of Central Harlem in New York City and additional campuses in Middletown, New York and Great Falls, Montana. It is a division of the Touro College and University System.[6]

The college's inaugural class graduated in 2011.[7] 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] TouroCOM currently has a student body of about 1,080 students.[4]

TouroCOM has a stated goal of particularly identifying and recruiting students willing to make a commitment to practice in underserved communities.[9] The Harlem neighborhood has been designated by the federal government as underserved by medical professionals.[10] Community service events such as free health counseling, screenings, and flu shots are offered to local residents by students and faculty several times a year.[11]

History

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] The Middletown campus graduated their first class in 2018.[12] TouroCOM is a division of Touro College.[6] Touro College has medical programs in other states including California and Nevada.[13] A campus in Great Falls, Montana, opened in 2023.

Academics

TouroCOM offers two degreess, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)[14] and a Master of Science. Approximately 60 percent of Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine students work in primary care following graduation.[15]

Campuses

The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Harlem Campus is located at 230 West 125th Street, diagonally across from the historic Apollo Theater in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood. The facility provides approximately 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) devoted to medical education.[16] The school contains amphitheater-style lecture halls, classrooms, offices, support facilities, clinical skills training facilities, and laboratories. The virtual library includes more than 50,000 books and 1,000 journals, 26,000 electronic journals, virtual resources, more than 80 computer workstations, multimedia areas, and reading spaces.[16] The Campus is located two blocks east of the A, B, and D train and one block west of the 2 and 3 train.[17]

In August 2014, a larger campus that occupies 110,000 square feet of space in the Horton complex opened in Middletown, New York.[18] The inaugural class consisted of 135 students, and graduated in 2018.[19][12][20] The campus has since started a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (MS) program.[21] TouroCOM launched MedAchieve Scholars in 2012, a program that encourages students from underrepresented groups to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[22]

In 2009, students from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine worked with DKMS Americas (along with assistance from the Harlem community and the Apollo Theater) to arrange a Bone Marrow Registration Drive that resulted in about 200 new bone marrow registrants.[23] The drive was inspired by the need to find a bone marrow donor match for Jasmina Anema, a six-year-old African American girl fighting leukemia, who died in 2010.[24][25]

In 2021, Touro College & University System and Benefis Health System broke ground on a new Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine campus in Great Falls, Montana.[15] The school is located next to Benefis, where students will do clinical rotations.[13] The school has up to 125 students each year.[13] The campus opened in 2023.

Admissions

Applicants apply through the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS). For the Class of 2020, TouroCOM received 6574 applications for 292 first year positions between the Harlem and Middletown campuses.[4][26] No early decision program is offered.[27]

Students

TouroCOM currently has a student body of about 1080 students.[28] Over 200 underrepresented minority students have matriculated since the school's inception in 2007.[29] In 2015, the NAACP recognized the Harlem campus's efforts to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in medicine through the MedAchieve afterschool mentoring program, the Mentoring in Medicine program that brings local high school students into TouroCOM's anatomy labs, and the Fund for Underrepresented minority students.[30]

Residency Match

Upon completion of their medical education, students apply to residency or internship programs throughout the country through the National Residency Match Program (NRMP), AOA Match, Military Match, or other matching programs.[31]

Accreditation

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education[32] and received the status of initial award of accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. (COCA).[7][33]

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fiscal Year 2013 Revenues and Expenditures by Osteopathic Medical College". AACOM. https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/data-and-trends/fy2013-RevandExpbyCOM.pdf?sfvrsn=28. 
  2. ↑ "Kenneth J. Steier, DO, FACOI, FCCP, MBA, MHA, MPH (Executive Dean, TouroCOM; Dean, Middletown Campus)". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. http://tourocom.touro.edu/about-us/our-leadership/middletown-leadership/kenneth-j-steier.php. 
  3. ↑ "Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine". http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/touro-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-04152. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Demographics". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. https://tourocom.touro.edu/about/student-demographics/. 
  5. ↑ "Our Facilities". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. http://tourocom.touro.edu/about-us/facilities/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Berger, Joseph (July 29, 2014). "The D.O. Is in Now". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/education/edlife/the-osteopathic-branch-of-medicine-is-booming.html?_r=0. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "TouroCOM - Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine". Touro.edu. http://www.touro.edu/med/index.html. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL TO OPEN IN HARLEM – FIRST IN NEW YORK STATE IN 30 YEARS - Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine". Touro.edu. http://legacy.touro.edu/media/pr/releases/PR-TouroCOM.asp. 
  9. ↑ "Mission Statement". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. http://www.nysun.com/new-york/touro-college-brings-medicine-to-harlem/64542/. 
  10. ↑ "Mission Statement Touro College Brings Medicine to Harlem". NY Sun. http://www.touro.edu/med/mission.html. 
  11. ↑ "Community Programs". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. http://tourocom.touro.edu/in-the-community/community-programs//. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Inaugural Class of TouroCOM Middletown Celebrates First Commencement" (in en). http://tourocom.touro.edu/news--events/press-releases/tourocom-middletown-1st-commencement-2018.php. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Hall, Mari; Tollefson, Phoebe (2021-02-23). "Great Falls courting a medical school" (in en). Billings Gazette. https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/great-falls-courting-a-medical-school/article_01b8f649-cf3e-52ab-8b31-ebf90e455403.html. 
  14. ↑ "D.O. Applicants". Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. http://tourocom.touro.edu/admissions--aid/do-applicants/. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Ground-breaking scheduled for new medical school in Great Falls" (in en). 2021-10-04. https://www.ktvh.com/news/great-falls-news/ground-breaking-scheduled-for-new-medical-school-in-great-falls. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "TOUROCOM :: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine". Touro.edu. http://www.touro.edu/med/facilities.html. 
  17. ↑ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. "Our Facilities" (in en). https://tourocom.touro.edu/about-us/our-facilities/. 
  18. ↑ Bayne, Richard J. (2014-06-25). "Touro gets Regents' OK to open Middletown medical campus" (in en). Times Herald-Record (Middletown, New York). https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2014/06/25/touro-gets-regents-ok-to/36342497007/. 
  19. ↑ "Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrates opening of new Middletown campus", Daily Freeman, September 1, 2014
  20. ↑ "Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Announces Lease Space Available Adjacent to New Touro Medical College", Rand Realty, September 11, 2014
  21. ↑ "TouroCOM MS Program". https://tourocom.touro.edu/academics/ms-program/. 
  22. ↑ "Hip Hip Hooray, Touro College Of Osteopathic Medicine Harlem's Wins Third Straight STEM Award" (in en-US). 2021-08-16. https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/touro-college-of-osteopathic-medicine-harlems-wins-third-straight-stem-award/. 
  23. ↑ "Greenwich Village Girl Prepares For Bone Marrow Transplant". NY1.com. http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/98798/greenwich-village-girl-prepares-for-bone-marrow-transplant. 
  24. ↑ Schapiro, Rich (2010-01-28). "Jasmina Anema, brave six-year-old who captured New Yorkers' hearts, loses battle with leukemia - New York Daily News". Articles.nydailynews.com. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-28/news/27052597_1_bone-marrow-donors-leukemia-graft-versus-host-disease. 
  25. ↑ Weiner, David (2010-01-28). "Jasmina Anema, Cancer Victim Who Met Obama, Dies". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/jasmina-anema-cancer-vict_n_441031.html. 
  26. ↑ "Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York (TouroCOM-NY)". https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/tourocom-ny-cib-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=4be22597_6. 
  27. ↑ "TouroCOM-NY". https://www.aacom.org/news-and-events/publications/2018-cib/com-spreads/tourocom-ny. 
  28. ↑ "Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York". American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. https://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/tourocomny_cib2018.pdf?sfvrsn=4f202d97_2. 
  29. ↑ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. "Underrepresented Communities" (in en). https://tourocom.touro.edu/about-us/our-students/underrepresented-communities/. 
  30. ↑ "Diversity in medicine: Medical school receives NAACP award" (in en-US). The DO. 2015-09-21. https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2015/09/tourocom-harlem-receives-community-service-award-from-the-naacp/. 
  31. ↑ "TouroCOM Match Outcomes". https://tourocom.touro.edu/about-us/outcomes/. 
  32. ↑ "Middle States Commission on Higher Education". Msche.org. 2010-09-21. http://www.msche.org/institutions_directory.asp?txtRange=t. 
  33. ↑ "Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine". Commission on Osteopathic Colleges Accreditation. http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/predoctoral%20accreditation/Documents/current-list-of-colleges-of-osteopathic-medicine.pdf. 
  34. ↑ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. "Conrad Fischer" (in en). https://tourocom.touro.edu/do/faculty/fischer-conrad.php. 
  35. ↑ "Conrad Fischer: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". https://www.amazon.com/Conrad-Fischer/e/B0024JEL82. 
  36. ↑ The New York Times (2013-02-21). "Paterson to Teach Medical School". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/nyregion/david-paterson-to-join-touro-medical-school-faculty.html. 
  37. ↑ Michael J. Feeney (2013-03-04). "Former Gov. David Paterson returns to 125th St. in Harlem for a new job: Touro College professor". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/gov-paterson-takes-professorship-touro-college-article-1.1275509. 
  38. ↑ Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. "Jeffrey R. Gardere, PhD" (in en). https://tourocom.touro.edu/do/faculty/gardere-jeffrey-r.php. 

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