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The Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM) is the
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of
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and the only
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medical school in the
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of
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. Its mission is to emphasize the practice of primary care and train
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s to serve Ohio, especially in the underserved Appalachian and urban areas of the state. Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine offers a single program conferring the degree
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States. DO and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees are equivalent: a DO graduate may become lice ...
(D.O.), and several combined degree programs. Graduates are eligible to practice medicine in all 50 states and more than 50 countries. The college is fully accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's
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, and by the Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The
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lists the school as a US medical school along with other accredited US MD and DO programs.


History

In 1823, the board of trustees of Ohio University passed a resolution forming a committee to "take into consideration the expediency of establishing a Medical School". Early in the state's history, Athens was chosen as a suitable location. More than 150 years later, the college was established in 1975 to award the
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO or D.O., or in Australia DO USA) is a medical degree conferred by the 38 osteopathic medical schools in the United States. DO and Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees are equivalent: a DO graduate may become lice ...
(D.O.) degree, and its first class was made up of 21 graduates. The college has since expanded, and as of the 2012–2013 academic year, there were 528 students enrolled. In 1989,
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, Ph.D., an endocrinologist and the Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor of Molecular Biology at the Heritage College, discovered a compound that would go on to become
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(Somavert), a growth hormone receptor antagonist used to treat acromegaly. The team's discovery awarded Kopchick and Ohio University a number of U.S. and European patents and has since been marketed by
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, earning the university more than $75 million in royalties from the license. In 1993, Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O., was appointed to the position of dean of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine; she was the first African-American woman to serve as the dean of a U.S. medical school. In 2011, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine gained renown for receiving $105 million from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundations, the largest private gift ever given to Ohio University. Shortly after, the college began creating two new extension campuses, one in partnership with
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in
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, and one in partnership with
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in
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. In December 2012, the college received approval from the
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(COCA), the accrediting agency for osteopathic medical schools, to begin recruiting students for its Central Ohio Extension Campus in Dublin, Ohio. The charter class of 50 medical students began classes in July 2014. In July 2015, the first class of 50 students are expected to begin at the Cleveland Clinic's campus at South Pointe Hospital.


Past deans

* Gerald Alden Faverman, Ph.D. — 1975–1977 * Frank Wayne Myers, D.O. — 1977–1993 * Barbara Ross-Lee, D.O. — 1993–2000 * Daniel Jon Marazon, D.O. — 2001 * John “Jack” Adolph Brose, D.O. — 2001–2012


Academics

There are two curricular tracks available to medical students during their first and second year of medical school: the Clinical Presentation Continuum (CPC) and the Patient-Centered Continuum (PCC). Students enrolled in the more traditional CPC study a curriculum organized around important symptoms and take part in extensive lectures, problem sets and panel discussions. Students in PCC spend more time in clinical and community experiences learning patient interviewing skills, with an emphasis on student-defined learning objectives. During years three and four, students enter one of 29 available teaching hospitals within the Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education (CORE), a statewide medical education consortium founded by the college. Several combined degree programs are available as well, including: * D.O./ M.P.H. * D.O./ M.H.A. * D.O./
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* D.O./Ph.D.


People


Alumni

*
Robert Biscup Robert S. Biscup (born June 4, 1952) is an American orthopaedic surgeon. Biscup's work includes developments in major reconstructive spine surgery, failed spine surgery, and minimally invasive spine surgery, including laser microsurgery and micr ...
, D.O. '80 *
Terry Johnson (Ohio politician) Terry Johnson (born June 4, 1956) is an American politician serving as a member of the Ohio Senate from the 14th District. He is an osteopathic physician who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 90th district from 2011 to 20 ...
, D.O. '91 *
Thomas Hutson Thomas E. Hutson is an American medical oncologist and cancer researcher based in Dallas, Texas. He is the director of Genitourinary Oncology Program and co-director of the Urologic Cancer Research and Treatment Center at Baylor University Medica ...
, D.O. '97


Faculty and staff

* Barbara Ross-Lee


See also

*
List of Medical Schools in the United States This list of medical schools in the United States includes current and developing academic institutions which award the Doctor of Medicine (MD), or the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) a professional level of education, either of which is requir ...


References


External links


School website
{{Osteopathic medical schools Medical schools in Ohio Osteopathic medical schools in the United States Educational institutions established in 1975 Ohio University 1975 establishments in Ohio