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The dynamic duo of TCOM faculty sworn in as presidents of TOMA and the Texas Chapter of ACOFP

Hail to the Chiefs! Not one, but two faculty members from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine were sworn in as the presidents of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and the Texas Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, respectively. Dr. Damon Schranz, an associate professor in TCOM’s Department of Family and Osteopathic…
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SaferCare Texas takes students to IHI Patient Safety Congress

Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…
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TCOM rural track graduate returns home to lead the ROME program

She’s back! Dr. Maria Crompton is the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s new director of Rural Medical Education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Crompton, a TCOM Rural Track graduate in 2008, has been a faculty member serving in both clinical and academic roles for three years since returning…
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Highlighting high achievers of HSC’s Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences and Coaching Program

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s commencement ceremony happened to land in the middle of National Lifestyle Medicine Week. HSC’s School of Health Professions Department of Personalized Health and Well-Being celebrated these two events by conferring the degrees of 24 Master of Science in Lifestyle Health Sciences and Coaching graduates.…
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PharmD graduate fuels a passion for community pharmacy

Arturo Herrera II began working in a pharmacy as a cashier in high school. He fell in love with the community pharmacy setting and enjoyed a career as a licensed pharmacy technician for a little more than 20 years with companies like Eckerd, Target, Albertsons and MedSavers Pharmacy. “The passion for community pharmacy never left,”…
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TCOM’s Chapter of the Texas Medical Association named the 2023 Chapter of the Year

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s chapter of the Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section was selected as the 2023 Chapter of the Year by the organization. The TCOM chapter of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was honored at the TMA-MSS 2023 Chapter of the Year Award at the…
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HSC military veterans share their stories with the UNT System Board of Regents

They served as military police, medics and even as nuclear and mission operations officers. A trio of military veterans who are now students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth told their stories of service and valor to the UNT System Board of Regents. Edgar Franco, Emma Kiefer and Linda…
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Innovation leads a team of TCOM students to Sloan SSM Health national case competition

A trio of students from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine used tenacity and innovation to advance to the finals of the 3rd Annual Case Competition of Cornell University’s Sloan Program in Health Administration. First-year students Gabriel Kupovics, Navya Peddireddy and Megana Sundar made it through the initial round of 40 graduate school teams from…
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Integrative versus Traditional Medicine

Dr. Trisha Smith is a world traveler. If you stop by the HSC Health Student Health and Priority Care clinic, she can diagnose an illness and recommend the best dinner spot for your next vacation in Greece in the same breath. This exposure to different cultures through travel and years growing up abroad has given…
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Whole Health focus: Metabolic and Longevity Clinic

This article is part of a series highlighting whole health initiatives on HSC’s campus.  In December, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Clinic, HSC Health, launched the Metabolic and Longevity Clinic. This specialty clinic is for patients who have metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and more.…