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TCOM’s Dr. Lisa Nash honored with the 2024 Special Lifetime Achievement Award by AOGME

It has been a lifetime of service to osteopathic medicine and graduate medical education for Lisa Nash, DO, MS-HPEd, FAAFP, and that remarkable career was honored by the Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators as she received their 2024 Special Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educating…
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JAMA Network publishes HSC study showing chronic pain favorable outcomes associated with physician empathy

JAMA Network Open this month published an article, “Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes,” based on national data collected by the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation (PRECISION) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The research team was led by John C. Licciardone, DO, MS,…
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The first licensed DO in Chile is a TCOM graduate and an unlikely osteopathic physician

If you’re looking for the unlikeliest of people to practice osteopathic medicine, osteopathy, or osteopathic manipulative treatment then look no further than Patrick Wedlake, DO. So, how did a self-described “hippie from California,” end up becoming the first licensed osteopathic physician in the South American country of Chile and practicing cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment? The…
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Six from HSC are honored as Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice

Six of the best from The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth were inducted as Distinguished Fellows from the National Academies of Practice on Saturday, March 16. Provost and executive vice president, Dr. Charles Taylor, Dr. Lillee Gelinas, an assistant professor from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Dr. Teresa…
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A new country and a new home, how a TCOM student came to America with the help of his parents

It was a revolutionary time in Egypt in early 2011, the streets filled with millions of protesters while there were violent clashes between civilians and security forces. The parents of Johny Morkos weren’t looking to leave their home in Egypt; they were a hard-working middle-class family. If an opportunity came about, they would potentially look…
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Trading crayons for stethoscopes: two TCOM students chase their dreams of medicine together

From kindergarten and junior prom to the halls of the Medical Education and Training building, Madisen Seidel and Kate Russell's journey to Match Day has been an extraordinary twist of fate. The pair, who are now fourth-year students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine,…
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TCOM’s Office of Rural Medical Education receives grant from United Health Care for medical mission trips

The Office of Rural Medical Education at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine has received a grant from United Health Care that will support two one-week medical mission trips to provide health care to rural communities in Texas for 2024. The grant, which is for…
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TCOM Announces Significant Seed Grant Funding to Propel Faculty Research Initiatives

In a significant boost to health sciences research, the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has allocated seed grants totaling $99,211. This strategic funding underlines TCOM's commitment to fostering groundbreaking research that promises to expand the horizons of medical knowledge and practice. Dr. Frank…
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National pain registry finds widening racial disparities in low back pain treatment, outcomes

The Journal of Pain has published an article in its March issue comparing treatments and outcomes among Black and white patients with low back pain. The article is based on national data collected by the Pain Registry for Epidemiological, Clinical, and Interventional Studies and Innovation (PRECISION) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center…
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TCOM’s Dr. Nelsen named COMAT Examination Chair by NBOME

A leader in the field, Meaghan Nelsen, DO, MS, FACOOG, IBCLC from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has been selected by the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners as the COMAT Examination Chair for Obstetrics & Gynecology. Nelsen, an associate professor in…