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How a married couple made their dream come true by getting into TCOM

Zaid Siddiq had 48 hours to make a life-altering decision that would affect his wife, his family and his future. An offer to attend the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine had just rolled in on Friday, July 7, but he and his wife Iqra Ameen had already moved to Missouri in anticipation of both of…
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TCOM Advisory Colleges welcome new faculty members to the schools

The Advisory College Program of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is excited to announce the addition of five new faculty members who will serve as faculty Advisors. With a student body exceeding 900 medical students, the program consists of six colleges. Joining the esteemed ranks of the TCOM Advisory Colleges are Dr. David Farmer,…
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TCOM Chair Dr. Priya Bui completes AACOM Senior Leadership Development Program

Clinical experiences for students, online education and an opportunity for professional growth were just a few of the takeaways for Dr. Priya Bui, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, who finished up a year-long development program. Bui participated in the American Association of Colleges of…
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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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More than three decades of training and counting, TCOM hosts Chief Residency Skills Conference

Chief residents from across the nation came to the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Faculty Development Center’s Chief Resident Leadership Skills Conference. Thirty-eight chief residents and three coordinators came to The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth from Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas to participate in a conference on a variety…
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TCOM celebrates its 50th graduating class of osteopathic physicians

On Monday, June 3, 1974, the legendary pathologist and osteopathic physician Dr. Otterbein Dressler gave the keynote address at the William Edrington Scott Theatre to 18 newly minted osteopathic physicians from the burgeoning Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth. Little did Dressler or those 18 physicians know they were laying the foundation for…
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Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is top-ranked Texas medical school, 11th in U.S.

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care on Thursday, and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth surged to the top as the top-ranked medical school in Texas, the highest-ranked osteopathic school in the nation…
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HSC to host ‘Quality Perinatal Care Through an Equity Lens’ workshop

Infants born to Black women are more than twice as likely to die compared with those born to white women. The factors driving disparities in maternal and infant health are complex and multifactorial, including differences in health insurance coverage, access to care and a wide range of social determinants of health. In maternal and infant…
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TCOM Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society Welcomes new inductees

The humanistic side of medicine is flourishing at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The TCOM Chapter of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation inducted 35 students and three faculty members into the Gold Humanism Honor Society during a recent ceremony at the Fort…
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TCOM’s Research Appreciation Day winners

Research is alive and vibrant at TCOM and The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. It is a long and distinguished list of award winners from TCOM at this year’s Research Appreciation Day. 2023 Medical Student Government Association Best in First-Year Class Title: A Qualitative Histological Comparison of Collagen Deposition Between…