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October 22, 2021 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT) announced that Rita Patterson, PhD has been named the recipient of the 2021 ASHT Honorary Membership Award. Dr. Patterson, the Associate Dean of Research at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), received the award at the ASHT 44th Annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.…
October 21, 2021 • Community, Geriatrics, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta The world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research is coming to Fort Worth. HSC’s Center for Older Adults is supporting the Alzheimer’s Association for the “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” on Oct. 30 at The Shops at Clearfork in Fort Worth. The Center for Older Adults is a major sponsor,…
October 19, 2021 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta After missing a year due to the pandemic, a longstanding Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) football tradition is returning, rebranded to incorporate more elements of inclusion and fun for all families. The “Standards of Scare” is set for Saturday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. with a Fall Carnival and Family tours on the…
October 4, 2021 • Center for Diversity and International Programs, Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Gabrielle Saleh The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) is one of two institutions nationwide receiving NIH Endowment funding that will be used for a scholarship to support two faculty members developing programs focused on minority health and health disparities. Riyaz Basha, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), and Harlan P. Jones, PhD, an Associate Professor in the…
September 9, 2021 • TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing during the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. This Sept. 11 marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and the crash of a hijacked airplane in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks gripped a nation and touched the lives…
September 9, 2021 • Community, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Nancy Eder, RN, and Darry Meyer, DO were doing yard work and having a simple conversation between neighbors when an idea to help children turned into the beginning of a community partnership. “Darry Meyer was my next-door neighbor at the time, and he was a student at TCOM,” said Eder. “One Saturday morning I shared with him that, we…
August 31, 2021 • Alumni, Community, COVID-19, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta There are tireless workers, and then there is Martin McElya, DO. The 1995 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) graduate and his north Dallas Neighborhood Medical Center practice have been a beacon of hope as they took swift action and came up with a way to safely test and treat patients during the…
August 25, 2021 • Community, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta A trio of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student organizations partnered with the Brighter Outlook Community Center and Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church to help host a back-to-school fair for students of all ages. TCOM’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA), Refugee Health Initiative (RHI) and Latino Medical School Association (LMSA) provided free physicals for students. The groups…
August 24, 2021 • Alumni, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta It was another late night in July for Megan Jenkins-Turner, DO, waiting for her husband to get home from work, and surfing the internet hoping to find an open General Surgery residency position. Dr. Jenkins-Turner had graduated from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine months earlier, but was without a job and a residency, all…
August 19, 2021 • College of Pharmacy, Education, Multi School, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students, TCOM, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Diane Smith-Pinckney The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) will present white coats to more than 400 students during a rite of passage ceremony for future health care providers at Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium on Aug. 20 at 9 a.m. Students from the Physician Assistant Studies program, Department of Physical Therapy, System College of Pharmacy, and Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) will receive coats during…
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