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Immersive Regional Simulation Center first of its kind in Texas

Amid the buzzing activity of construction inside The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Gibson D. Lewis Library sits the future of frontline health care training. Through virtual reality projection rooms, HSC’s new Regional Simulation Center will offer students, faculty and area medical professionals the opportunity to dive into various real-world…
TCOM student raises both hands in the air in celebration during Commencement

U.S. News ranks TCOM as the nation’s top osteopathic medical school for primary care

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best medical schools for primary care, and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth was ranked as the top osteopathic school in the nation. This marks the second time in the last three…
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She overcame late stage cancer, now Aivien Do is ready for Match Day

By Steven Bartolotta Aivien Do was in her first year as a medical student at The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth sitting through a class as different slides of various ailments were shown. First a chest X-ray of pneumonia, plural effusions, and then…

DSWOP endows Drs. Dralves and Jessica Edwards Scholarship

By Steven Bartolotta Honoring one of the pioneering families at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, the Dallas Southwest Osteopathic Physicians, Inc. (DSWOP) has endowed a scholarship honoring Drs. Dralves and Jessica Edwards.  The fully funded $25,000 scholarship was generously donated by…
TCOM student Imran Rashik

TCOM student selected for prestigious MSTAR Fellowship

By Steven Bartolotta Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (TCOM) Imran Rashik was one of just 13 medical students from across the nation to be selected for the prestigious National Medical Students Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) Fellowship. Rashik will spend eight weeks this summer at the UNC School of Medicine’s Center for Aging and Health,…
TCOM student Ryan Craig and Dr. John Licciardone

Ryan Craig wins the TCOM Honors Research Practicum Award

By Steven Bartolotta After completing a very comprehensive semester of research training, journal club presentations and examinations, TCOM second-year student Ryan Craig was selected as the recipient of the TCOM Honors Research Practicum Award. Craig contributed to an excellent journal club presentation involving a large-scale cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry, had the highest level…
TCOM alumni, Dr. April Enard

TCOM celebrates the beginning of Black History Month

By Steven Bartolotta February is Black History Month and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM) is proud to honor the pioneering efforts of many African American men and women who have paved the way for many in the medical and osteopathic community. Today, we see the profound impact being made by African American osteopathic…
Waridibo Allison, MD, PhD, FACP, CPE, FIDSA

HSC names Dr. Waridibo Allison as new Vice President of Health Policy

By Steven Bartolotta The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has named Waridibo Allison, MD, PhD, FACP, CPE, FIDSA as the new Vice President of Health Policy and founding Director of the new Center for Health Policy within the Division of Research and Innovation. Dr. Allison also will be an Associate…
HSC Student, Dianna H. Nguyen

HSC Dual Degree student Dianna Nguyen awarded highly prestigious NIH Fellowship

By Steven Bartolotta Dianna H. Nguyen, a DO/PhD candidate at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, has been awarded the F30 Dual Doctoral-Degree, Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nguyen received the highly competitive fellowship for her research project titled, “The Role of Estrogen Receptors and Neurohypophyseal…

TCOM Advisory Colleges celebrate a decade of success

By Steven Bartolotta  Six of the towering figures in the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s history have their names adorning one of the most impactful programs at the school, the Advisory College Program, which is celebrating a decade of success since their introduction in 2011. The TCOM Advisory Colleges are named after Dr. Danny Beyer, Dr. Edward Elko, Dr. Edward Everett,…