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A Message from the Dean
Welcome to the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic
Medicine! We are pleased that you have dropped by our web site
to learn more about our nationally ranked college and the osteopathic
profession.
Osteopathic medicine, founded more than 100 years ago by Andrew
Taylor Still, offers all a whole-person approach, an emphasis on
wellness and prevention, and osteopathic manipulative medicine. Osteopathic
physicians serve in hospitals and clinics across the nation, and
have achieved the highest medical positions in organizations such
as the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. military, professional
sports teams, NASA, and in forensic medicine and research.
For more than a quarter of a century, MSUCOM has been a leader
in the osteopathic profession. We were founded in 1969 by act of
the Michigan legislature to meet the need for physicians for our
state. Since then, we have grown and developed such that
today we are ranked seventh in the nation among all medical schools – M.D.
and D.O. – for our primary care education. In addition,
we have more funding than any other osteopathic college for research
from the National Institutes of Health, a key index of research
success.
We are now on the brink of an historic expansion, as we prepare
to open two additional sites for our college. In 2009, pending
accreditation, 100 members of our entering class will take their
first- and second-year studies at two sites in southeast Michigan:
50 at the Macomb University Center in Clinton Township, and 50
at the Detroit Medical Center downtown. This expansion will serve
many objectives, chief of which is to meet the anticipated shortage
of physicians both in Michigan and nationally.
In health care, we continue to offer patients the tools and support
to preserve and restore health. We listen to their concerns, we
work as partners with them, and we offer them the unique benefits
of osteopathic medicine. Osteopathic medicine is the medicine of
the future that is available today.
Thank you for visiting the MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine,
and we hope you’ll enjoy your stay!
Best Regards,
William D. Strampel, D.O.