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2025

AACOM Applauds Introduction of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
January 29, 2025

Legislation would extend critical grant funding for healthcare professional mental health
AACOM Celebrates Appointment of Lisa Nash, DO, MS-HPEd, to HRSA Federal Advisory Committee on Primary Care Training
January 24, 2025

Appointment strengthens osteopathic medicine’s voice in future policy recommendations
AACOM President and CEO Selected to Lead National Health Education Federation
January 09, 2025

Organization represents more than one million of America’s future health professionals.

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2024

AACOM Announces 2024-2025 Osteopathic Health Policy Interns
June 26, 2024

Annie Lorelei Hoffman and Jessica Fung chosen for prestigious program
99 Percent of Osteopathic Medical Students Secure Residency Positions
June 20, 2024

8,117 new DOs set to embark on residency training this year
AACOM Study Highlights the Impact of Medical Student Mindsets on Resiliency and Well-Being
June 14, 2024

Effects are especially significant among students from historically marginalized populations
Five Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Graduate Their Inaugural Classes
June 04, 2024

Celebrating a Historic Milestone: Congratulations to CHSU-COM, VCOM-Louisiana, LECOM Elmira, OSU-COM Cherokee Nation and SHSU-COM’s first class of graduates!
AACOM Releases Historic Statement After “Food As Medicine” Special Session
April 19, 2024

World’s largest gathering of osteopathic medical educators embraces new principles of Food as Medicine.
AACOM Recognizes Award-Winning Leaders and Students at Annual Conference
April 17, 2024

Rita Getz, PhD, and Student Doctors Paul Delgado, Sarah J. Adkins and Saumya Shah honored for their dedication, leadership, research and scholarship
Osteopathic Students Make up Growing Percent of Medical School Graduates
April 08, 2024

DO graduates increase by 2.5 percent over last year
Senate Introduces Legislation Funding Medical Student Clinical Rotations
March 26, 2024

Bipartisan, bicameral bill would address growing need to expand clinical training opportunities
Overcoming Challenges, a Record-Setting 92.3 Percent of DO Students Match into Residency
March 15, 2024

Record Number of Osteopathic Medical Students Successfully Complete Match Week
AACOM Joins Partners in Announcing the Health Workforce Well-Being Day of Awareness
March 11, 2024

Health Workforce Well-Being Day on March 18 and events throughout the month recognize importance of protecting health workers’ well-being
AACOM President and CEO Recognized for Compassionate Care and Human Connection
March 04, 2024

Dr. Robert Cain among luminaries inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society
AACOM-Supported Bill Funding Rural Clinical Rotations Introduced in House of Representatives
February 06, 2024

Bipartisan legislation would expand community-based training in medically underserved communities

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2023

Osteopathic Medical Students Find Residency in Record Numbers
April 24, 2023

Final numbers show a 99.5 percent placement rate
Not the Luck of the Irish, the Talent of the Students: DO Residency Match Numbers Rise to Record-Setting 91.6 Percent
March 17, 2023

Record Number of Osteopathic Medical Students Successfully Complete Match Week
AACOM Announces Dr. Nicole Wadsworth as Chair of Educating Leaders 2023
February 27, 2023

Largest conference yet set to celebrate AACOM’s 125th Anniversary
AACOM Kicks Off 125th Anniversary Celebration with New Website, Logo and Branding
February 09, 2023

“We are very proud to be celebrating over a century of medical innovation and a rich history of training world-class, compassionate physicians at our colleges of osteopathic medicine,” said AACOM President and CEO Robert A. Cain.
Reintroduced AACOM-Supported Bill Advances Residency Fairness for DOs
February 06, 2023

Bipartisan legislation requires federally funded graduate medical education (GME) programs to equitably accept and assess DO and MD residency candidates.

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2022

AACOM Awarded Grant to Conduct National, First-of-its-Kind Review of Osteopathic Recognition
December 06, 2022

The $420,451 grant aims to better understand Osteopathic Recognition adoption among residency and fellowship programs
AACOM Announces 2022 Arnstein Minority Student Scholarship Recipients
October 24, 2022

Award honors underrepresented minority students in osteopathic medical education.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Appoints Christopher J. Loyke, DO, to National Academic Affiliations Council
August 24, 2022

Dr. Loyke’s appointment ensures the council will continue to benefit from the osteopathic voice.
AACOM Launches Course to Enhance Health Equity and Address Health Disparities
July 27, 2022

First of its kind program offered at all colleges of osteopathic medicine.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Appoints Timothy J. Kowalski, DO, to National Academic Affiliations Council
July 22, 2022

Dr. Kowalski’s appointment strengthens osteopathic representation among the council.
Congressional Letter Urges NIH to Increase Research Funding for Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
July 20, 2022

NIH Director asked to end historic funding disparity.
AACOM Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
June 30, 2022

We are concerned about the impact on women’s well-being and health, how we train new physicians and how they are able to care for their patients.
Osteopathic Medical Community Urges Further Discussion and Understanding About Distinctive Licensure Assessment of DO and MD Students
June 30, 2022

AACOM, AAOE, AOA and NBOME acknowledge and empathize with trainees who often encounter bias in transition to residency.
AACOM Strongly Recommends Hybrid Residency Interviews for 2022-23 Cycle
May 13, 2022

Students should have choice between in-person or virtual.
Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Nationally Recognized for Top Service in Rural, Underserved Areas and Primary Care
March 30, 2022

U.S. News & World Report Rates COMs Among Nation’s Top Medical Schools
DO Residency Match Numbers Rise to Record-Setting 91.3 Percent
March 18, 2022

Record Number of Osteopathic Medical Students Successfully Complete “Match Madness” 2022
AACOM Honors Ukraine’s Strength of Spirit, Denounces Violence and Urges Swift, Diplomatic Solution
March 01, 2022

AACOM condemns the intolerable violence and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ukraine and honors the Ukrainian people for demonstrating resiliency and strength of the human spirit.
AACOM Awarded Health Workforce Resiliency Grant
January 21, 2022

HRSA grants AACOM more than $2.2 million to promote mental health and wellness among the healthcare workforce.