Oklahoma State University

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CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES College Administration • Kayse M. Shrum, DO—President and Dean • Johnny Stephens, PharmD—Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

The college was founded in 1972 in response to a physician shortage in the small towns and rural areas of Oklahoma. The college opened its doors in 1974 and graduated its first class in 1977. In 1988, the college was merged with Oklahoma State University and confirmed its mission to prepare students to be primary care physicians with emphasis in rural medicine. In 2001, the Oklahoma legislature added another designation by creating the OSU Center for Health Sciences— the umbrella organization for the College of Osteopathic Medicine; and graduate programs in biomedical and forensic sciences, health care administration and athletic training. The OSU Center for Health Sciences is located on 16 acres along the west bank of the Arkansas River with an impressive view of downtown Tulsa. Modern buildings house conference facilities, a hospital simulation center, expanded classroom space, a medical bookstore and a forensic sciences and biomedical research facility. The OSU Medical Center, located a half-mile north of campus, is the primary teaching hospital for the college. The medical center serves Tulsa and the surrounding communities, and serves as both a teaching clinic for medical students, interns and residents, and a health care resource for residents of Tulsa and the surrounding area. The medical center is a state entity operated by the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority, with management by Saint Francis Health System. The hospital provides comprehensive and specialized health care and is staffed by licensed physicians and other health care professionals who supervise students in the care of patients. The OSU combined clinic system covers a wide variety of specialties. The clinics provide essential health care to the community. Promoting a patient-centered approach to health care, osteopathic physicians are concerned with the entire patient and traditionally have excelled in general and family health care. The doctor of osteopathic medicine is a fully-trained and licensed physician who selectively utilizes all accepted scientific modalities to maintain and restore health. Osteopathic physicians and surgeons are licensed in every state to practice all phases of medicine, and offer their patients the added dimension of health care through osteopathic manipulation, a hands- on technique that uses palpation and manipulative procedures of the musculoskeletal system to diagnose and treat illness. Minimum Admission Requirements Prior to matriculation, the applicant must have an overall grade-point average of at least 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale), a pre-professional science GPA of at least 2.75, and a minimum score of 492 on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). All applicants must take the MCAT within three years prior to matriculation. The last MCAT test date accepted for each application cycle is January the year of matriculation. Under special circumstances, the College may use discretion to admit students who do not meet these minimum requirements. At the time of entry, the applicant must have completed: 1. At least 90 semester hours and not less than 75 percent of the courses required for the baccalaureate degree at a regionally- accredited college or university; 2. Satisfactory completion of the following courses, with no grade below a "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale): Code Title Hours English (two semesters) Biology (two semesters), including laboratories Physics (two semesters)

• Jeffrey Stroup, PharmD—Interim Provost and Vice President for Strategy, Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Eric Polak, MBA—Vice President for Administration and Finance • Anhna Vuong, MALD—Vice President for External Affairs • William J. Pettit, DO—Dean, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Cherokee Nation • Bruce Benjamin, PhD—Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences • LeRoy Young, DO—Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs • Robin Dyer, DO—Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Christopher C. Thurman, DO—Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Simulation Medicine • Kent Smith, PhD—Associate Dean, Office for the Advancement of American Indians in Medicine and Science • Natasha Bray, DO—Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Cherokee Nation • Jeff Hackler, JD—Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management • Jenny Alexopulos, DO—Director of Medical Education for OSU Medical Center, Medical Director for OSU Physicians • Gary L. Slick, DO—Director of Medical Education for Teaching Health Center

Campus Address and Phone Address: 1111 West 17th St., Tulsa, OK 74107 Phone: 918.582.1972 , 800.677.1972 Website: www.health.okstate.edu (http:// www.healthsciences.okstate.edu) E-mail: admissions@chs.okstate.edu College of Osteopathic Medicine

As health care grows more sophisticated, the supply of primary care physicians will continue to be a challenge. The OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine is helping to address that challenge and to fulfill a critical need in Oklahoma, and beyond, by training physicians who are qualified to treat every member of the family and enhance the health care process by applying his or her knowledge to treat the whole person. The mission of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine is to educate osteopathic primary care physicians with an emphasis on serving rural and underserved Oklahoma. The majority of graduates of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine practice in the primary care fields—family medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and obstetrics/gynecology. The remaining graduates do their postdoctoral training in other specialties and subspecialties—anesthesiology, neurology, psychiatry, radiology, surgery, dermatology and oncology, to name a few. Regardless of the field they pursue, our students are trained to be excellent physicians, beginning with a strong background in general osteopathic medicine.