News in Brief TouroCOM-Harlem awards scholarships to minority medical students TouroCOM-Harlem students aim to improve health care conditions in underserved areas upon graduation. Jan. 6, 2017Friday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Chantal Gomes, OMS IV, first became interested in medicine as a child when her grandfather was frequently hospitalized for complications with diabetes. After volunteering as a teen at a hospital, Gomes went on to enter the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine’s (TouroCOM-Harlem) Interdisciplinary Studies program, which offered a conditional entry into the school’s DO program. Gomes is one of five students at the New York osteopathic medical school to receive a grant last month from the Fund for Underrepresented Minority Students. Provided by TouroCOM-Harlem in conjunction with the TouroCOM-Harlem Community Advisory Board, the fund offers scholarships to minority medical students who will work to improve health care in underserved areas upon graduation. Other recipients include Brian Barrett, OMS IV; Patricia Jean-Charles, OMS II; Geoffrey Sanyi, OMS III; and Dale-Marie Simpson, OMS III. “I have countless stories of doors being slammed in my face while trying to pursue medicine,” Jean-Charles told the Amsterdam News. “When I received this scholarship, it was a testament that I was meant to be here, and that all the hard work I put in meant something.” To learn more, read the full story in the Amsterdam News. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleAOA seeks to ensure access to affordable care and coverage for patients Next article‘You feel you’ve created something’: What it’s like running a private practice
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
“Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts.