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5 unusual facts about Osteopathic medicine in the United States


Courtenay Stewart

She is currently attending osteopathic medical school at Touro University California.

Harrogate, Tennessee

Lincoln Memorial is the parent institution of the Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, the first osteopathic medical school in Tennessee.

House at 184 Albany Avenue

In 1909 the city directory gives the owner as Charles Banker, a local osteopathic physician.

Macon, Missouri

In that year, Charles E. Still and Harry M. Still, sons of A. T. Still, the founder of the profession of osteopathic medicine, along with Dr. Arthur G. Hildreth, established the Still-Hildreth Sanatorium, which was devoted to the treatment and care of all types of nervous and mental disorders.

Pikeville, Kentucky

The college is one of the smallest in the nation to have an osteopathic medicine program as part of its curriculum.


Anne Brooks

Anne Brooks D.O. is an osteopathic physician and a Roman Catholic nun who is CEO of Tutwiler Clinic, a non-profit entity in Tutwiler, Mississippi located in Tallahatchie County, which is in the middle of the Mississippi delta.

United States Medical Licensing Examination

U.S. osteopathic medical school graduates are permitted to take the USMLE for medical licensure, which they can also obtain by passing the multi-part Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) professional exam.

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

WVSOM was founded on the principles of osteopathic medicine, a branch of medicine founded by frontiersman Andrew Taylor Still in the mid-to-late 19th century.


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