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  • Student Colin Wilson named a Doctors For America 2024/25 Copello Fellow

    51ÉçÇø Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine student Colin Wilson has been accepted as a 2024/25 Gene A. Copello Health Advocacy Fellow. Doctors for America announced that he is one of 16 leaders selected for the program.

  • Dublin Medical Academy scholars share how program shaped their career

    For the past 10 years, the 51ÉçÇø Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has hosted the OHIO (Dublin) Medical Academy drawing fifty-six selected Ohio high school students to its Dublin campus for an immersive four-day summer camp experience. At this 10-year milestone, Keagan Lipak, OMS IV, a Medical Academy Scholar in 2022, reconnected with his peer scholars to talk with them about their experience with the program.

  • Guest blogger Cameron Nicholson-Gardner shares immersive clinical experience in South Africa

    What is a global experience in South Africa like? Cameron Nicholson-Gardner, OMS II, gives us a closer look at his first week shadowing physicians and seeing patients in an under-resourced health care setting in Cape Town, South Africa. 

  • Heritage College celebrates Class of 2024 student achievements

    At a pair of celebrations, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine recognized the achievements of students in the Class of 2024, and introduced a new award created to honor the legacy of one of the college’s founders.

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Milo Co

    For Milo Co, who will be graduating with the Class of 2024, it was research that helped cement his desire to become a physician, but it was his dad who inspired him. In this profile, learn more about his medical school experience.

  • Inclusion scholars bring attention to health equity issues

    While progress has been made to improve health equity, more needs to be done on many fronts, from medical education to patient care. That was a key message delivered by the 51ÉçÇø Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Inclusion Scholars in a research presentation.

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Kamara Hyatt

    Class of 2024 graduate Kamara Hyatt is headed to a family medicine residency at The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. In this profile, Hyatt, who was raised in South Florida, explains how her mom has inspired her journey through medical school. 

  • Heritage College Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Ashleigh Chiedo

    Born to immigrants and with a background in health care, graduate Ashleigh Chiedo took on a leadership role in medical school that led her to create Public Day of Service,  an event which has been adopted by many colleges of osteopathic medicine across the country. In this profile, she shares what led her to medical school and where she's headed next.

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Charlie Spieser

    Charlie Spieser became interested in medicine after shadowing a D.O. in the eighth grade. Learn more about his medical school experience in this profile as we celebrate the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the college and where they are headed after graduation. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Jackson Mittlesteadt

    Columbus native and Class of 2024 graduate Jackson Mittlesteadt shares a love for medicine and literature. Learn more about his journey to medical school in this profile as we celebrate the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the college and where they are headed after graduation. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Gisselle Pichardo

    We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the college and where they are headed after graduation. Gisselle Pichardo, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child, is spotlighted in this profile. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Rebecca Schmehl

    We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and where they are headed after graduation. Learn more about graduate Rebecca Schmehl. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Brooke Rigot

    Meet Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate Brooke Rigot. We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the college and where they are headed after graduation. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Tori Cartwright

    We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and where they are headed after graduation. Learn more about graduate Tori Cartwright. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Hannah Lyons

    We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and where they are headed after graduation. Learn more about graduate Hannah Lyons. 

  • Class of 2024 Graduate Profile: Joseph Miller

    We're celebrating the Class of 2024 by talking with some of our graduates about their time at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and where they are headed after graduation. Learn more about graduate Joseph Miller. 

  • Outstanding Class of 2023 students recognized at awards ceremony

    A crowded house at Temple-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium cheered on the achievements of the Class of 2023 during the Commencement Awards Ceremony. Students were recognized for leadership, research and more.

  • What to expect when you're at a medical school obstetrics lab

    At twenty-four weeks pregnant, I participated in the Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy Lab with Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine students. The second-year medical students eagerly waited in the large lab room filled with dozens of medical tables, while the other participants and I waited in the third-floor hallway of the new and impressive Heritage Hall.

  • National Rural Health Day focuses on driving change

    For National Rural Health Day on Nov. 17, Kasey Roush, OMS IV, took first-year student Suzanne Chaar on a drive to one of her favorite spots in the Athens area.

  • Student Spotlight: Meghan Trout, a physician and ally

    In conjunction with National Rural Health Day on Nov. 17, we spoke with second-year student Meghan Trout, who has lived in a rural community and plans to work with underserved populations when she becomes a physician. She and two other students participated in a social media takeover to mark National Rural Health Day.