New DO School Breaks Ground
New College of Osteopathic Medicine Breaks Ground
The March 23 groundbreaking of Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine was covered by a variety of Colorado news outlets. The new COM, to be located in a Denver suburb, will be the first for-profit medical school in the United States since early in the 20th century. It is scheduled to admit its first class in fall 2008, subject to accreditation approval by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.
… Rocky Vista, Colorado’s second medical school and its first osteopathic medical college, will help ease the state’s physician shortage, particularly in its rural counties. The college “will focus on educating primary-care providers for rural, underrepresented, at-risk and underserved populations,” said Ronnie B. Martin, DO, chief academic officer and dean of the new school.
