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Osteopathic Medicine

Osteopathic medicine is a unique form of American medical care that was developed in 1874 by Andrew Taylor Still, M.D. Dr. Still founded a philosophy of medicine based on ideas that date back to Hippocrates, the father of medicine. The philosophy focuses on the unity of all body parts. He identified the musculoskeletal system as a key element of health. He recognized the body's ability to heal itself and stressed preventive medicine, eating properly, and keeping fit. A Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine—a D.O.—is a complete physician, fully trained and licensed to prescribe medication, perform surgery, and utilize manipulative treatment. The osteopathic philosophy of treating the whole person is applied to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Mission

The NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine is committed to training osteopathic physicians for a lifetime of learning and practice, based upon the integration of evidence-based knowledge, critical thinking, and the tenets of osteopathic principles and practice. We are also committed to preparing osteopathic physicians for careers in healthcare, including that in the inner city and rural communities, as well as to the scholarly pursuit of new knowledge concerning health and disease. We provide a continuum of educational experiences to NYITCOM students, extending through the clinical and post-graduate years of training. This continuum provides the future osteopathic physician with the foundation necessary to maintain competence and compassion, as well as the ability to better serve society through research, teaching, and leadership.

Vision

To advance patient-centered, population-based osteopathic healthcare through transformative education and illuminating research.

Outcomes

NYITCOM is proud to share our outcomes data. We consistently perform exceptionally well in national licensing examinations administered by the National Board of Osteopathic Medicinal Examiners. Find more outcomes information on our website.

Accreditation

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine established in 1977 is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA), which is the national accrediting agency for colleges educating osteopathic student physicians. Any student who has a complaint related to the COCA accreditation standards and procedures should file the complaint with:

The American Osteopathic Association
Department of Accreditation
142 E. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60611
312-202-8000
predoc@osteopathic.org

New York Institute of Technology

New York Institute of Technology offers 100+ tech-focused degree programs and areas of specialization—comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in more than 50 fields of study—including architecture and design, arts and sciences, education, engineering and computing sciences, health professions, management, and osteopathic medicine. A nonprofit, independent, private institution of higher education, New York Tech has nearly 8,000 students attending its six schools and colleges on the campuses of Long Island, New York City, Vancouver, and online. The university is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, nearly 112,000 graduates have received degrees from New York Tech.

New York Institute of Technology is an independent college chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, among other accrediting boards and agencies in higher education.

For more information, visit nyit.edu.

Photo Release

Please refer to New York Tech's university-wide photo release policy.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Please refer to New York Tech's university-wide Non-Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment Policy.

Reasonable Accommodations and Documentation

New York Institute of Technology adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504. No qualified individual with a disability shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of this institution's classes or facilities. The College of Osteopathic Medicine has made reasonable modifications in policies, practices, procedures, and/or facilities when such modifications were necessary, to accommodate the needs of disabled individuals. The deans in the Office of Academic Affairs have been designated to coordinate compliance with the non-discrimination requirements contained in Subtitle A of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.

Facilities

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) offers medical education in two scenic campus locations on Long Island, N.Y. and Jonesboro, A.R.

The beautiful, wooded Long Island campus of NYITCOM provides easy access to New York City. State-of-the-art research and clinical institutions on Long Island and in New York City enhance the educational experience and opportunities. The campus facilities occupy most of a three-building complex: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Academic Center houses an auditorium, the Dean's office, the medical library, faculty offices, student study spaces, small group learning classrooms, and research laboratories. In addition, the offices of the Vice President for Health Sciences and Medical Affairs and the Academic Technologies and Media Services Groups are located in this building.

Also located on the NYITCOM Long Island campus: the W. Kenneth Riland Academic Health Care Center houses a large auditorium, the anatomy laboratories, several faculty research laboratories and offices, animal facilities, a cafeteria, and the Center for Simulation in Medicine, which trains and assesses students from their first year to their graduation in a patient simulation learning and assessment center.

Adjacent to the W. Kenneth Riland Academic Health Care Center is the Hannah and Charles Serota Academic Center, which houses a newly renovated state-of-the-art auditorium and study center and a modern osteopathic manipulation teaching laboratory. This facility also includes faculty and administrative offices and several conference rooms. In addition, students have access to campus playing fields, basketball and tennis courts, campus fitness center, and running track.

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University, located in Jonesboro, A.R., is NYITCOM's newest location and offers advanced academic technology—linking classrooms, faculty, and students in New York and Arkansas. NYITCOM-Arkansas is housed in Wilson Hall, a beautiful art deco style building, which has been fully renovated with state-of-the-art facilities to optimize premier medical education. The site also includes osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and anatomy labs, as well as patient simulation and robotics labs. During clerkship and resident training in leading hospitals and ambulatory health networks throughout the state and region, the Jonesboro campus of NYITCOM provides opportunities to work and learn in urban and rural communities in one of the most medically underserved areas of the country. In addition, this campus offers the best of Arkansas State University's resources, including on- and off-campus housing, dining services, libraries, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a health center, and access to athletic and cultural events.

The NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine medical libraries, at both the New York Long Island campus and Arkansas Jonesboro campus locations, house thousands of volumes of journals, textbooks, and other references and subscribe to hundreds of online resources. Access and training is available to all College of Osteopathic Medicine community members in person and online. The libraries also house photocopiers that require the use of the student's ID card instead of currency. The medical libraries are open for extended hours and professional librarians are available to advise, assist, and train all patrons.

At the Long Island campus medical library, students may borrow a laptop computer for limited time frames. Salten Hall Library—the main campus library—provides access to thousands of non-medical books, research literature, and other general resources.

All College of Osteopathic Medicine buildings are equipped with wireless network access.

Ambulatory Centers

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine operates two primary care centers in New York. The on-campus facility in Long Island, N.Y. is known as the Academic Health Care Center, and the facility in Central Islip, N.Y. is called the Family Health Care Center. These centers are staffed by faculty from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Academic Health Care Center provides clinical services geared toward students, faculty, staff, and their family members, in addition to the general community. These services include Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Neurology, Genetic Counseling, Psychology, Acupuncture, Breast Health Services, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy. In addition, the Academic Health Care Center also houses the Adele Smithers Parkinson's Disease Treatment Center, and the Centers of Sports Medicine, Behavioral Health, and Biomedical Innovation. In Central Islip, the Family Health Care Center provides primary care, including pediatrics, for the student body, faculty, staff, and the community.

The Adele Smithers Parkinson's Disease Treatment Center provides innovative comprehensive treatment, promotes community awareness and Parkinson's disease education, fosters scientific studies and medical research, and perhaps most importantly, helps patients achieve and maintain the best quality of life possible while coping with their disease.

The Center for Sports Medicine has a mission to deliver high-quality and personalized care in order to prevent injury, optimize performance, and provide wellness guidance and support. Advanced equipment in the Sports Medicine Center allows for evaluation of body composition, metabolic testing, bone density and fracture risk, lean muscle mass, adipose and visceral fat percentages, as well as the maximal rate of oxygen consumption.

The NYITCOM Center for Behavioral Health is located in the Academic Health Center on the Long Island campus. Staffed by a psychiatrist and psychologists, the center provides comprehensive mental health programming to students. The center's programming seeks to promote discussion and raise awareness of the mental health needs of the medical school community through research, educational opportunities, and campus resources. The center's vision is to identify and meet the mental health needs and challenges of our students by offering services that focus on education, research, treatment, and prevention, reducing stigma and offering hope.

The Center for Biomedical Innovation has a mission to innovate, create, envision, and invent. Using state-of-the-art technologies including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, robotics, 3-D technologies, and imaging, the center will develop and apply novel technologies for biomedical discovery, diagnostics, and treatment. The Center utilizes lab spaces in both the Riland Building, as well as lab space in NYIT de Seversky Mansion on campus.

Students attending NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University have access to health services offered through the Medical Clinic operated by NYITCOM at Arkansas State University.

Health Care Centers Addresses

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Academic Health Care Center
Northern Boulevard / P.O. Box 8000
Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000
Phone: 516.686.1300
Fax: 516.686.7890
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
* Patients are seen by appointment (preferred) but walk-in appointments are available.

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Family Health Care Center
267 Carleton Avenue
Central Islip, NY 11722
Phone: 631.348.3254
Fax: 631.348.3031
Hours: Monday, Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
* Patients are seen by appointment (preferred) but walk-in appointments are available.

NYITCOM at Arkansas State University
Medical Clinic
333 Red Wolf Blvd
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Phone: 870.972.2054
Fax: 870.972.2131
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Osteopathic Oath

I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect, both as a physician and a friend, who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.

I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will ever be alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.

Student Privacy and FERPA/PIPA

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is designed to protect the privacy of student’s educational records, to establish student’s right to inspect and review these records, and to provide guidelines for correcting inaccurate data about students.

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College of Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Board

Chairperson

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O., FACOEP, FACEP
Dean, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine

New York Board Members

Juan Acosta, D.O.
Emergency Medicine Physician, St. Catherine's of Sienna Hospital

Marsha Alexander, D.O.
Psychologist Northport VA, Private Practice

Irfan Buddha
Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Henry Schein, Inc.

Elissa J. Charbonneau, D.O., M.S. '88
Chief Medical Officer, Encompass Health Corporation

Humayun J. Chaudhry, D.O.
President and CEO, Federation of State Medical Boards

Daniel Ferrara, D.O.
Founder/Northeast Regional President Alteon Health

Jason M. Golbin, D.O., M.B.A., M.S. '00
Executive Vice President, Catholic Health

Murray Goldstein, D.O.
Retired

Elizabeth Haines, D.O.
Chief of Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital NYU Langone

Cindy Hoffman, D.O.
Dermatology, Private Practice

Helen Irving, RN, M.B.A.
CEO, NYC Animal Medical Center

Michael Keane, J.D.
Partner/Director, Garfunkel Wild, P.C.

Arthur Klein, M.D.

Andrea Klemes, D.O.
Chief Medical Officer, MDVIP

Atul Kukar, D.O.
Chief, Division of Cardiology, Mt. Sinai Queens;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine

Krishan Kumar, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine;
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, NUMC

Matthew Mene, D.O.
Urologic Surgery-Integrated Medical Professionals

Kevin O'Connor, D.O.
Physician to the President of the United States, The White House

Kate Maitland

John Rimmer, D.O.
System Chief Medical Officer, Carepoint Health System

Sonia Rivera-Martinez, D.O.
Associate Medical Director, Family Healthcare Center;
Director, NYIT Community Free Clinic and Outreach;
Associate Professor, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine

Robert Rizzuto
Director, Dining Services, New York Institute of Technology

Francis Russo
Chief Operating Officer, Assisi Animal Health

Steven H. Silber, M.S., MHCM, D.O.
Regional Medical Director, NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group, Brooklyn

Domenick Sportelli, D.O.
NJ Advanced Psychiatry

Norman Sveilich, D.O.
Private Practice

Philip Volpe, D.O.
Retired, U.S. Army

Alan Wong, D.O.
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Mount Sinai South Nassau

Arkansas Board Members

Ritter Arnold
President, Rittwood Farms

Chris Barber
President and CEO, St. Bernards Healthcare

Andrew Berner
President, Jetton General Contracting

Kent Bridger
Market President, Simmons Bank

Lynita Cooksey, Ph.D.
Provost (Retired), Arkansas State University

Elaine Gillespie, M.D.
Medical Directory, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield

Gary Harpole
Managing Partner, Halsey Thrasher Harpole

Sam Lynd
CEO, NEA Baptist Health System

Jerry Morgan
Market President, First National Bank

Mickey Seeman
Owner, Sunbelt Finance, LLC

Todd Shields, Ph.D.
Chancellor, Arkansas State University

Ramona Taylor
Director of Development, Crittenden Memorial Foundation

Mark Young
President and CEO, Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce

College of Osteopathic Medicine Administration

Office of the Dean

Nicole Wadsworth, D.O.
Dean

Raquel Romanick, J.D.
Associate Dean, Operations

Shelley Cohen, M.B.A.
Executive Director, Finance

Susan Payette-Kulik, M.S., M.A.
Director, Student Professionalism and Special Projects

Anne Marie Kemp, M.A.
Executive Assistant to the Dean

Stacey Bogdan, M.P.S.
Director, Development, Alumni Relations, and External Affairs

Kathryn Karwoski, B.A.
Assistant Director, Alumni Relations

Bridget Faria, B.S.
Administrative Specialist, Office of the Dean

Brandon Hauff, B.A.
Administrative Specialist, Office of the Dean

Academic Affairs Office

William Blazey, D.O.
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Claire Bryant, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Educational Operations

Nelson Eng, D.O.
Assistant Dean, Clinical Education

James Burke, M.B.A.
Academic Enrichment Specialist

Crystal Collins, M.P.S., M.S.
Director, Pre-Clinical Education

Feona Elliot, M.P.S.
Director, Clinical Education

Esther Hevia Pagàn, M.P.S.
Academic Enrichment Specialist

Marilyn Hluszko, M.S.
Academic Enrichment Specialist

Kristin McBride, B.A.
Manager, Regional Clinical Site

Shannon McCartan, B.S.
Assistant Director, Clinical Education

Cheryl Newman, M.S.
Director, Academic Achievement and Disabilities Services Coordinator

Dianna Potente, B.S.
Senior Year Four Coordinator

Nikita Sangani, B.D.S., M.H.A.
Manager, Clinical Regional Site

Clinical Services

Brian Harper, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Academic Health Care Center
Vice President, Equity and Inclusion

Andrea Coladner, D.O.
Associate Medical Director

Hallie Zwibel, D.O.
Assistant Dean, Clinical Operations

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Brian Harper, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, Academic Health Care Center
Vice President, Equity and Inclusion

Medical Library

Sloane Kelley, Ed.D.
Library Director

Mahnaz Tehrani, MLIS, MSIT
Medical Librarian

Stephanie Lopez, MLIS
Medical Librarian

Research Office

Kurt Amsler, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Research

Bhuma Krishnamachari, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Research

Min-Kyung Jung, Ph.D.
Biostatistician

Edwin Pagan
NYITCOM OSHA Compliance Officer

Jeanne Quidore-Jermann
Director, Vivarium

Student Administration Office

Kristin Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Student Administration

Angjela Dajko, M.A.
Senior Admissions Specialist, Admissions

Stephen Dougherty, B.S.
Director, Admissions

Sadia Halim, LMSW
Associate Director, Counseling and Wellness

Clair Jacobi, B.S.
Director, Financial Aid

Heidi Langdon, B.S.
Assistant Director, Admissions

Kaitlyn McNamara, M.S.
Assistant Director, Admissions

Tanya Patterson-Stanley, M.P.A.
Assistant Director, Financial Aid

Kylie Pernice, LMSW
Associate Director, Counseling and Wellness

Thomas Reilly, M.S.
Associate Director, Financial Aid

Kathleen Riley, B.A.
Associate Director, Admissions

Stephen Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Counseling and Wellness

Christine Zembis, B.S.
Specialist, Application Processing, Admissions

Student Affairs

Donna Marie McMahon, D.O.
Associate Dean, Student Affairs

Felicia Bruno, M.A.
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs

Danielle Abbatiello, M.A.
Assistant Director, Medical Student Performance Evaluations

Marie Aldridge, B.A., B.S.
Senior Career Advisor, Medical Student Performance Evaluations

Linda Darroch-Short, M.S.
Director, Student Life

Deborah Heineman, M.A.
Manager, Student Services

Christine Hutak, Ph.D.
Director, Student Advisement and Mentoring

Jason Lasky, B.A.
Associate Registrar

Christine Martinez, B.B.A.
Assistant Registrar

Diane Molloy, M.S.
Manager, STEP Program

Julianna Viviani, M.A.
Senior Career Advisor, Residency Services

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University Campus

Shane Speights, D.O., FAAFP
Site Dean, NYITCOM at Arkansas State University

Evette Allen Moore, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Rajendram Rajnarayanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, Research and Publications

Clinton Iadanza, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Educational Research

Kapil Bajaj, M.C.T.P.
Director, Academic and Research Technology

Academic Affairs

Amanda Deel, D.O., FAAFP
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Tracy McAllister Owens, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean, Academic Achievement

Tenisha Roming, B.S.
Assistant Director, Clinical Education

Ben Woodruff, M.B.A.
Director, Clinical Education

Lize McCoy, Ed.D.
Director, Faculty Development

William Scott Hinson, M.S.
Academic Enrichment Specialist

Michael Stinnett, M.S.E.
Academic Enrichment Specialist

Tony Slieman, Ph.D.
Director, Academic Affairs

Medical Library

Sloane Kelley, Ed.D.
Library Director

John Carter, MLIS
Medical Librarian

Rebekah Harmon, B.S.
Library Associate

Student Administration

Derrick Dixon, Ed.D.
Assistant Dean, Student Administration

Pamela Diaz-Lagos, M.S.
Associate Director, Admissions

Candace Evans, M.A.
Senior Career Advisor

Tracy Mosbey, LPC
Associate Director, Wellness Services and Counseling

Chioma Ota, LMSW
Assistant Director, Counseling and Wellness

Elizabeth Rouse, M.S.
Associate Director, Student Life

Colin Thompson, M.S.
Assistant Director, Admissions

Vicki Walker, Ed.D.
Associate Director, Financial Aid and Registration

Jennifer Wharton, M.S., CHES, CTTS
Associate Director, Pipeline Programs

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College of Osteopathic Medicine

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Catalog 2024–2025

This catalog governs the academic year 2024–2025. It supersedes all previous catalogs.

Due to the recent pandemic, policies or requirements may be revised or modified by NYITCOM at any time and at its sole discretion.

No person is authorized to make any representations or promises on behalf of the college other than those that are contained in this official catalog.

NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine reserves the right to delete any course described in this catalog for any reason and cannot guarantee enrollment into specific sections of desired courses. The college also reserves the right to effect any other changes in the curriculum, administration, tuition and fees, or any other phase of school activity without notice.

Institutional Information

• Administration
• Advisory Board
• Faculty
• NYIT Board of Trustees
• NYIT Statement on Non-Discrimination
• Osteopathic Oath
• Facilities
• FERPA
• Academic Calendar

Academics

• Academic Policies
• Continuing Medical Education
• Clinical Clerkship Program
• Requirements for Graduation
• Academic Program: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
• Medical and Biological Sciences, D.O./Ph.D.
• Academic Medicine, M.S.

Additional Graduate and Special Programs

• Concurrent Programs
  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  • Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
  • Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition (M.S.)
  • Master of Science in Medical/Healthcare Simulation (M.S.)
• Biomedical Sciences, M.S.
• Master of Public Health, M.P.H.
• Global Health Certificate
• NYITCOM at Arkansas – Baptist Memorial Health Care Student Track

Admissions

• Application Procedure: D.O. Program
• Application Procedure: Émigré Physicians Program (EPP)
• Application Procedure: Combined Baccalaureate/Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree Program (B.S./D.O.)
• Criminal Background Checks
• Readmission to NYITCOM
• Transfer Applicants

Financial Information

• Tuition and Fees
• Tuition Refund Policy
• Withdrawal Procedure
• Financial Aid

Pre-Clinical Curriculum: Years 1–2

Curriculum Requirements for Academic Medicine, M.S.

D.O. Program Curriculum: Year 4, continued

Curriculum Requirements for Global Health Certificate

D.O. Program Curriculum: Year 3

D.O. Program Curriculum: Year 4

Curriculum Requirements for Biomedical Sciences, M.S.

Curriculum Requirements for Medical/Healthcare Simulation, M.S.

Curriculum Requirements for Medical and Biological Sciences, D.O./Ph.D.

Curriculum Requirements for Master of Public Health, M.P.H.