The Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM) is an academic division of Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 (MSU), and grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine is a professional doctoral degree for physicians in the United States. Holders of the MD degree, Doctor of Medicine, have the same rights, privileges and responsibilities as osteopathic physicians in the United States.The American Osteopathic Association’s Commission...

 (DO) degree. The college also offers the DO/PhD combined degree for students interested in the Medical Scientist Training Program

Medical Scientist Training Program

Medical Scientist Training Programs are combined M.D. and Ph.D. graduate degree programs offered by a small number of United States medical schools with financial support from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences , in recognition of the increasing need for scientists to bridge the...

. COM operates three campuses in East Lansing

East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located directly east of Lansing, Michigan, the state's capital. Most of the city is within Ingham County, though a small portion lies in Clinton County. The population was 48,579 at the time of the 2010 census, an increase from...

, Macomb, and Detroit Medical Center

Detroit Medical Center

The Detroit Medical Center, located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has more than 2,000 licensed beds, 3,000 affiliated physicians and over 12,000 employees. The DMC is the affiliated clinical research site for medical program at Wayne State University...

. The current dean is William D. Strampel, D.O.

History

The Michigan College of Osteopathic Medicine (MCOM) admitted its first students in 1969 at its facility in Pontiac

Pontiac, Michigan

Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...

, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. On September 19, 1969, Michigan State University agreed to adopt the program. MCOM was renamed the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine when the campus was transferred to East Lansing in 1971. The first dean of MSU COM was Myron S. Magen, D.O.

Training locations

The College of Osteopathic Medicine conducts pre-clinical training at three different campuses in East Lansing, Macomb, and Detroit. Clinical training for the third and fourth year students occurs at community hospitals throughout Michigan.

Affiliated hospitals

There are over 20 hospitals affiliated with MSU COM through their "Statewide Campus System."

• Bay Regional Medical Center
• Beaumont Hospitals
  William Beaumont Hospital
  Beaumont Hospital is a regional medical system in the greater Detroit, Michigan area. It first opened with a 238 bed hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1955...
  
  
• Botsford Hospital
  Botsford Hospital
  Botsford Hospital is a 330-bed health care facility serving communities in southern Oakland and western Wayne Counties including Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Redford, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Novi, Northville, Plymouth, Lyon Township and Wixom.- History :Dr...
  
  
• Community Health Center of Branch County
• Detroit Metro Urological Surgery Consortium
• Garden City Hospital
• Genesys Regional Medical Center
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Warren Campus
• Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Medical Education Program
• Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
• Hillsdale Community Health Center
• Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
  Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
  DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, in Commerce Township, Michigan, is one of the eight hospitals/institutes composing the Detroit Medical Center. Huron-Valley-Sinai contains the Harris Birthing Center, a regional specialty center, the Charach Cancer Treatment Center, , the Krieger Center for Senior...
  
  
• Ingham Regional Medical Center
  Ingham Regional Medical Center
  Ingham Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Lansing, Michigan. IRMC is a subsidiary of the McLaren Health Care Corporation, which is an integrated managed care health care organization operating in Michigan...
  
  
• Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies
• Lakeland HealthCare
• Mercy Health Partners
  Mercy Health Partners
  Mercy Health Partners is a health care system with locations throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Paducah, KY, Knoxville, TN and southeast Michigan...
  
  
• Metro Health Hospital
• Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center
• MSU GMEI Urological Surgery
• Munson Medical Center
  Munson Medical Center
  Munson Medical Center is a regional medical referral center located in Traverse City, Michigan, serving patients from 32 counties in Northern Michigan and in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It has 391 inpatient beds, and nearly 400 physicians representing 41 specialties...
  
  
• Oakwood Annapolis Hospital
• Oakwood Southshore Medical Center
• POH Regional Medical Center
• ProMedica Health System
  ProMedica Health System
  ProMedica is a non-profit health care system with locations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. The system includes a health education and research center, health maintenance organization, nursing homes, a local business network of private practices, and several hospitals About 2,900...
  
  
• Sinai-Grace Hospital
  Sinai-Grace Hospital
  DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is the largest hospital in the eight hospitals/institutions composing the Detroit Medical Center. Located in northwest Detroit, Sinai-Grace offers a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic/plastic surgery...
  
  
• Sparrow Health System
  Sparrow Health System
  Sparrow Health System is a comprehensive, integrated health care organization located in Central Michigan. More than 900 physicians are affiliated with Sparrow Health System....
  
  
• St. John Health Osteopathic Division
• St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital
• St. Joseph Mercy Oakland