March 13, 2014 – Eight-five students from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem joined with 1,200 osteopathic medical students from around the country on March 6 to meet with elected officials and their staff members to advocate for important health policy issues that affect medical education and the practice of medicine.

New York, N.Y. - For the third straight year, the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM), in partnership with the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in New York City and with Uptown Health Link, hosted a forum for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

New York, N.Y. – Michael Erickson, a third year medical student at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem, has won the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) 2014 “National Student DO of the Year” award.

New York, N.Y. – Health care professionals came together from around the New York metropolitan area recently for a forum on pulmonary hypertension, a relatively common but often overlooked disease, to learn more about early detection and prevention.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - In an article appearing in Medical Hypotheses on September 20, a New York-based physician-researcher from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine has called for the testing of umbilical cord blood for levels of a growth protein that could help predict an infant's propensity to later develop autism.

New York, N.Y. –  Kenneth J. Steier, DO, campus dean of the new Middletown campus of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem, today announced that approval has been received from the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to recruit the first class of medical students for the new campus. The students will begin classes in August 2014.

Robert B. Goldberg, DO, dean and professor at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in New York City, has been named president of the Organization of State Medical Association Presidents (OSMAP).

New York, N.Y. – Touro College and University System President and CEO Dr. Alan Kadish today announced the appointment of Kenneth J. Steier, DO, MBA, MPH, MHA, MGH as Campus Dean for the new Middletown campus of Harlem-based Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM). The Middletown campus, currently under construction, is scheduled to open in August 2014 and is expected to enroll more than 500 students when fully operational.

New York, N.Y. – The patient was in so much pain from falling off a hammock that she was limping and didn’t want to move - even to flex her toes. The medical student placed her on a table, lying on her stomach, where she manipulated her legs, knees and feet to relax her muscles. Ten minutes later she got up and was walking normally.

New York, N.Y. – The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem graduated its third class yesterday, conferring 124 candidates with the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.