WesternU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) and COMP-Northwest feature prominently in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of 2023 Best Medical Schools in producing primary care physicians who are addressing critical health care needs nationwide.

Within the Best Medical Schools list, WesternU COMP and COMP-Northwest ranked third nationwide in “Medical Schools with the most Graduates Practicing Primary Care.” This ranking is based on the percentage of each school’s 2013-15 medical and osteopathic graduates practicing direct patient care in primary care fields.

COMP and COMP-Northwest ranked among the highest in average MCAT scores compared to the other top-ranked DO schools listed in the “Best Grad Schools” report.

Photos above show COMP and COMP-Northwest Class of 2022 students matching into primary care residencies.

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WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific alumna Kelsey Wong, DO ’19, is nearing completion of the prestigious GAP Fellowship.

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) is a think tank of leading psychiatric minds whose thoughtful analysis and recommendations serve to influence and advance modern psychiatric theory and practice. The GAP Fellowship is a program for outstanding residents and fellows who are given the unique opportunity to work collaboratively in an informal setting with leaders in psychiatry, according to GAP.

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The 5th WesternU One Health Day Panel will take place from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 in Lecture Hall 1, HEC. WesternU Oregon is invited to join on Zoom (see link below).

The event, presented by the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Office of the Vice President of Research and Biotechnology, will feature keynote presentations by: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, UCLA, Zoobiquity; Dr. Cheryl Stroud, Director of the One Health Commission; and Dr. Deborah Thomson, COE and Founder of One Health Lessons.

One Health Day promotes efforts around the world to bring together all human, animal, and environmental health disciplines. The goal is to bring attention around the world to the need for One Health interactions and for the world to see them in action, according to the One Health Commission.

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COMP student Armand Yazdani (pictured, left) and COMP Department of Translational Research faculty Drs. Devendra Agrawal and Vikrant Rai published "Rotator Cuff Health, Pathology, and Repair in the Perspective of

Hyperlipidemia" in the Journal of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Yazdani said seeing his name written at the top of this work, in a scientific journal, gave him an incredible feeling of fulfillment and achievement.

"The learning experience, from start to finish, was an enjoyable introduction into the world of translational research. Through this review, I learned how to comb scientific literature and bring the voice of over 100 articles into a succinct delivery," he said. "Through the help of my mentors in this project, I have learned more effective ways to communicate scientific results, how to work as a team in a scientific setting under my PI, and how to better communicate goals and projects with my colleagues. I am extremely encouraged and grateful for those around me and I am excited to become an active participant in the growing world of research."