Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

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Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
MottoThe science of medicine, the art of healing.
Established1983
President
Phil Lundberg
Academic staff
45
Students204
Postgraduates182
22
Location
Portland
,
Oregon
,
United States
MascotMOCO panda
Websitewww.ocom.edu/
The building that became OCOM's new location in fall 2012, seen in 2010, before the start of renovation

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) is a private college in

Oregon Student Assistance Commission's Office of Degree Authorization to award Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degrees.[2]

History

Oregon College of Oriental Medicine was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1983, and is one of the oldest Chinese medicine colleges in the United States.[

Old Town Chinatown district.[5] The new LEED Gold certified facility was renovated[5] at a cost of $15.2 million.[6] In September 2012, the school moved into its new home in Portland's historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.[7]

Clinics

Building on the Southeast Portland campus

OCOM operates two Portland clinics and an herbal medicinary. The OCOM Hollywood Clinic, with eight clinic rooms, serves residents of northeast Portland, including the neighborhoods of Hollywood, Grant Park, Irvington and Beaumont-Wilshire. OCOM Clinic, at the college's Old Town Chinatown campus, opened in September 2012 and serves downtown residents and workers. The OCOM Herbal Medicinary is located on the ground floor of the college's campus. More than 20,000 low-cost

NCCAM.[8][9]
OCOM research projects have included a collaborative grant with the
temporomandibular joint disorder.[10]

References

  1. ^ Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine: Accredited Programs Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Oregon Student Assistance Commission, Office of Degree Authorization: ODA Approved Campus Based Degree Programs
  3. ^ "Oregon Public Broadcasting: College of Oriental Medicine Graduates First Doctors, 11 July 2005". Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
  4. ^ Acupuncture Today, 2 May 2005, First Class of OCOM Doctoral Students to Graduate in July.
  5. ^ a b Hottle, Molly (June 28, 2011). "Ceremony Kicks off renovation of Globe Hotel for new Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in Portland's Old Town". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  6. ^ O'Brien, Lindsey (June 20, 2012). "Oregon College of Oriental Medicine set to move into former Globe Hotel". Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  7. ^ Koffman, Rebecca (September 26, 2012). "Oregon College of Oriental Medicine opens in Old Town Chinatown". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  8. ^ Acupuncture Practitioner Research Education Enhancement, NIH Grant Number: 5R25AT002879-02, Richard Hammerschlag, principal investigator.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ OCOM, University of Maryland Receive Acupuncture Research Grants From NCCAM.
  10. ^ "TCM for TMD: A Multi-Site Whole Systems Trial, NIH Grant Number: 5U01AT002570-02, Cheryl Ritenbaugh, principal investigator". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2007-04-15.

External links

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