OSU Medicine among nation’s best graduate schools
TULSA, Okla. – The Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine has been ranked 14th in rural medicine and 30th in primary care by U.S.News & World Report “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2008.”
This is the seventh consecutive year the OSU medical school has been ranked among the nation’s best by the publication. OSU Medicine ranked 45th in primary care and 20th in rural medicine in the 2007 report.
“We are gratified that we continue to be ranked among the nation’s finest and that our efforts are recognized as we meet our mission of educating physicians for rural and under-served Oklahoma,” said Dr. John Fernandes, president and dean of OSU’s medical school. He credits OSU’s quality students, talented faculty and dedicated staff for achieving the school’s top ranking.
Founded in 1972, the college has graduated 2,157 osteopathic physicians. Approximately eight out of 10 OSU physicians practice primary care, and approximately one in four are in Oklahoma communities of 10,000 or less.
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, Okla., offers programs in osteopathic medicine, biomedical sciences and forensic sciences, with an emphasis on preparing physicians for rural and under-served Oklahoma. OSU operates six clinics, five in Tulsa and one in Enid.
