Western University of Health Sciences

{{short description|Private medical university in Pomona, California, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{cs1 config|name-list-style=vanc}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox university | name = Western University <br />of Health Sciences | image = WesternU-seal-black.svg | image_size = 150px | motto = ''Educare, Sanare, Coniunctim'' (Latin) | motto_lang = Latin | mottoeng = To Teach, To Heal, Together | established = {{Start date and age|1977}} | type = Private research university | endowment = $39.6 million<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2018 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY17 to FY18 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers |year=2016|url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2018-Endowment-Market-Values--Final.ashx?la=en&hash=31CF91E74EAAB91288E53E2BCD629C35710C1C03 |format=PDF|access-date=June 2, 2019}}</ref> | officer_in_charge = | chancellor = | president = Robin Farias-Eisner<ref>{{cite news|title=Oregon Business Movers: Daniel R. Wilson, Deidre Mac Carvill, Denise McCarty, Celeste Phelps|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/03/oregon_business_movers_daniel.html|publisher=The Oregonion|date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> | superintendent = | vice_chancellor = | rector = | principal = | dean = | director = | head_label = | head = | academic_staff = 332 full-time<ref name=InstituteOfEducation>{{cite web|title=Western University of Health Sciences|url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=CA&l=7+8+9+10+17+18+19&ct=2&pg=9&id=112525|work=College Navigator|publisher=Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=September 24, 2017}}</ref><br />1,200 adjunct professionals | administrative_staff = 700 | students = 3,724<ref name=InstituteOfEducation /> | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | city = Pomona | state = California | country = United States | coor = {{Coord|34.058|-117.747|type:edu|display=inline,title}} | campus = Urban, 22 acres (Pomona)<ref name=examine_curriculum /><br />Rural, 50 acres (Lebanon)<ref name=Gazette /><ref name=FirstNewMed /> | former_names = College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific | free_label = | free = | colors = | colours = {{color box|#862633}} Burgundy <br />{{color box|white}} White <br />Gold, gray, black (accent) | athletics = | website = {{URL |http://www.westernu.edu |westernu.edu}} | footnotes = }} The '''Western University of Health Sciences''' ('''WesternU''') is a private medical university in Pomona, California, United States. With an enrollment of 3,724 students (2022–23),<ref name=InstituteOfEducation /> WesternU offers more than twenty academic programs in multiple colleges. It also operates an additional campus in Lebanon, Oregon.

Under the banner of WesternU Health, the university operates a variety of patient care facilities in California and Oregon. The Pomona and Lebanon (Oregon) campuses both include a medical center, dental center, eye care institute, pharmacy, and travel health center. WesternU-Pomona also is home to the Pet Health Center, which provides veterinary services. Dental services are offered at the Rancho Mirage campus, while a Los Angeles campus provides optometry services.

Several nonprofit organizations are based at the WesternU Pomona campus, including the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy. The Center for Oral Health, moved from the San Francisco Bay area to the WesternU Pomona campus in 2012.<ref>[https://cdn.drbicuspid.com/home/article/15365517/califs-center-for-oral-health-relocates Calif's Center for Oral Health relocates], ''DrBicuspid.com''. Archived at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20251108000531/https://cdn.drbicuspid.com/home/article/15365517/califs-center-for-oral-health-relocates Wayback Machine] (November 8, 2025). Accessed November 7, 2025.</ref> In 2015, the Southern California Medical Museum moved to the Pomona campus.

Founded in 1977, the first program at WesternU was its medical school, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific. In 2003, the College of Veterinary Medicine opened, and in 2009 the colleges of dental medicine, optometry, and podiatric medicine opened. In 2011, the university opened an additional campus in Lebanon, Oregon, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific - Northwest (COMP-Northwest). In 2015, the university's founding president, Philip Pumerantz, retired. All of the programs at WesternU have professional accreditation and the university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.<ref name=AccredStatement>{{cite web|title=Statement of Accreditation Status Western University of Health Sciences|url=http://www.wascsenior.org/institutions/western-university-health-sciences|work=WASC|publisher=Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref>

==History== thumb|300px|The Health Education Center building on the Pomona campus, which houses the College Osteopathic of Medicine of the Pacific. WesternU was established in 1977 as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), offering the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.). This was the first medical school in California to open after a complicated era in the relations of allopathic and osteopathic medicine, notably when the California College of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons - only the second DO school in America - briefly became independent as an M.D. granting school before soon evolving into the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.<ref name=41stMedicalTrust2008 /> Upon its foundation in 1977, the WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine was the only osteopathic medical school west of the Rocky Mountains.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jesse|first=Katz|title=10-Year Quest: California Osteopaths: on the Mend|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-18-mn-2144-story.html|access-date=13 July 2012|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=August 18, 1987}}</ref><ref name=41stMedicalTrust2008>{{cite web|title=41st Medical Trust - New Beginnings for D.O.s in California|url=https://www.lib.uci.edu/sites/all/themerger/new-beginnings-for-dos.php|publisher=UCI Libraries|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref>

In 1986, the college began offering a second degree, the Master of Science in Health Professions Education. Four years later in 1990, the physician assistant program opened, which in 2000 grew into a master's level program. In 1992, the physical therapy program opened.

In 1996, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges granted accreditation as a full and constituent university, and later that year, what had begun as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific was renamed the "Western University of Health Sciences."<ref>{{cite web |title=History of WesternU |url=https://www.westernu.edu/university/university-about/university-history/ |website=WesternU |publisher=Western University of Health Sciences |access-date=June 23, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626013149/https://www.westernu.edu/university/university-about/university-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1996 also saw the foundation of the WesternU College of Pharmacy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Western University's College of Pharmacy accreditation extended |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2013/02/07/western-universitys-college-of-pharmacy-accreditation-extended/ |work=The Daily Bulletin |publisher=MediaNews Group, Inc. |date=February 7, 2013}}</ref> In 1998, the university established the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy |url=https://www.westernu.edu/cdhp/ |publisher=Western University of Health Sciences}}</ref> In 1997, the College of Graduate Nursing was established with the first online Family Nurse Practitioner program in California, followed by an entry-level master's degree for students with a BA/BS degree who wanted to become a nurse.

thumb|left|300px|'''Ethan Allen Park''', with the Pet Health Center in the background. Thereafter, the veterinary college was founded after some initial hesitancy by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education,<ref name=Weiss>{{cite news|last=Weiss|first=Kenneth R.|title=First Veterinary School in Southland Approved for Pomona|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-06-me-33897-story.html|access-date=9 July 2012|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 6, 2001}}</ref> the College of Veterinary Medicine opened in 1998 as the first new veterinary medical school in the United States since 1983.<ref name=Weiss /> Classes began in 2003, and the college earned full accreditation in 2010.<ref name=VetMedAccred>{{cite web|title=Veterinary Colleges Accredited by the AVMA|url=https://www.avma.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/Education/Accreditation/Colleges/Documents/colleges_accredited.pdf|publisher=American Veterinary Medical Association|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> As of 2025, the school is one of two veterinary schools in California.<ref name="Solorzano">{{cite news |last1=Solorzano |first1=Anthony |title=America has a shortage of veterinarians, putting students in high demand |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-20/veterinary-students-are-in-high-demand-despite-huge-school-debt-and-alarming-suicide-rates |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=LA Times |date=May 20, 2025}}</ref> The college was the first veterinary medical school in the United States to appoint a woman as dean.<ref>{{cite news |title=Western U names dean, graduates first class |url=http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary+news/Western-U-names-dean-graduates-first-class/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/446521 |newspaper=DVM 360 |date=July 1, 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2012 |archive-date=February 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223112941/http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Veterinary%20news/Western-U-names-dean-graduates-first-class/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/446521 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Veterinary schools turn increasingly female |author=Sarah Schweitzer |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/08/22/veterinary_schools_turn_increasingly_female/ |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=August 22, 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref> In 2008, the university opened the Banfield Pet Hospital to the public.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Monica |title=New facilities at Western University of Health Sciences help students |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/01/04/new-facilities-at-western-university-of-health-sciences-help-students/ |work=Daily Bulletin |date=January 4, 2010}}</ref> In 2014, WesternU assumed sole operation and management of the pet hospital.<ref name=TakesOverClinic>{{cite news |title=WesternU Takes Over Campus Veterinary Clinic |url=http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/WesternU-Takes-Over-Campus-Veterinary-Clinic/|agency=Veterinary Practice News|date=February 20, 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, three new colleges opened at WesternU: podiatric medicine, optometry, and dentistry.<ref name=VetNews2011>{{cite news | url= http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/western-university-build-primary-careteaching-hospital-courtesy-banfield | title= Western University to Build Primary Careteaching Hospital Courtesy of Banfield | author= Verdon, Daniel | agency= DVM 360, Advanstar | date= Sep 1, 2003 | access-date= Dec 30, 2011 | archive-date= March 16, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170316040256/http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/western-university-build-primary-careteaching-hospital-courtesy-banfield | url-status= dead }}</ref> The following year, in 2010, the Patient Care Center opened, offering medical, dental, optometric, podiatric and pharmacy services to the community. In 2011, Western University of Health Sciences opened a new medical school campus in Lebanon, Oregon called the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest.<ref name="Budnick">{{cite news|last=Budnick|first=Nick|title=Osteopathic medical school to open next week in Lebanon, Oregon|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/07/osteopathic_medical_school_to.html|access-date=1 August 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> In 2012, the Center for Oral Health affiliated with WesternU and moved from the bay area of California to the WesternU campus.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Center for Oral Health: Oral Health For All|date=October 10, 2018 |url=https://centerfororalhealth.org/about/|publisher=Center for Oral Health}}</ref> The Center for Oral Health is an independent non-profit organization, which focuses on improving oral health.

In January 2015, WesternU began collaborating with colleagues in Scotland affiliated with the UK National Health Service, assisting in the development of a standardized platform for diabetes care called the Scottish Care Information Diabetes Collaboration.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ranscombe|first1=Peter|title=Personalised care initiatives for diabetes care|journal=The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology|date=July 2015|volume=3|issue=7|pages=506|doi=10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00083-2|pmid=25841668}}</ref> In October 2015, WesternU opened a Virtual Reality Learning Center to augment the teaching of anatomy across all colleges.<ref name=Gadiosi>{{cite news|last1=Gaudiosi|first1=John|title=How this medical school is using virtual reality to teach its students|url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/16/western-university-is-using-virtual-reality-to-teach/|publisher=Fortune|date=October 16, 2015}}</ref> Faculty-led virtual reality technology is used by the schools of dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, nursing, pharmacy and health professions.<ref name=Gadiosi /> In 2015, the Southern California Medical Museum opened on the WesternU campus.<ref name=SCMM>{{cite web|title=The Southern California Medical Museum|url=http://www.socalmedicalmuseum.org/About-The-Museum|publisher=SCMM}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Monica|title=Southern California Medical Museum moves to Pomona|url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2014/06/10/southern-california-medical-museum-moves-to-pomona/|agency=The Daily Bulletin|date=June 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurt |first1=Suzanne |title=RIVERSIDE: Medical museum taking odd collection to Pomona |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2014/05/28/riverside-medical-museum-taking-odd-collection-to-pomona/ |publisher=The Press Enterprise |date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The same year (2015), Pumerantz retired after 38 years as founding president.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yarbrough|first1=Beau|title=Western University: Founding president to retire in September|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/social-affairs/20150403/western-university-founding-president-to-retire-in-september|publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> He was succeeded in 2016 by Daniel R. Wilson. In November 2017, WesternU opened an Eye Care Institute in Los Angeles, which specializes in low-vision rehabilitation.<ref name="SightSavers">{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Sarah|title=WesternU, Sight Savers America help Visually-impaired Children Read, Play and Thrive|url=https://www.dailytelescope.com/westernu-sight-savers-america-help-visually-impaired-children-read-play-and-thrive/22557|publisher=The Daily Telescope|date=December 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Sarah |title=WesternU Serves the Community at Care Harbor Los Angeles |url=https://www.dailytelescope.com/westernu-serves-the-community-at-care-harbor-los-angeles/15498 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

In 2019, the university received the eighth most applications of any medical school in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moody|first1=Josh|title=10 Medical Schools With the Most Applicants|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/the-short-list-grad-school/articles/10-medical-schools-with-the-most-applicants|publisher=US News}}</ref> In 2019, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked it 13th among all US medical schools for the percentage of medical graduates going into primary care residencies.<ref name=USNewsPCPresidents>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-residents-rankings|title=Which schools turn out the most primary care residents? |year=2020 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=10 August 2020}}</ref> The university is the fourth-largest employer in Pomona, with more than 1,000 employees.<ref name=LaTimes>{{cite news |title=Booming medical school brings life to downtown Pomona |author=Ricardo Lopez |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-apr-06-la-fi-western-osteopathy-20120406-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=April 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Pomona_Starts_Over />

On July 8, 2020, faculty members voted "no confidence" in the university's president and asked him to step down. They cited a "lack of transparent communication between faculty members and Wilson, his executive leadership team and the Board of Trustees" as the reasons for their vote. The university's board of trustees formed an ad hoc committee to these concerns.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rojas |first1=Javier |title=Western University faculty declares no-confidence in president |date=July 23, 2020 |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/07/22/western-university-faculty-declares-no-confidence-in-president/ |publisher=The Daily Bulletin |access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

On October 20, 2020, the board of trustees announced that President Wilson will officially step down July 1, 2021. The board of trustees recognized the president's accomplishments over the past four years and both agreed that "now is an appropriate time to begin the process of identifying a new leader for WesternU." Faculty welcomed the announcement but are awaiting a promised full report on the investigation's findings. In a second communication on October 21, 2020, the board of trustees announced the formation of a Presidential Transition Communications Committee to plan for a successful transition in leadership while addressing shared governance, transparency, accountability, and communication.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rojas |first1=Javier |title=Western University president's decision to step down comes 3 months after no-confidence vote |date=October 23, 2020 |url=https://www.dailybulletin.com/2020/10/22/western-university-presidents-decision-to-step-down-comes-3-months-after-no-confidence-vote/ |publisher=The Daily Bulletin |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>

In December 2020, WesternU purchased a building in Lebanon, Oregon to house a doctor of physical therapy program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gehrett |first1=Les |title=WesternU buys Lebanon building for expansion |url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/westernu-buys-lebanon-building-for-expansion/article_66ae4b63-69f8-5483-892e-c667c6fc4d2f.html |work=Corvallis Gazette Times |date=December 16, 2020}}</ref> The first class of physical therapy students began courses in July 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gehrett |first1=Les |title=Physical therapy program to launch in 2021 |url=https://lebanon-express.com/news/local/physical-therapy-program-to-launch-in-2021/article_e55646d7-644d-5802-965a-b0d7df5a9154.html |work=Lebanon Express |date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508183458/https://lebanon-express.com/news/local/physical-therapy-program-to-launch-in-2021/article_e55646d7-644d-5802-965a-b0d7df5a9154.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> WesternU administered COVID-19 vaccinations at an immunization center located on its Pomona campus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mundell |first1=Ernie |title=They're on the Frontlines of the U.S. Vaccine Rollout |url=https://consumer.healthday.com/theyre-on-the-frontlines-of-the-u-s-vaccine-rollout-2652673882.html |work=Health Day: News for Healthier Living |date=April 22, 2021}}</ref>

Sylvia Manning became the Interim President of the university under the auspices of the Registry for College and University Presidents, which facilitates interim appointments for senior higher education leaders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.westernu.edu/news/westernu-names-sylvia-manning-as-interim-president/ |title=WesternU names Sylvia Manning as Interim President {{!}} Western University of Health Sciences |access-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216001041/https://www.westernu.edu/news/westernu-names-sylvia-manning-as-interim-president/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The search for a regularly appointed President of WesternU concluded with the selection of Robin Farias-Eisner, who is the third president of the university effective March 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.westernu.edu/message-from-the-westernu-board-of-trustees-2/ |title = Message from the WesternU Board of Trustees {{!}} WesternU News| date=September 3, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Powers |first=Alex |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Meet Lebanon med school's new top boss |url=https://lebanon-express.com/news/local/meet-lebanon-med-schools-new-top-boss/article_685121c2-0ba5-5f48-82a1-039387f2a0c8.html |access-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407053343/https://lebanon-express.com/news/local/meet-lebanon-med-schools-new-top-boss/article_685121c2-0ba5-5f48-82a1-039387f2a0c8.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Academics == ===Colleges=== {| class="wikitable floatright sortable" left |- ! College !! Founded !! Accreditation<ref name=InstituteOfEducation /> |- |WesternU || 1996 || Western Association of Schools and Colleges<ref name=AccredStatement/> |- |Health Sciences || 1996 || American Physical Therapy Association<ref>{{cite web|title=Western University of Health Sciences|url=http://www.capteonline.org/apta/directories/accreditedschools.aspx?type=PT&navID=10737421958&LOC=CA&STYPE=PT&ID=89557E3E-D387-444A-A0DD-ACD9DFED80C1|publisher=Council on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education|access-date=23 October 2012|archive-date=April 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407220707/http://www.capteonline.org/apta/directories/accreditedschools.aspx?type=PT&navID=10737421958&LOC=CA&STYPE=PT&ID=89557E3E-D387-444A-A0DD-ACD9DFED80C1|url-status=dead}}</ref><br /> ARC-PA<ref>{{cite web|title=Accredited Programs|url=http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation/accredited-programs/ |publisher=Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant|access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref> |- |Dental Medicine || 2009 || American Dental Association<ref name=ADentAssoc>{{cite web|title=Search DDS/DMD Programs|url=http://www.ada.org/267.aspx|publisher=American Dental Association|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> |- |Graduate Nursing || 1997 || Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education CCNE<ref>{{cite web|title=CCNE-Accredited Nursing Degree Programs: California|url=http://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?state=CA&sFullName=California|publisher=American Association of Colleges of Nursing|access-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> |- |Optometry || 2009 || American Optometric Association<ref name=OptAccred>{{cite web|title=Accredited Programs|url=http://www.aoa.org/x12702.xml|publisher=American Optometric Association|access-date=9 July 2012|archive-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105005827/http://www.aoa.org/x12702.xml|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |Osteopathic Medicine - California || 1977 || American Osteopathic Association COCA<ref name=AOAaccred>{{cite web|title=Osteopathic Medical Schools|url=http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/about/affiliates/Pages/osteopathic-medical-schools.aspx|publisher=American Osteopathic Association|access-date=16 July 2016}}</ref> |- |Osteopathic Medicine - Oregon || 2011 || American Osteopathic Association COCA<ref name=AOAaccred/> |- |Pharmacy || 1996 || Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education<ref>{{cite web|title=Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy: Accredited|url=https://www.acpe-accredit.org/faq-item/Western-University-of-Health-Sciences-College-of-Pharmacy-2/|website=Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503042308/https://www.acpe-accredit.org/faq-item/Western-University-of-Health-Sciences-College-of-Pharmacy-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |Podiatric Medicine || 2009 || American Podiatric Medical Association<ref name=CPME>{{cite web|title=List of Podiatric Medical Colleges|url=http://www.cpme.org/colleges/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2425&navItemNumber=2240|work=Council on Podiatric Medical Education|publisher=American Podiatric Medical Association|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> |- |Veterinary Medicine || 2003 || American Veterinary Medical Association<ref name=VetMedAccred /> |- |} {{break}} {{break}}

{{break}} ===Programs=== Through its nine colleges, WesternU offers 21 academic programs, each on a semester schedule. All programs at WesternU are post-baccalaureate and focused on a health sciences profession. All are accredited by the respective national accrediting body. Doctoral degrees include the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Doctor of Optometry, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Several Master of Science (MS) programs are also offered in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences, Physician Assistant Studies, Nursing, Biomedical Sciences, and Medical Sciences. A Master of Science in Health Professions Education is offered to provide educational skills to health professionals interested in teaching. Two distance education programs are offered: the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Master of Science Nursing (MSN).<ref name=AccredStatement /> All other programs are traditional on-campus programs. Further Colleges and Programs are in consideration.

===Rankings=== In 2024, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Western University of Health Sciences as 117th in Best Medical Schools: Research and tied as 50th in Best Medical Schools: Primary Care out of 193 ranked Best Medical Schools in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Western University of Health Sciences: Rankings |url= https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/western-university-of-health-sciences-04130|publisher=U.S. News & World Report| access-date =2024-05-14}}</ref>

===Interprofessional education=== WesternU operates an Interprofessional Education (IPE) program, involving all nine of its colleges. The program began in 2007 and the first phase was implemented later that year.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Aston|first=S|author2=Mackintosh, S |author3=Orzoff, J |title=Interprofessional Education program, Western University of Health Sciences.|journal=Journal of Allied Health|date=Fall 2010|volume=39|issue=Suppl 1|pages=e137-8|pmid=21174033}}</ref> The program goals are to improve understanding of other health professions and to provide and promote a team approach to patient-centered care and health care management, leading to improved patient care.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westernu.edu/interprofessional/general-ipe-information/ | title=General IPE Information | work=Western University of Health Sciences | access-date=January 13, 2019 | archive-date=January 14, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114044559/https://www.westernu.edu/interprofessional/general-ipe-information/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=USNewsIPE>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/articles/2012/03/19/medical-schools-push-teamwork |title=Medical Schools Push Teamwork |author=Kathryn Roethel |date=March 19, 2012 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=April 5, 2012}}</ref>

As a part of the interprofessional education program, students meet in small groups with a faculty facilitator and discuss non-clinical aspects of symptom presentation in complex cases, including interprofessional knowledge and awareness, financial or ethical challenges and communication barriers. Augmentation of clinical IPE rotations with grand rounds and journal clubs is ongoing.<ref name=Mackintosh2011>{{cite journal|last1=Mackintosh|first1=SE|last2=Adams|first2=CE|last3=Singer-Chang|first3=G|last4=Hruby|first4=RJ|title=Osteopathic approach to implementing and promoting interprofessional education.|journal=Journal of the American Osteopathic Association|date=April 2011|volume=111|issue=4|pages=206–12|pmid=21562288|url=http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2094145}}</ref>

===Research=== WesternU conducts research in an array of areas in basic, translational, and clinical sciences. Three primary research strengths include: neurobiology, molecular / metabolic diseases, and infectious disease / immunology.<ref name=ResearchWelcome>{{cite web|title=Research: Welcome|url=http://www.westernu.edu/research/research-welcome/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124011053/http://www.westernu.edu/research/research-welcome/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2013|publisher=WesternU}}</ref> Specific neurobiology subjects include: Alzheimer's disease, central nervous system diseases, genetic disorders, environmental pathologies, and stem cell therapy.<ref name=ResearchWelcome /> Specific molecular and metabolic disease subjects include: cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity.<ref name=ResearchWelcome /> Research on infections and immunology includes tuberculosis, Mad cow disease, avian flu, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.<ref name=ResearchWelcome /> Research is funded by the National Institute of Health, the OneSight Foundation, The Potts Foundation, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, the American Lung Association,<ref>{{cite web|title=2006–12 Contract and Grant Activity by Osteopathic Medical College|url=http://www.aacom.org/data/Pages/default.aspx|publisher=American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine}}</ref> and the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Western University of Health Sciences|url=http://www.cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/institutions/western-university-health-sciences|work=Where Our Funding Goes|publisher=California Institute for Regenerative Medicine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Western University of Health Sciences|url=http://www.cirm.ca.gov/our-progress/institutions/western-university-health-sciences|publisher=California Institute of Regenerative Medicine}}</ref>

== Patient care and education == thumb|left|text-bottom|300px|'''Patient Care Center''' (Pomona campus)<br /> Services include medical care, podiatry, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry. Western University of Health Sciences provides patient care in several locations in California and Oregon. WesternU opened its first patient care center, a family practice clinic, in 1984.<ref name=ComingAlive>{{cite news|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Monica|title=Patient Care Center coming alive at Western University|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/20100516/patient-care-center-coming-alive-at-western-university|publisher=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> The Pomona Patient Care Center opened in May 2010, and serves more than 10,000 patients per year.<ref name=PomonaHealthcare2011>{{cite news | url= http://www.villageprofile.com/california/pomona/09/topic.html | title= Pomona Healthcare - Western University of Health Sciences | agency= Community Profile Network | year=2009 | access-date=December 27, 2011}}</ref> The Patient Care Center includes a Medical Center, Foot & Ankle Center, Eye Care Center, Dental Center and Pharmacy. The center is also home to an accredited diabetes education center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diabeteseducator.org/living-with-diabetes/find-an-education-program# |title=Accredited Programs |author=AADE |year=2019 |publisher=American Association of Diabetes Educators |access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> WesternU is a member of the Association of Academic Health Centers.<ref>{{cite web|title=AAHC Members|url=http://www.aahcdc.org/About/Members.aspx|publisher=Association of Academic Health Centers|access-date=April 17, 2014|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307074800/http://www.aahcdc.org/About/Members.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university also offers post-graduate residency training in medicine in association with partners throughout the Western states.

The university operates the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy,<ref>{{cite news |title=Western University of Health Sciences Tribute to Caring set |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2010/11/05/western-university-of-health-sciences-tribute-to-caring-set/ |work=Los Angeles Daily News |publisher=Media News Group |date=November 5, 2010}}</ref> and provides consultation and training to organizations, companies, and hospitals to help them meet the needs of disabled individuals.

==Campus==

===Pomona campus=== thumb|300px|The parking structure at E 2nd and S Towne Avenue. The main campus of WesternU is located in downtown Pomona, California. Upon the school's founding, a portion of the campus was extensively renovated from an outdoor shopping mall. Since that time, several buildings have been acquired and built, including a patient care center, a pet hospital, classrooms, and research facilities. There are two parks located on the urban campus. The Pomona campus consists of 19 major buildings spanning some seven city blocks along the main "Esplanade," which amounts to a total {{convert|22|acre|ha}}.<ref name=examine_curriculum>{{cite web|title=Examine the Curriculum|url=http://prospective.westernu.edu/osteopathic/curriculum|publisher=Western University of Health Sciences|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

The northeastern corner of campus has the Health Education Center, the Patient Care Center, and a large parking structure. These WesternU buildings opened in 2010, as a part of a $100 million expansion project.<ref name=LaTimes /> The Health Education Center is a 180,000-square-foot teaching and research facility that also houses the colleges of medicine, dentistry, podiatry and optometry.<ref name=PomonaHealthcare2011/> The fourth floor of the center has state-of-the-art research laboratories. The seven level parking structure has 600 parking spaces.<ref>{{cite web|title=Western University|date=February 28, 2012 |url=http://idgparkitects.com/portfolio-item/western-university-parking-structure/|publisher=IDG Parkitects|access-date=13 July 2012}}</ref>

Directly west of the Health Education Center is the WesternU Pet Wellness Center, an on campus pet hospital and clinic. It had been established in 2008 as the Banfield Pet Hospital and transitioned to solely WesternU operation in 2014.<ref name=TakesOverClinic /> The center provides primary care services such as vaccinations, spaying and neutering, microchiping, surgery, dental exams and cleanings, as well as flea, tick and heartworm control.<ref>{{cite web |title=WesternU Pet Health Center: Pet Surgery |url=https://pethealthcenter.westernu.edu/surgery/ |publisher=Western University of Health Sciences}}</ref> It includes a surgical suite, an x-ray room, a half dozen exam rooms and isolation facilities.

The Daumier is a mixed-use building located south of the pet hospital on 3.6 acres at 3rd and Linden Street. This building was completed in June 2014, at cost of $45 million, and serves as a 173,000-square-foot facility primarily for WesternU student housing but with research and educational support space as well as a fitness center, community pool, media room, and other university offices.<ref name=MixedUse>{{cite news |title=Mixed-Use 306-Bed Student Housing Community Breaks Ground Adjacent to WesternU Campus |url=https://www.multifamilybiz.com/News/4853/MixedUse_306Bed_Student_Housing_Community_Breaks_G |publisher=Multifamily Industry |date=June 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name=KTGYdaumier>{{cite web|title=KTGY-Designed Student Housing Opens at WesternU|date=September 24, 2014|url=http://ktgy.com/ktgy-designed-student-housing-opens-at-western-u/|publisher=KTGY Architecture|access-date=September 24, 2014}}</ref> The Daumier was designed to LEED gold specifications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Western University Health Sciences Hsg |url=https://www.usgbc.org/projects/western-university-health-sciences-hsg |publisher=U.S. Green Building Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE DAUMIER AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY |url=http://ktgy.com/work/the-daumier-at-western-university/ |publisher=KTGY}}</ref> The building was named the Daumier after the 19th century French artist Honoré Daumier.<ref name=KTGYdaumier />

thumb|left|300px|Promenade on campus of WesternU, with the Health Sciences Center to the left. The central portion of campus contains Ethan Allan Park, the Health Professions Center (HPC), the Veterinary Medicine Center, and the Health Sciences Center. Ethan Allen Park is located directly west of the Pet Wellness Center. In 2006, the park was named in honor of Dr. Ethan Allen, founding chairman of the school's board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Self Guided Tour|url=http://prospective.westernu.edu/assets/prospective/common/recruitment/self-guided-tour-map-2011.pdf|publisher=WesternU|access-date=July 16, 2016|archive-date=September 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918165723/http://prospective.westernu.edu/assets/prospective/common/recruitment/self-guided-tour-map-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The other park on campus is Centennial Park, a Pomona city park on the west end of campus. Directly south of Ethan Allan Park, the Health Professions Center houses the College of Pharmacy and contains several classrooms, research facilities, and a student commons area. The building was built in 1962 and was previously the Pomona Buffum's department store.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pomona: Option on Buffum's Building |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-08-ga-5861-story.html|access-date=13 July 2012|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 8, 1992}}</ref> The university acquired the building in 1992, after first receiving the option to buy. The Center for Oral Health, a non-profit organization promoting oral health, is based in the Health Professions Center. The Health Sciences Center, directly west of the Health Professions Center, is a two-story, 72,000-square-foot building with the main anatomy laboratories, a laboratory for osteopathic manipulative medicine, and extensive classroom space. The physical therapy school is based in this building, as is the tutoring program. The Health Sciences Center was formerly a Nash Department Store.<ref name=Pomona_Starts_Over>{{cite news|last=Hamilton|first=Denise|title=Pomona Starts Over: The diverse forces of art, education and commerce are sparking a renaissance for the city's faded downtown.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-26-ga-24584-story.html|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=January 26, 1995}}</ref> The university began using the building in 1990, and then purchased it in 1993.<ref name=AcquiresLibrary />

[[File:Anderson Tower at WesternU.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''Anderson Tower''' at WesternU, with the historic Pomona Fox Theater to the right.]] The western range of campus contains the Rodney P. Wineberg Center, home to research administration and laboratories, in addition to the [https://www.westernu.edu/library/ Pumerantz Library], and Anderson Tower (formerly known as the Chase Bank building). The Rodney P. Wineberg Center contains 8,550 square feet dedicated to research.<ref>{{cite web|title=CVM Research Facilities|url=http://www.westernu.edu/veterinary/veterinary-research-overview/cvm-research-facilities/|publisher=WesternU}}</ref> The Rodney P. Wineberg Center building was originally a JCPenney.<ref name=LaTimes /> The multi-story, 35,000-square-foot [https://www.westernu.edu/library/ Pumerantz Library] is on the west edge of campus. The library opened in that space in 2001, after the university acquired the building in 1998.<ref name=AcquiresLibrary>{{cite news|title=WesternU Acquires Building for Library Expansion|url=https://news.westernu.edu/westernu-acquires-building-for-library-expansion/|newspaper=WesternU|date=December 17, 1998|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref> The building was built in 1929, and previously housed a switching station for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Western University to Dedicate New Health Sciences Library and Learning Resources Center|url=https://news.westernu.edu/western-university-to-dedicate-new-health-sciences-library-and-learning-resources-center/|date=2 August 2001|publisher=WesternU|access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> The Southern California Medical Museum is located in the Nursing Science Center on the WesternU campus.<ref name=SCMM/>

Anderson Tower demarcates the western edge of campus at Garey avenue and Second Street. This seven-story, mid-century modern 70,000-square-foot building was built in 1963,<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=David|title=Chase Bank branch in Pomona drops net, keeps net worth|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20121213/chase-bank-branch-in-pomona-drops-net-keeps-net-worth|newspaper=The Daily Bulletin|date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> and WesternU purchased the building from JP Morgan Chase in September 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Monica|title=Western University to purchase Chase Bank building in downtown Pomona|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/social-affairs/20130905/western-university-to-purchase-chase-bank-building-in-downtown-pomona|newspaper=Inland Valley Daily Bulletin|date=September 5, 2013}}</ref> The same month, WesternU reached an agreement with a power company, Washington Gas, to build 2,688 solar panels on three campus buildings.<ref name=Clabaugh>{{cite news|last=Clabaugh|first=Jeff|title=Washington Gas to solar power California school|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2013/09/19/washington-gas-to-solar-power.html|newspaper=Washington Business Journal|date=Sep 19, 2013}}</ref> The solar panels were completed in February 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Washington Gas Energy Systems Expands Footprint Across the Country and Announces Completion of Two Solar Arrays at California Educational Institutions|url=http://www.wglholdings.com/news-releases/news-release-details/washington-gas-energy-systems-expands-footprint-across-country |publisher=WGL Holdings, Inc|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref> and will produce more than 1,100 megawatt hours of energy each year.<ref name=Clabaugh /><ref>{{cite news|title=Washington Gas Energy Systems Expands Footprint Across the Country and Announces Completion of Two Solar Arrays at California Educational Institutions|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140211005258/en/Washington-Gas-Energy-Systems-Expands-Footprint-Country|newspaper=Business Wire|date=February 11, 2014}}</ref>

===WesternU-Oregon=== thumb|left|300px|alt=WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest, main building|The main building for the Oregon campus The university also operates a second campus on 50 acres in Lebanon with an official postal address at 200 Mullins Drive. The first program offered at the Oregon campus is medicine (DO), though additional colleges and programs are planned, starting with the College of Health Sciences' Doctor of Physical Therapy program.<ref name=Paul>{{cite news |title=More colleges planned at COMP-NW, area leaders told |first=Alex |last=Paul |url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/more-colleges-planned-at-comp-nw-area-leaders-told/article_330ea54a-4d3f-11e1-b3e8-0019bb2963f4.html |newspaper=Democratherald |date=February 2, 2012 |access-date=14 April 2014}}</ref>

The Oregon campus is adjacent to Samaritan Health Services Lebanon Community Hospital,<ref name="Budnick"/> Groundbreaking for the medical school campus began in June 2009, and it opened for classes in August 2011.<ref name="Budnick"/> The new {{convert|55000|ft2|adj=on}} building cost about $15 million,<ref>{{cite news|last=Weinstein|first=Nathalie|title=Medical school breaks ground in Lebanon|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2009/06/25/medical-school-breaks-gound-in-lebanon/|access-date=1 August 2011|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=June 25, 2009}}</ref> and is the main component of a 50-acre medical campus.<ref name=Gazette>{{cite news|title=Lebanon medical school open for tours in May|url=http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/lebanon-medical-school-open-for-tours-in-may/article_dda4f750-6b24-11e0-8a88-001cc4c03286.html|publisher=The Gazette Times|date=Apr 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name=FirstNewMed>{{cite news|last1=Hall|first1=Lori|title=First new medical school to open in more than 100 years|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=10717|publisher=Portland Tribune|date=10 August 2011}}</ref>

===Students=== {| class="wikitable" style="float:RIGHT; text-align:center; font-size:75%; margin:auto" |+ ''WesternU Demographics''<ref>See Demographics of the United States for references.</ref> ! !! Students<ref name=FactSheet /> |- | Asian/Pacific Islander | 37.2% |- | White/Non-Hispanic | 34.4% |- | Hispanic | 10.4% |- | Two or more races | 12.1% |- | Black/African American | 2.8% |- | Race/ethnicity unknown | 2.5% |}

A total of 3,724 students were in attendance at WesternU in the 2022–23 academic year.<ref name=InstituteOfEducation /> The average age of WesternU students is 28 years and 62 percent are female; 38 percent male; 37.2% Asian/Pacific Islander, 34.4% are White/Non-Hispanic, 10.4% Hispanic, 12.1% two or more races, 2.8% black or African-American, and the remaining students are of unknown ethnicity (2.5%).<ref name=FactSheet>{{cite web |title=WesternU Fact Sheet |url=http://ws.westernu.edu/WesternU-News/digital-media-kit/WesternUFacts2018.pdf |website=Western University of Health Sciences |access-date=January 13, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114044521/http://ws.westernu.edu/WesternU-News/digital-media-kit/WesternUFacts2018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Students at WesternU participate in a vast number of campus clubs<ref name=Clubs>{{cite web|title=WesternU Student Clubs|url=http://www.westernu.edu/students/students-clubs-1/westernu-clubs-1/|publisher=WesternU|access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> and an active student government association. A wide range of professional fraternities are active on campus, including Sigma Sigma Phi,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sigma Sigma Phi: Chapters |url=http://www.sigmasigmaphi.org/chapters |publisher=Sigma Sigma Phi}}</ref> Kappa Psi,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kappa Psi: Chapter Directory |url=https://kappa-psi.com/province-directory |publisher=Kappa Psi}}</ref> Beta Sigma Kappa,<ref>{{cite web |title=Beta Sigma Kappa: Chapters |url=http://www.betasigmakappa.net/chapters.htm |publisher=Beta Sigma Kappa}}</ref> Delta Sigma Delta,<ref>{{cite web |title=Delta Sigma Delta: Chapters |url=http://legacy.deltsig.com/chapters.html |publisher=Delta Sigma Delta |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410163222/http://legacy.deltsig.com/chapters.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Phi Lambda Sigma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phi Lambda Sigma: Chapters |url=http://www.philambdasigma.org/Chapter-Listings |publisher=Phi Lambda Sigma}}</ref>

There is a university theater troupe, "Sanus", which hosts regular performance events. In 1985, medical students formed the group<ref name=Dose_of_Acting /> "Sanus," the Latin word for "sanity."<ref name=Dose_of_Acting /> The students said they used the opportunity to act and perform plays as means of relieving stress.<ref name=Dose_of_Acting>{{cite news|last=Brennan|first=Pat|title=Dose of Acting Keeps Medical Students Sane|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-09-me-18048-story.html|access-date=13 July 2012|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=March 9, 1986}}</ref> The theater troupe remains active, and students from other colleges also participate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tanka|first=Rodney|title=Use the Farce|date=April 14, 2008|url=https://news.westernu.edu/use-the-farce/|publisher=Western University of Health Sciences|access-date=June 22, 2020}}</ref>

Other officially recognized student organizations on campus include the following:<ref name=Clubs /> {| border="0" |- |valign="top"| * American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons * American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians * American Medical Student Association * American Medical Women's Association * American Pharmacists Association |valign="top"| * American Student Dental Association * American Veterinary Medical Association * American Academy of Osteopathy * Lions Club * Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association |}

==People== WesternU employs 333 full-time faculty and 69 part-time faculty.<ref name=InstituteOfEducation /> Some notable alumni and faculty include: * Clinton E. Adams, DO, Rear Admiral in the US Navy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shining stars of profession honored at OMED 2016 |url=https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2016/09/shining-stars-of-profession-honored-at-omed-2016/ |agency=AOA |publisher=The DO |date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> * Lee Burnett, D.O. class of 1997, a U.S. Army Colonel and founder of the Student Doctor Network.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Burnett|first=Lee|title=More About Online Forums for Students and Faculty|journal=Academic Medicine|date=August 2011|volume=86|issue=8|pages=920|doi=10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182222f54|pmid=21795895|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Veterans Day Celebration |url=https://www.visitlakecharles.org/event/veterans-day-celebration/34410/ |website=Visit Lake Charles |publisher=Lake Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau |access-date=December 30, 2020 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129022116/https://www.visitlakecharles.org/event/veterans-day-celebration/34410/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Joseph C. Gambone, DO, author of ''Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hobel|first1=Calvin J.|last2=Hacker|first2=Neville F.|last3=Gambone|first3=Joseph C.|title=Hacker and Moore's Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology|year=2010|publisher=Saunders/Elsevier|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=9781416059400|edition=5th}}</ref> Gambone Peak on Antarctica was named in his honor in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|title=Name Details: Gambone Peak|url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=125512|publisher=Australian Antarctic Data Centre}}</ref> * Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM, founding member of the ADA Council on the Diabetic Foot; sometimes described as the "father of diabetic foot care."<ref>{{cite news |title=Harkless Receives 2012 APMSA Kenison Award |url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/apma/news_201205/index.php?startid=82 |newspaper=American Podiatric Medical Association |date=May 2012 |access-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Program|url=http://www.diabeticfoot.org/history.asp|work=Division of Podiatry|publisher=The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio}}</ref> * Lee Rogers, professor of podiatry and prior democratic nominee for US Congress in California's 25th district in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Endorsement Lee Rogers in the 25th Congressional District|url=http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-25th-congressional-district-20140509-story.html|access-date=16 July 2016|work=The LA Times|date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Medicine}} * Medical schools in California

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{cite journal |vauthors=Fuentealba C, Mason RV, Johnston SD |title=Community-based clinical veterinary education at Western University of Health Sciences |journal=Journal of Veterinary Medical Education |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=34–42 |year=2008 |pmid=18339954 |doi=10.3138/jvme.35.1.034}} * {{cite journal |last1=Gugelchuk |first1=GM |last2=Cody |first2=J |title=Physicians in service to the underserved: an analysis of the practice locations of alumni of Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1982-1995. |journal=Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges |date=May 1999 |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=557–9 |doi=10.1097/00001888-199905000-00026 |pmid=10353292|doi-access=free }} * {{cite journal |author=Nelson PD |title=Veterinary college accreditation: setting the record straight |journal=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |volume=240 |issue=7 |pages=810–4 |date=April 2012 |pmid=22443432 |doi=10.2460/javma.240.7.810|doi-access=free }} * {{cite journal |vauthors=Schmidt PL, Trevejo RT, Tkalcic S |title=Veterinary public health in a problem-based learning curriculum at the Western University of Health Sciences |journal=Journal of Veterinary Medical Education |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=212–8 |year=2008 |pmid=18723806 |doi=10.3138/jvme.35.2.212}} * {{cite journal |last1=Prabhu |first1=S |last2=Chung |first2=E |last3=Le |first3=QA |last4=Nguyen |first4=M |last5=Robinson |first5=D |title=Process and Performance Outcomes of a Nontraditional Postbaccalaureate PharmD Program Geared Toward Internationally Trained Pharmacists. |journal=American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education |date=25 October 2015 |volume=79 |issue=8 |pages=113 |doi=10.5688/ajpe798113 |pmid=26689176|pmc=4678738 }}

== External links == {{commons}} * [http://www.westernu.edu Official website]

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