Motto | Totam Personam Curamus |
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Motto in English
|
We Care for the Whole Person |
Type | Private, non-profit |
Established | 1992 |
Budget | $31.95 million |
President | John M. Ferretti, D.O. |
Academic staff
|
139 full-time 80 part-time |
Students | 4103 |
Location |
Erie, PA Bradenton, FL Greensburg, PA, USA |
Campus | Suburban |
Website | lecom |
The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) is a private, non-profit graduate school of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy with a main campus located on 53 acres in Erie, Pennsylvania, and branch campuses located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania and Bradenton, Florida. Founded in 1992, LECOM confers degrees in osteopathic medicine (D.O.), pharmacy (PharmD), and dentistry (DMD), as well as masters degrees in Health Services Administration, Biomedical Sciences, and Medical Education. LECOM operates one of the few accelerated three-year pharmacy programs in the country, and is one of 2 pharmacy schools in the country with a distance education program.
With over 2,200 enrolled medical students, the medical school at LECOM is the largest in the United States. LECOM is currently ranked 57th in primary care by the U.S World and News Report. LECOM is a member of the LECOM Health system.
LECOM is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation, and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine was founded in 1992. The first courses began in 1993, and the inaugural class of students graduated in 1997. In 2002, the school of pharmacy opened.