Certificate of Occupancy

In accordance with COCA, Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine has obtained its Certificate of Occupancy on or before December 31, 2023. We are so grateful for everyone's part in obtaining the certificate in order for us to move forward. This thrilling milestone will allow us to continue with our pre-accreditation site visit with COCA next week. More updates about moving into OCOM are detailed below.

Major Milestone Reached

We are grateful and thankful to each and every one of our faculty preceptors. OCOM has reached this major milestone of 1,000 clinical faculty. We're thrilled that our network is growing.

If you have coworkers in mind who might be interested in joining us in this capacity, encourage them to apply.

Admissions Update

Verified Applications: 1,043

Designations: 2024

Acceptance Offers Made: 97

Signed Enrollment Agreements: 48

Waitlisted Students: 42

Please feel free to share with any prospective student who may be interested in applying to OCOM for the Fall of 2024. 

Research Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge several OCOM faculty, including Dr. Ilya Fonarov, DO, for his interesting case studies published in Cureus and British Medical Journal (BMJ) and Dr. Mena Khan, MD, for her upcoming manuscript to be published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education.

Several clinical faculty members have been successful, including Dr. Steven Delaveris, DO, for several philosophical articles on physician engagement and the transformation of the healthcare system. Dr. Ajit Janardhan, MD, for a manuscript on a novel technique for "Improved left atrial catheterization efficiency," and Dr. Jeena Kar, DO, for a commentary on the use of antipsychotics in older patients in short-staffed units.

Dr. Michael Tolentino, MD, has also recently published research using a new class of drugs and a novel approach to regain visual function in macular degeneration.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge Dr. Lawrence Berk, MD, for his important review on "Hemibody Irradiation for Bone Metastases."

We would like you to keep in mind that we will have students looking for research mentors in the summer of 2025; more details on this opportunity will follow next year.

Please feel free to share your published works and accepted manuscripts. Your success is celebrated and we wish to celebrate these milestones with you and the greater OCOM community. Click on the below button to email the research department.

Library Resources

The OCOM library completed implementation of the library's integrated library system, Alma, which serves as the backend database housing patron and library collection information. Alma, along with a discovery layer called Primo VE, work in tandem to provide a single point of access for users to find and utilize the library’s offerings. Now that implementation of Alma and Primo VE are complete and occupancy of the building is set to commence, the library will begin connecting electronic resources through an authentication service called OpenAthens, which will ensure an integrated and cohesive single sign-on experience for students, staff, preceptors, and faculty to utilize the library's offerings from both on and off campus.

Moving into OCOM

With the Certificate of Occupancy obtained, our Director of Facilities, Len Nicosia, has been hard at work coordinating deliveries of furniture, lab equipment, and classroom resources. Director of IT, Shazam Mohammed, has been busy networking the building so that faculty and staff are able to work out of the building beginning January 16th. The entire team is preparing for the COCA Site Visit on January 24th.

For now, take note of our permanent address moving forward:

Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine

7011 Kiran Patel Drive

Winter Garden, FL 34787