College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Admissions Requirements & Application Process

Our Admissions Team can help you understand our requirements and guide you through the application process.

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Message from the Dean

“Welcome to California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine (CHSU-COM)…your medical school journey begins now. The CHSU-COM is making history in the Central Valley and we hope you are inspired to join the Class of 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 medical students already hard at work and learning in the Valley’s new medical school. With many of our students recruited from the Valley, we graduate physicians that improve the health care in the region for generations to come.”

John Graneto, DO, MEd

Courses

Curriculum & Clerkships

Innovative Curriculum

Our innovative, active learning, curriculum highlights a systems-based,
clinically integrated model and includes medical Spanish,
culinary medicine, population health research and
interactive technologies.

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Why Students Choose CHSU-COM

Advantages of an interactive curriculum

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Simulation Center

Engage with technology and simulations with manikins and human standardized patients at our state-of-the-art Simulation Center.

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Culinary Medicine

Learn the nutrition and culinary medicine through hands-on cooking classes designed to align with the philosophy of osteopathic medicine.

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Clinical Clerkship Rotations

Gain hands-on experience through clinical clerkship rotations at hundreds of local, regional, and state hospitals, clinics, and health care facilities.

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Dedicated Educators

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Faculty Feature – Nanami Yoshioka

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Nanami Yoshioka, MA, is the Director of the Simulation Center and an Adjunct Instructor of Medical Simulation at the CHSU-COM. She is involved in simulation curriculum development that prepares students for work in the field. She also is the liaison between faculty and the Standardized Participants, developing case scenarios for students to experience during simulations. Learn more about how Yoshioka is shaping the next generation of medical professionals.

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Faculty Feature – Dr. Lisa Chun

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Lisa Chun, DO, MS.MEd.L, FNAOME, CPE, OHPF, is the Associate Dean of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Simulation, and Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice at CHSU-COM. She specializes in practicing and teaching Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM), a hands-on treatment DOs use to diagnose illness and injury and encourage the body’s natural tendency toward self-healing. Learn more about Dr. Chun’s work and why she believes OMM is such a valuable diagnostic tool.

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Faculty Feature – Dr. Jonathan Terry

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Jonathan Terry, DO, QME, DABPN, ABIHM, is the Assistant Dean for Community Clinical Education and Associate Professor of Specialty Medicine at CHSU-COM. Dr. Terry also practices integrative psychiatry in his private practice where he helps his patients understand the relationship between the mind and body, helping patients address the root issues that can prevent them from being able to cope with a physical ailment. Dr. Terry started as a preceptor to CHSU medical students, but soon became a full-time faculty member, allowing him to have a bigger impact on student learning. See how he is shaping the next generation of medical professionals.

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Faculty Feature – Dr. Francisco Ibarra

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Francisco Ibarra, PharmD, BCCCP, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Education at CHSU-COM. In addition to teaching, he is a full time emergency medicine clinical pharmacist, which allows him to take what he learns in the field and apply that to his lesson plans at CHSU. Learn more about Dr. Ibarra’s work and why he loves teaching the next generation of osteopathic physicians.

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Faculty Feature – Dr. Sidney James

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Sidney James, DO, FACEP, is the Medical Director for the Simulation Center and Assistant Professor of Specialty Medicine at CHSU-COM. Dr. James is passionate about teaching medical students how to use ultrasound devices as a diagnostic tool, helping them familiarize themselves with it starting early in their first year. As a practitioner that uses point-of-care ultrasound with his patients in private practice and the ER, Dr. James knows how beneficial it is to be able to make clinical decisions using handheld ultrasound devices that connect directly to a smartphone or tablet. Learn more about Dr. James’ work and why point-of-care ultrasound is such an important tool at the bedside.

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Faculty Feature – Dr. Sara Goldgraben

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Sara Goldbraben, MD, MPH, MBA is an Assistant Professor of Specialty Medicine at CHSU-COM. Dr. Goldgraben teaches the Culinary Medicine course where students learn how healthy food can be used to help prevent and heal different disease states. In these hands-on culinary classes at the CHSU-COM Teaching Kitchen, students learn how to cook healthy meals that can prevent diseases related to the specific body system they are studying in their didactic courses. Learn more about Dr. Goldgraben’s work and why she believes preventative medicine is so important.

Financial Aid

We are committed to helping our students and families understand, apply for, and secure financing for their educational journey with CHSU by providing personal assistance as they work through the financial aid process.

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The Heart of California

Living in the Central Valley

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Graduate Medical Education

Finding Your Residency

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100% Residency Matching

CHSU-COM Graduates achieve 100% match rate and serve residencies in hospitals, clinics, and health care facilities in many specialties throughout the Central Valley, California, and beyond.

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Central Valley Residency Programs

California’s Central Valley has hundreds of residency positions available in hospitals, clinics, and health care facilities and it continues to grow each year as demand for physicians increases.

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GME in the Central Valley is Growing

CHSU is dedicated to working with existing facilities and new clinical settings to help create or expand Graduate Medical Education (GME) residency positions in the Central Valley.

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