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Recent Advocacy Wins

As of 2/28/23
  • Yale-New Haven Hospital | Medical Center Program
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • Fredrick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama | Visiting Students Program
    Website updated to remove USMLE requirement.
  • UMPC Medical Education | Pediatrics Program
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Internal Medicine Program
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals | Emergency Medicine Program
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine | Visiting Students Program
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • University Florida College of Medicine Sacred Heart – Pensacola | Pediatrics Program
    Website states, “Osteopathic candidates may substitute COMLEX scores in place of USMLE scores.”
  • University of California San Diego School of Medicine | Visiting Students Electives
    Website updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | Pathology Program
    FRIEDA updated to show COMLEX-USA acceptance.
  • NYU Long Island School of Medicine | Office of Graduate Medical Education
    Website and FRIEDA updated to show acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center | Pediatrics Program
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA acceptance.
  • Massachusettes General Hopsital | Pathology Program
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA acceptance.
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital | General Surgery Program
    Website lists USMLE or COMLEX-USA as a requirement.
As of 9/29/22
  • University of Texas Southwestern | Visiting Student Learning Opportunities
    Website was updated to show COMLEX-USA acceptance.
  • Internal Medicine Structured Evaluation Letter Guidelines
    Guidelines were updated to include COMAT and reference COMAT scores appropriately, following collaboration with the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.
  • Doximity | Residency Navigator Tool
    Expanded to include data on COMLEX-USA scores and data for DO applicants in the NRMP’s Charting Outcomes for Osteopathic Seniors.
  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center | Emergency Medicine Program
    The NBOME continues outreach to this program, which is currently revisiting their policies requiring USMLE for all applicants.
  • Memorial Hermann Foundation | Family Medicine Program
    The NBOME continues outreach to this program, which is currently revisiting their policies requiring USMLE for all applicants.
As of 8/31/22
  • Presence Health
    Website was updated to show that COMLEX-USA is accepted for DOs.
  • HCA Healthcare
    Policy updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Cleveland Clinic – Akron General | General Surgery Program
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Beaumont Hospital
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • University of Utah School of Medicine
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
    FREIDA profile updated to show COMLEX-USA required for DOs.
  • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Amita Health
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • New York Medical College Westchester Medical Center
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Mayo Clinic Phoenix
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • West Virginia University School of Medicine
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Northeast Georgia Medical Center
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Creighton University School of Medicine
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine
    Program confirmed acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • Memorial Healthcare System
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • University of Arizona College of Medicine
    Program confirmed acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • Cleveland Clinic
    Program confirmed acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
    Program confirmed acceptance of COMLEX-USA.
  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine – Shreveport
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Website updated to show COM students and COMLEX-USA are accepted.
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Website updated to show COM students are accepted.
  • University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
    Program confirmed acceptance of COM students and COMLEX-USA.
  • Hospital for Specialty Surgery
    Website updated to show COM students are accepted.
  • Oregon Health and Science University
    Website updated to show COMLEX-USA accepted for DOs.

Highlighted Advocacy Wins

CU Anschutz
After hearing concerns about the program’s clinical rotation requirements for USMLE Step 1, the NBOME and AACOM reached out to CU Anschutz personnel who explained they would be happy to accept COMLEX-USA scores for visiting osteopathic students and updated their guidelines accordingly. Read More.
OHSU | Adult Psychiatry Program
After learning that the website for the OHSU Department of Psychiatry’s Adult Psychiatry residency program seemed to indicate a preference for USMLE scores over COMLEX scores, we spoke with the program director. The program’s website was then updated to make it clearer that the program does accept COMLEX-USA scores as part of its application process. Read More.
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