Touro Nevada PROGRAM trains physicians TO TREAT the whole patient — body, mind, and spirit
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When someone steps onto the campus of Touro Nevada as a student in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program (DO), they are much more than just a medical student — they are seen as member of the team.
Touro Nevada medical students learn by doing. They gain valuable real-world experience in technologically advanced facilities including a 6,000 square-foot cadaver lab and a leading-edge simulation center with high-fidelity manikins and task trainers.
Touro's College of Osteopathic Medicine is also the first medical school to provide every student with their own point-of-care ultrasound device. These incredible devices foster an openness that guides our students to provide better patient outcomes.
"The supportive and collaborative environment among students, faculty, and staff fosters a sense of belonging and encourages personal and academic growth."
- Julienne Zhou
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Student, Year 2
The osteopathic philosophy that a person is a whole unit comprised of body, mind, and spirit is more than just a med-school curriculum to be applied to patients — it’s also a holistic approach to education.
Osteopathic physicians emphasize the correlation between the body’s structure and its function and that the body has the power to regulate, maintain, and even heal itself. They have a thorough knowledge of the body’s nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems and how to apply osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), using their hands to diagnose illness and injury.
From day one, Touro Nevada medical students gain immediate hands-on, direct patient care experiences in the art of osteopathic manipulative medicine.
In osteopathic medicine, the hands pf the physician become both listeners and speakers. The goal is more than just an accurate diagnosis of a problem and successful treatment. It’s also to get that person back to the living the life they want and increasing their desire to do so.
Julienne Zhou was a first-generation college student, pre-med, working as a chief medical scribe and medical assistant in New York and New Jersey. She saw firsthand the disparities in who had access to quality healthcare and who didn’t. She also saw patients who came in to get physical symptoms treated but still left with untreated mental and emotional scars.
Zhou knew that when she became a doctor, she wanted to be different. She would provide equitable care for all, and that care would be comprehensive for each patient, body, mind, and spirit.
That’s why Zhou enrolled in the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program at Touro University Nevada.
“Touro’s commitment to academic excellence, innovative research, and holistic healthcare aligns well with my educational and career goals,” says Zhou. “And the DO program’s focus on treating the whole person, rather than just the symptoms, resonates deeply with my personal philosophy of patient care. Touro’s emphasis on osteopathic principles and practice provides a comprehensive approach to medicine that I believe in essential for fostering well-rounded, empathetic, and effective physicians.”
And of course, the faculty’s office doors are always open in case a student needs any more advice or support. Because at Touro Nevada, students are part of the team.
“We don’t have a mentor program, because we don’t need one,” says Miller. “Students naturally migrate to a faculty member, which allows them to organically become mentors. And it’s not always just about medicine or the curriculum. That’s how we develop that comfortable collegiality. Our goal is to foster a student’s personal and professional growth so that he or she can become the best, most competent, confident, and compassionate physician.”
And students like Zhou feel this support, and that of their fellow DO students, along with the cutting-edge hands-on training Touro offers, will make her the best osteopathic physician she can be, ready to treat everyone, body, mind, and spirit.
“The faculty and staff at Touro foster a collaborative and supportive learning environment, encouraging critical thinking and active engagement among students,” says Zhou. “Overall, these diverse learning opportunities have enriched my educational experience, preparing me for success in my future medical career.”
"Students naturally migrate to a faculty member, which allows them to organically become mentors."
- Terrence Miller
MS, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Filling a critical need for physicians
Touro Nevada was founded in 2004 to address the shortage of physicians in Nevada and it is their goal to add a 1,000 new physicians over the next decade.
“There is such a need for physicians, especially the southern part of Nevada where the population is mushrooming,” says Terrence Miller, PhD, Touro Nevada’s Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. “We graduate far and away the most medical school students in the state at around 180 graduates per year.”
Specifically, Touro Nevada’s DO program is one of the most successful when it comes to student outcomes. In 2024, students passed their board level 1 and level 2CE COMLEX board exams at 95.8% and 94.5%, respectively.
And Touro achieved a 100% match/placement rate four times within the past seven years, including in 2023 and 2024. Their medical students are pursued for residency programs in Nevada and across the nation to become board-certified physicians.
“In addition to a cutting-edge curriculum, we offer a lot of board exam prep resources,” says Dr. Miller. “Touro Nevada also has a robust Office of Academic Support and Institutional Services that help students with everything from study strategies to time management.”
From first-year hands-on exercises with patient-actors through skill-building clinical years to post-grad residency, Touro professors and faculty are there every step of the way. They work beside students. They leave their office doors open. They invest themselves and their time in a personalized approach to help students achieve their goals and, perhaps more importantly, make them the best doctor they can be.
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By Monica Vanover on March 10, 2025.
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Match/Placement in 2025
99.4%
Average COMLEX Level 1 & 2CE first-time pass rates
96%
Annual Medical School Graduates in Nevada
MOST
Admissions Requirements
Bachelor’s degree
Minimum 3.0 in science and overall GPA
Minimum MCAT score of 500
Prerequisites in biology, physics, and inorganic and organic chemistry
Physician shadowing experience
For full details, visit our program page.
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