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Equal, but Still—No Pun Intended—Explaining
Equality Is Settled, What Better Proof? At a recent meeting of the Missouri State Medical Association (MSMA) in St. Louis, deans from the state’s medical schools held their first joint conclave. The meeting served as an opportunity for MSMA to connect with...
Accreditation Highlights Distinct Missions
May 22, 2026 THE VALLEY, ANGUILLA — Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College announced today that its separately chartered counterpart in the Cayman Islands has received accreditation from Accreditation Services for International Schools, Colleges and...
ACPE Reiterates Distinction Between Accreditation and Equivalency
Source: https://www.acpe-accredit.org/wp-content/uploads/ACPE_Update-Spring-2026.pdf (accessed May 18, 2026). In its Spring 2026 Update, the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) emphasized that Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College is not a...
Colorado Medical School Offers 3-Year MD
Source: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/medicine/3-year-md-program (accessed May 13, 2026). In a nutshell: "The CU Anschutz School of Medicine is enrolling now for the first class of students in the three-year program, called the Peak-to-Peak Pathway, which will...
Dean Srnka Publishes Pharmacy Times Article
Source: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/a-new-doctor-of-pharmacy-pathway “A New Doctor of Pharmacy Pathway,” by Quentin M. Srnka, BSPh, PharmD, FACA, published in Pharmacy Times on April 21, 2026, argues that many pharmacists who earned the older Bachelor of...
Credentials: Clarity Matters. Physicians First
Source: https://thedo.osteopathic.org/2026/04/getting-a-secondary-md-degree-as-a-do-is-it-possible-and-what-could-be-the-harm/ (accessed May 6, 2026). Clarity in Physician Credentials: A Patient-Centered Framework Recent discussions in The DO, including the April...
A. T. Still … an MD, DO?
Source: https://osteopathic.org/2026/04/16/did-a-t-still-do-have-an-md-degree/ (accessed May 6, 2026). The recent commentary and historical clarifications emerging from the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), including the March 2026 article in The...
MD and DO Education Move Closer Together as Michigan State Announces Medical School Merger
Michigan State University has announced plans to merge its College of Human Medicine (MD program) and College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO program) into a single College of Medicine. The initiative is part of the university’s broader “One Team, One Health” strategy to...
Saints Cosmas and Damian Awards a Doctor of Medicine Diploma or Certificate of Equivalency
Dennis L. Ortiz, DO, MD, receives a Doctor of Medicine Diploma or Certificate of Equivalency from Saints Cosmas and Damian Health Sciences College at a continuing professional education program in Florida, on February 7, 2026. From left to right: Michael D. Williams,...