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Midwestern University (MWU) is an American non-profit graduate medical and professional school specializing in health sciences education, with a main campus located on 105-acres in Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago, and an additional campus located on 156-acres in Glendale, Arizona. Midwestern University offers degrees in osteopathic medicine, podiatry, dental medicine, optometry, nurse anesthesia, clinical psychology, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, pharmacy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, biomedical sciences, and veterinary medicine. Founded in 1900 as the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine is the fourth-oldest medical school currently active in the state of Illinois. In 1995, it opened an additional campus in Glendale, Arizona, becoming the second and largest medical school to teach students in the state of Arizona. The university over the years expanded beyond providing education in medicine and in 1993 it united these programs under the name Midwestern University. It offers degrees in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, podiatric medicine, and other health professions. According to U.S. News & World Report (2015), Midwestern University's Downers Grove, IL and Glendale AZ campuses had two of the top physician assistant programs (tied #20) in the country. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The medical schools are also accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. [1]

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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (ALGH) is a 645-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois.

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American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service

The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (AACOMAS) is a service run by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine through which prospective osteopathic medical students can apply to osteopathic medical schools in the United States that grant the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.

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American Veterinary Medical Association

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), founded in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 91,000 U.S. veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.

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Appendix (anatomy)

The appendix (or vermiform appendix; also cecal appendix; vermix; or vermiform process) is a blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops in the embryo.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is a school of osteopathic medicine in Glendale, Arizona, part of Midwestern University.

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Botsford Hospital

Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills, formerly known as Botsford Hospital, is a 330-bed health care facility with level II trauma status serving communities in southern Oakland and western Wayne Counties including Farmington, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Redford, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Southfield, West Bloomfield, Novi, Northville, Plymouth, Lyon Township and Wixom.

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CCOM

CCOM may refer to.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM) is a private, non-profit osteopathic medical school located in Downers Grove, Illinois, part of Midwestern University.

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Doctor of Health Science

The Doctor of Health Science (D.H.S. or D.H.Sc.) is a post-professional academic degree for those who intend to pursue or advance a professional practice career in Health Arts and Sciences, and Health Care Delivery Systems, to include clinical practice, education, administration, and research.

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Downers Grove, Illinois

Downers Grove is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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DuPage County, Illinois

DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Edward Arnold (actor)

Edward Arnold (born Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider, February 18, 1890 – April 26, 1956) was an American actor.

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Emily Temple-Wood

Emily Temple-Wood (born May 24, 1994, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Wikipedia editor who goes by the name of Keilana on the site.

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Glendale, Arizona

Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles (14 km) northwest from Downtown Phoenix.

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Greater Chicago HERC

The Greater Chicago Midwest Education Recruitment Consortium is a job-placement and recruitment organization focusing on colleges and universities, research, healthcare, and arts and culture in the Greater Chicago area.

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Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a non-profit consortium of higher education institutions in the United States.

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Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech or IIT) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Illinois Technology and Research Corridor

The Illinois Technology and Research Corridor is a region of commerce and industry located along Interstate 88 in the Chicago metropolitan area, primarily in DuPage, Kane, and DeKalb Counties.

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Joseph Mercola

Joseph Michael Mercola (born 1954) is an alternative medicine proponent, osteopathic physician, and Web entrepreneur, who markets a variety of controversial dietary supplements and medical devices through his website, Mercola.com.

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Kappa Psi

Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Incorporated, (ΚΨ) is the largest professional pharmaceutical fraternity in the world.

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List of college towns

This is a list of college towns, residential areas (towns, districts, etc.) dominated by its academic population.

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List of colleges and universities in Arizona

This is a list of colleges and universities in Arizona.

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List of colleges and universities in Chicago

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the Chicago metropolitan area.

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List of colleges and universities in Illinois

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Illinois.

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List of dental schools in the United States

This List of dental schools in the U.S. includes major academic institutions in the U.S. that award advanced professional degrees of either D.D.S. or D.M.D. in the field of dentistry.

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List of medical schools in the United States

This list of medical schools in the United States includes major academic institutions that award either the Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degrees, either of which is required to become a physician or a surgeon in the United States.

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List of optometry schools

The following list of optometry schools covers many countries, although the list is not exhaustive.

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List of osteopathic colleges

This is an international list of osteopathic schools, universities and colleges that award a recognized osteopathic qualification.

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List of pharmacy schools

This article is a list of pharmacy schools by country.

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List of pharmacy schools in the United States

This is a list of schools of pharmacy in the United States.

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List of Rho Chi chapters

This is the complete Chapter and Colony Roll of the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society.

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List of schools of veterinary medicine

This is a list of veterinary schools throughout the world by country.

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List of university hospitals

A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research.

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List of Xi Psi Phi chapters

This is the complete chapter and colony roll of Xi Psi Phi Professional Dental Fraternity.

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Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, formerly branded as Manipal University, is a private research institute deemed to be university located in the university town of Manipal, Karnataka, India.

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Marine Drugs

Marine Drugs is a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal publishing reviews and regular research papers on the research, development, and production of therapeutic agents from marine natural products.

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MWU

MWU may refer to.

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National Medical Challenge Bowl

The National Medical Challenge Bowl is a competition coordinated by Max Yakimov from the Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

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Omega Tau Sigma

Omega Tau Sigma (ΩΤΣ) is a Veterinary Medicine fraternity started at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1906.

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Osteopathic medicine in the United States

Osteopathic medicine is a branch of the medical profession in the United States.

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Phi Delta Chi

Phi Delta Chi (ΦΔΧ) was founded on 2 November 1883 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor by 11 men, led by Dean Albert B. Prescott.

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Phi Delta Epsilon

Phi Delta Epsilon (ΦΔΕ) (commonly known as PhiDE) is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

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Phi Sigma Gamma

Phi Sigma Gamma (PSG) (ΦΣΓ) is an American men's osteopathic medical fraternity.

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Podiatric medical school

Podiatric Medical School is the term used to designate the institutions which educate students and train them to be podiatrists.

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Podiatry

Podiatry or podiatric medicine is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, and medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle and lower extremity.

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Provident Hospital (Chicago)

Provident Hospital, now a public hospital, was the first African-American owned and operated hospital in America.

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Richard Scheuring

Richard Anthony Scheuring, D.O., FAsMA is an osteopathic physician and a NASA flight surgeon.

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Rose Vesper

Rose Vesper was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993–2000 for the 72nd district, a portion of Clermont County, Ohio.

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Sigma Mu Delta

Sigma Mu Delta (ΣΜΔ) is a pre-medical fraternity founded at University of California, Davis in 1994.

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Sigma Sigma Phi

Sigma Sigma Phi (ΣΣΦ or SSP), is the national osteopathic medicine honors fraternity for medical students training to be Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). The National Osteopathic Medicine Honors Fraternity is a group united in the interest of preserving the highest class of medical scholastic excellence and includes community service.

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Stephen J. Kopp

Stephen James Kopp (March 28, 1951 – December 17, 2014) was an American educator.

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Swedish Covenant Hospital

Swedish Covenant Hospital is an independent, nonprofit teaching hospital located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois.

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Terence Coles

Terence DeCarlo Coles (born January 5, 1990), also known as T-Coles and De'Carlo, is a Brazilian-born American songwriter and recording artist who is credited with co-writing a number of successful songs by various artists.

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Veterinary physician

A veterinary physician, usually called a vet, which is shortened from veterinarian (American English) or veterinary surgeon (British English), is a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating diseases, disorders, and injuries in animals.

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Vijay P. Parashar

Vijay P. Parashar, BDS, MDS, DDS, is an oral and maxillofacial radiologist working as faculty at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona.

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Voelker & Dixon

Voelker & Dixon was an architectural firm based in Wichita Falls, Texas which designed numerous county courthouses in Texas and some works elsewhere.

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W. Kenneth Riland

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Midwestern University (Illinois), Midwestern University (graduate school of medicine), Midwestern University-Glendale.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_University

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