Built on 118-years of educational excellence, GA-PCOM, located just north of Atlanta, is a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
A growing need for primary care physicians and other clinicians in the Southeast prompted Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, an institution with a 118-year tradition of training osteopathic physicians and other health practitioners, to establish a state-of-the-art branch campus in Suwanee, Georgia, in 2005. Today, Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine thrives in Gwinnett County, located just 27 miles north of Atlanta.
The 23-acre campus includes the 172,000-square-foot Old Peachtree building which features an award-winning library, large and small classrooms, conference areas and study spaces. This building also houses research and multi-use basic science laboratories, an anatomy laboratory, the Simulation Center, three pharmacy practice labs and a large osteopathic manipulative medicine practice suite.
A second campus building, the 21,000-square-foot Northlake building, houses offices for administrative personnel, admissions, marketing and communications, human resources and alumni relations.
The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment.
GA-PCOM offers the following degrees: doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO), doctor of pharmacy (PharmD), a master of science in biomedical sciences (MS), and a master of science in physician assistant studies.
The College is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The College is authorized by the Georgia Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission.
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. The Physician Assistant program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
GA-PCOM enrolled its first class in 2005 in response to the acute need for more healthcare providers to serve the growing population of Georgia and the surrounding states. The College especially encourages graduates to serve where the need is greatest – inner cities and rural areas with severe physician shortages.
Medical education
Pharmacy education
Biomedical Sciences education
Physician Assistant Studies education
