[4] In 2011, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific opened a branch campus in Lebanon, Oregon called COMP-Northwest.

[7] After acquiring a facility in Pomona and recruiting Philip Pumerantz from Chicago to serve as president, the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific was founded in 1977.

[12] The Health Education Center is a 180,000 square-foot teaching and research facility, and serves as the primary building on campus for COMP.

physicians receive additional training in the musculoskeletal system,[17] and learn osteopathic manipulative medicine.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine describes the training of osteopathic physicians as "virtually indistinguishable" from that of M.D.

The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific publishes research on several subjects in the basic and clinical sciences.

Research topics include the following: tuberculosis,[citation needed] Alzheimer's disease,[19][20] skin cancer,[21] Angelman Syndrome,[22] endangered species,[23] and anatomy.

[29] In 2014, the U.S. News & World Report ranked COMP (WesternU) as 17th amongst all US medical schools for producing primary care residents.

The Summer Medical Sciences Preparatory Program is an optional course for students interested in an introduction to gross anatomy, biochemistry, and osteopathic manipulative medicine.

[32] While a debate exists on the effectiveness of interprofessional education in encouraging collaborative practice, IPE is becoming a more common component of medical school curriculum in the United States, and many groups, including the World Health Organization, view it as a means of reducing medical errors and improving the health care system.

The majority of third year core rotation sites are located in Southern California, including:[34][35] WesternU has a Patient Care Center (PCC) that offer medical care, podiatric, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometric services in Pomona, on the main campus.

Students at COMP may choose to complete a master's degree in addition to their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

[42] In 2011, a satellite campus of COMP opened in Lebanon, Oregon; it is known as the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Northwest (COMP-Northwest).

Currently, only the medical program is offered at the Lebanon campus, although the university plans to eventually open additional colleges.

[45] John Kitzhaber, MD the former governor of Oregon and an emergency physician, delivered the keynote speech at the Convocation Ceremony for COMP-Northwest.