Oregon College of Oriental Medicine

[4][5] The institution announced plans in July 2009, to move from Portland's eastside to a historic building in downtown's Old Town Chinatown district.

They cited declining enrollments and financial challenges, including decreasing property values for their real estate, as the primary reasons for the closure.

OCOM Clinic, at the institution's Old Town Chinatown campus, opened in September 2012 and served downtown residents and workers.

More than 20,000 low-cost acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, tuina, and shiatsu patient treatments were offered annually by the clinics, which also served as teaching facilities for the institution.

[9][10] OCOM research projects have included a collaborative grant with the University of Arizona to study temporomandibular joint disorder.

The building that became OCOM's new location in fall 2012, seen in 2010, before the start of renovation
Building on the Southeast Portland campus