About Us

Osteopathic physicians (DO) are licensed to practice medicine in all fifty states of the United States with all the privileges and responsibilities of allopathic doctors (MD). More than eight hundred osteopathic physicians currently practice medicine in North Carolina.  Colleges of osteopathic medicine are located in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia and at the following national universities: Michigan State University, University of Ohio and Oklahoma State University.  Currently 80 North Carolina residents are enrolled in various osteopathic medical schools located throughout the United States.

In August 2010, the Campbell University Board of Trustees approved funding for a feasibility study for the establishment of the first School of Osteopathic Medicine in North Carolina.  In January 2011, the University employed a dean, Dr. John Kauffman, to lead the accreditation progress. Additional administrative and academic support staff members have also been hired. In the fall of 2011, Campbell University received pre-accreditation status for the medical school, with hopes of recruiting students for the fall of 2013.

Campbell University began addressing health care issues in 1985 with the establishment of the nationally acclaimed School of Pharmacy, which was the first new pharmacy school founded in the United States in more than 35 years. In addition to offering the Doctor of Pharmacy program, the school offers undergraduate and graduate programs in Clinical Research and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In 2009, the name was formally changed from the School of Pharmacy to the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences to provide additional health science programs, including the newly established Physician Assistant program (2011), a Master of Public Health degree (2012) and a proposed Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (anticipated to begin 2014).