DO Osteopathic Medical Schools in New York
5 osteopathic DO programs in our catalogue for New York. Compare MCAT/GPA profiles, AACOMAS strategy, and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) emphasis.
About New York: Pop. ~19.7M; New York City metro (~20M) is one of the world's largest medical training hubs. Hosts 16 LCME-accredited medical schools including NYU Grossman, Columbia VP&S, Weill Cornell, and Icahn at Mount Sinai.
In-state context: Private schools (Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Icahn) admit nationally with no in-state preference. SUNY schools (Stony Brook, Upstate, Downstate, Buffalo) strongly favour New York State residents, typically allocating 80–95% of seats to in-state applicants.
Major health systems: NYC Health + Hospitals · NewYork-Presbyterian · Northwell Health · NYU Langone Health · Mount Sinai Health System · Montefiore Health System
MD vs DO in New York
DO graduates are fully licensed physicians in the US and have competed in the same NRMP residency match as MD graduates since the 2020 merger. DO programs use AACOMAS for the primary application (not AMCAS). Many applicants apply to both MD and DO programs in the same cycle. Learn more about MD vs DO →
5 DO Programs in New York
- NYITCOM (DO)
Old Westbury, NY
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), established in 1977, is located on Long Island (Old Westbury) and also has an Arkansas campus. NYITCOM is one of the most applied-to DO schools in the country, benefiting from its New York area location and strong community health focus. The school trains physicians in the osteopathic tradition with clinical rotations across New York metropolitan area hospitals.
MCAT 505GPA 3.554.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
New York, NY
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM), with its flagship campus in Harlem, New York City, is one of the few DO schools in New York City. Founded in 2007, TouroCOM has a strong urban health mission, serving underrepresented minorities in medicine and addressing healthcare disparities in New York's most underserved communities. The school also has campuses in Middletown, NY and Great Falls, MT. Its Harlem location makes it unique among US osteopathic schools.
MCAT 505GPA 3.585.5% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - D’Youville University COM (DO)
Buffalo, NY
D’Youville University College of Osteopathic Medicine, which enrolls its inaugural class in fall 2026, is one of the newest osteopathic medical schools in the United States, located at D’Youville University in Buffalo, New York. D’Youville is a Catholic-affiliated institution with a long history of health sciences education in Western New York. The COM was established to address Buffalo’s significant healthcare workforce needs — Western New York has a large underserved urban population and aging rural communities in surrounding counties, with insufficient physician supply.
MCAT 503GPA 3.507.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LECOM Elmira (DO)
Elmira, NY
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Elmira is a LECOM campus located in Elmira, New York, in the rural Southern Tier region of upstate New York. Opened in 2020, the campus partners with Arnot Health, the dominant health system in the Chemung County area. The Southern Tier is one of the most underserved rural regions in New York State, and LECOM Elmira was established specifically to address the region's chronic physician shortage. The campus brings LECOM's multi-track curriculum model to Upstate New York.
MCAT 503GPA 3.507.5% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - TouroCOM New York (DO)
New York, NY
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine New York (TouroCOM NY) is an urban osteopathic medical school affiliated with Touro University, a Jewish-sponsored institution with a mission of serving underserved communities. TouroCOM NY operates two New York campuses: the primary Harlem campus in upper Manhattan and a second campus in Middletown in the Hudson Valley. Founded in 2007, TouroCOM has built a strong identity around urban community health, diversity, and training physicians for New York's most underserved neighbourhoods.
MCAT 505GPA 3.564.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS
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