DO Osteopathic Medical Schools in Tennessee
3 osteopathic DO programs in our catalogue for Tennessee. Compare MCAT/GPA profiles, AACOMAS strategy, and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) emphasis.
About Tennessee: Pop. ~7.1M; Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville each host academic medical centres. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is internationally regarded; Meharry Medical College serves a historically significant mission in physician training for underserved communities.
In-state context: Vanderbilt School of Medicine is a private school admitting nationally with no in-state preference. University of Tennessee and Meharry have moderate in-state and mission-focused admissions criteria respectively.
Major health systems: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · HCA Healthcare (national HQ, Nashville) · Community Health Systems · Ballad Health · Regional One Health (Memphis)
MD vs DO in Tennessee
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 →
3 DO Programs in Tennessee
- Baptist Health Sciences University COM (DO)
Memphis, TN
Baptist Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine (BHSU COM), established in 2024, is a faith-based private osteopathic medical school in Memphis, Tennessee. Located within the Baptist Health Sciences University system — which includes Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the largest healthcare systems in the Mid-South — BHSU COM trains osteopathic physicians with an emphasis on servant leadership, compassion-driven care, and service to Memphis's historically underserved communities. Memphis has among the highest rates of poverty and health disparities in the nation, and BHSU COM's mission is deeply rooted in this context.
MCAT 503GPA 3.506.0% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LMU-DCOM (DO)
Harrogate, TN
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM), founded in 2007, is located in Harrogate, Tennessee in the heart of the Appalachian Mountain region near Cumberland Gap. LMU-DCOM has a clear and distinctive mission: to train osteopathic physicians for rural Appalachian and underserved communities across the region. The school operates in one of the most medically underserved regions in the United States, providing students with immersive rural health training from Year 1.
MCAT 501GPA 3.546.2% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS - LMU-DCOM Knoxville (DO)
Knoxville, TN
LMU-DCOM Knoxville is a satellite campus of Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The campus extends LMU-DCOM's Appalachian health mission into an urban/suburban Tennessee context, training osteopathic physicians for communities across East Tennessee. Students benefit from Knoxville's larger healthcare infrastructure while maintaining LMU-DCOM's commitment to primary care and underserved populations.
MCAT 504GPA 3.536.2% acceptanceDO · AACOMAS
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