Touro University California
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Please draft responses to the questions/prompts below, then save and upload your
responses as a single document for inclusion with your supplemental application.
Responses to the following should be limited to 250 words or less:
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Within the last seven years, do you have any academic or legal records available
under a different name? If yes, please provide any additional names under
which your academic records may be listed.
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Are you a re-applicant who has previously interviewed? If yes, what was the
result of that interview and what changes, if any, have you made which should
affect a different outcome?
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What is the size of your home town or area – 2,500 to 10,000, 10,000 to 50,000,
50,000 to 100,000, 100,000 to 500,000, 500,000 to 1,000,000+), or Other (please
specify)?
*1,000,000+
Do you have any relative who is an Osteopathic Physician? Please list their
name, relationship to you, COM attended, and year of graduation.
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Please list your favorite hobbies and/or non-academic pursuits.
I have focused my non-academic pursuits primarily on helping those who
may not have the necessary means to pursue a higher education or improved
quality of life. During my PhD, I established a charity that would provide noninterest loans and basic day to day necessities such as clean drinking water to
those in rural towns and villages. To carry on this mission, I have remained
active in recruiting members and bringing awareness to the cause. We now have
over 800 active members that volunteer overseas to provide food, water,
household items, and toiletries to underserved areas. One of our areas of focus is
to invest in the local students who have lack of facilities to gain an education –
we do this by providing internet modems at their schools in order to access our
online tutoring, which we provide free of charge. For holidays, we took our
teachers to remote areas to prepare the students for their pre-university exam. I
am proud to say that our first class has started their first year of university. Those
students have now become members of our charity as well, lending a helping
hand through tutoring and other methods to help those that are in they same
position they once were.
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Within the last three years, please provide the name of previous employers, your
occupation(s), and the duration(s) of your employment.
Employer:
McGovern Medical School part of The University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston
Occupation:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery and
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Duration:
October 2017 – Present
Employer:
Rice University, Department of Biosciences
Occupation:
Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biosciences
Duration:
February 2016 – August 2017
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Within the last three years, have you been engaged in any volunteer experiences?
Please include the type of experience, sponsor, duration, and position.
Dr. Kaur Journal Club (January 2019 – Present)
McGovern Medical School
Member, Mentor, Reoccurring Presenter
This journal club was established by Dr. Balveen Kaur , Professor and John P. and
Kathrine G. McGovern Distinguished Chair within the department of
Neurological surgery, Vice Chair Research Vivian L. Smith Department of
Neurosurgery, whom I met after I collaborating with on a research project. She
saw my dedication and enthusiasm towards medicine and invited me to join her
journal club to conduct weekly presentations and discussions on the most up to
date publications in pre-clinical and clinical translational therapeutics for cancer
therapy. Initially, I attended only as a bystander but shortly after became a
frequent volunteer presenter while also mentoring other members on their
presentations and literature analyses.
Tumor Board (October 2017 – January 2019)
Memorial Hermann Hospital, UT Physicians, Houston, TX
Shortly after beginning my post-doctoral training at the University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, I had the opportunity to participate in the
faculty and physician Tumor Board, which met weekly to discuss and evaluate
recent diagnoses, procedures, treatments, and overall patient outcomes within
the departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology at Memorial Hermann
Hospital.
Postdoctoral Association (October 2017 - Present)
McGovern Medical School
Member
Undergraduate Biology Lab TA (January 2019 – May 2019)
Houston Community College
Volunteer teacher’s assistant
I completed all my premedical requisites during my bachelors and masters,
however, I am currently retaking those courses to fulfill the required number of
semester hours in the US to be eligible to apply to osteopathic medical schools.
During my Biology class last semester, I was proficient enough in the material to
voluntarily take on the role of a teachers assistant. After I finished my own lab
experiments, I would stay and assist the students in whatever they may need,
whether it be help on their experiment or homework questions from class.
Hojaji Charity (2005 – Present)
Syed Mohammad Hosseini, Heyat Group
Founder & Co-chair
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Within the last five years, what awards or recognitions (academic or other) have
you received?
-Winner of the Fall 2018 Postdoctoral Travel Award (October 2018)
-Winner & member of the Bright-Spark Scholarship in University of Malaya (Sep
2013 – Jan 2016)
-Member of the Young Researchers Association in Iran (Sep 2010- Jan 2012)
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Why have you chosen to apply to the TUC College of Osteopathic Medicine?
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Why should the Committee accept you into this year’s class?
Responses to the following should be limited to 500 words or less:
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Please describe the personal characteristics you possess and the life experiences
you have had that would contribute to your success at becoming an outstanding
Osteopathic Physician. Please include information that will enable the
Admissions Committee to understand your unique qualities.
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Please describe your exposure to and understanding of Osteopathic Medicine.
Content may include your initial introduction to the profession, its history, use in
medical practice today, or any other aspects that may highlight Osteopathic
Medicine’s uniqueness and synergy with your envisioned future practice of
medicine.