Osteopathic Heritage Foundations: Supporting Central and Southeastern Ohio

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Welcome to The Osteopathic Heritage Foundations
The Osteopathic Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce the largest private award ever given to a college or university in Ohio to be used to address some of the most pressing health care issues across the state and the nation – the impending shortage of primary care physicians and the diabetes epidemic. The award of $105 million was jointly announced by the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation and Ohio University on Saturday, April 30, 2011 during the annual Ohio Osteopathic Symposium. In recognition of this award, the College of Medicine will bear a new name – Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Osteopathic Heritage Foundation and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation of Nelsonville (the Foundations) support community health and quality of life programs in central and southeastern Ohio as well as advance, on a local and national scope, osteopathic medical care, medical research and osteopathic medical education. Since 1999, with this funding award, the Foundations have approved over $217 million in awards designed to improve the health and quality of life for vulnerable populations and advance osteopathic medical care.