Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation Self-Study
The AOA Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the accreditor of colleges of osteopathic medicine. COCA accreditation signifies that a college has met or exceeded the Commission's standards for educational quality.
The Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine is fully-accredited by the COCA and by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). The latest comprehensive site visit occurred in September 2021, which resulted in Rowan-Virtua SOM being granted "Accreditation with Exceptional Outcome" through 2031-2032. The Sewell campus was reviewed in June 2021 and approved in August 2021.
142 E. Ontario St.
Chicago, IL 60611-2864
COCA Complaints
The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) requires that all COMs establish a complaint review procedure to protect the integrity and the maintenance of accreditation standards and procedures as they relate to approved colleges of osteopathic medicine (COM) having recognition from the COCA.
COCA Self-Study Steering Committee
Richard Jermyn, DO, Chair
Pamela Basehore, EdD
Millicent Channell, DO
Danielle Cooley, DO
Joshua Coren, DO
Jennifer Fischer, PhD
Daniel Hurst, PhD
Jacqueline Giacobbe, MS, MA
Carla Granger, MBA
Carl Hock, PhD
Anne Jones, DO
Joanne Kaiser-Smith, DO/Charles Tucker, MA
Paola Leone, PhD
Michael Reiker
Paula Watkins, MAS
Standards Committees
Paola Leone, PhD
Regina Murphy
Rachel Silliman Cohen, MD
Joshua Coren, DO
Marc Fleischner
Nils Brollis, DO
Lt. Philip Powers
Nichelle Peaks
Kevin Block, MLS, MEd
Karen Baines
Louis Evangelista, MBA
OMS1 Student Tech Rep- Esha Sharma
OMS1 (PBL) - Mikayla Brackett
Claire Stephens, DO
Andrea Iannuzzelli, DO
Deanna Janora, MD
Naima Hall, PhD
Paula Watkins, MAS
Sarah Helwig
OMS1 - Nabeeha Soherwardy, VP SGA
OMS2 - Jyothi Maruthanal, Pres. SGA
OMS3 - Najira Agmed, Sec. SGA
Danielle Cooley, DO
Deanna Janora, MD
Nicole Streeks-Wooden, MD
Shiyuan Wang, PhD
Michele Tartaglia, DO
Courtney Pitt, MA
Dawn Shell, PhD
Deborah Podolin, PhD
OMS2 (PBL) - Christian Pecoraro
OMS2 - Toby Ippolito
OMS3 - Liam Courtney
Jennifer Deal
Jacqueline Giacobbe, MS, MA
Ronald Ellis, PhD
Paola Leone, PhD
Rosalyn Vinson
Keli-Yvette Workman
Dianne Lanford, PhD
Kenneth Stagliano, PhD
Venkat Venkataraman, PhD
Lisa Price, MSLIS
Daniel Hurst, PhD
Diana Addesa
Nimish Acharya, PhD
Paula Watkins, MAS
Dyron Corley, EdD
Christine Willse, MBA
Dean Micciche, MA
Todd Schachter, DO
Stacey-Lynn Mulligan, MA
Paul Furtaw, PhD
Alexis Scott, MA
OMS2 - Lothar Vidal
OMS3 - Krisha Patel
OMS4 - Irenonsen Eigbe
Allison Mancuso, DO
Dyron Corley, EdD
Nicholas LaTorre, MA
Megan Campbell, MA
Alex King, DO
Ian Maitin, MD
Jennifer Sepede, DO
OMS4 - Austin Parry/Srujan Dadi
Shiyuan Wang, PhD
Christopher Hamer
Christine WIllse, MBA
Jeff Powers, PhD
Nicole Streeks-Wooden, MD
Bridget Temme-Soifer, MS
Dawn Shell, PhD
Summary of Programmatic Level Objectives
Detailed information about the Rowan-Virtua SOM Tensegrity Curriculum is available in the "Programmatic Level Objectives and Course Descriptions for the Tensegrity Curriculum."
Feedback regarding any information on this site is welcome. For further information contact:
Jacqueline Giacobbe, MS.Ed, MA
giacobja@rowan.edu
Phone: 856-566-6980
Fax: 856-566-6341