Office of the President
Jay S. Feldstein, DO '81

• For the past three years (2015-2017), PCOM has been the recipient of the prestigious Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine.
• In 2016, the College launched PCOM Science and Math Summer Academy/Opportunities Academy (Pennsylvania and Georgia) designed to give Hispanic high school students an opportunity to augment and accelerate their STEM+M skills.
• In September 2014, Dr. Feldstein received the CEO Leadership Award presented by the Pennsylvania Diversity Council.

• From 2016-2017, the College received nearly $1 million in research awards for more than 30 projects.
• Thirty-four faculty members were supported by, and nearly 100 students were mentored by, the Division of Research.

• The College saw a 29 percent increase in giving (2017) over the previous fiscal year (2016), for a total of more than $4 million in commitments.
• There was 100 percent giving by trustees and executive leadership.
• There was a 50 percent increase in grant proposal success.

In 2016, PCOM launched a unique venture focused on investing in healthcare-related products and services focused on primary care—the PCOM Primary Care Innovation Fund. Structured as a traditional venture capital fund to ultimately help grow the endowment of PCOM, the $5 million fund is focused on making investments in the range of $250,000 to $500,000.

• In December 2017, PCOM received initial approval from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation to establish an additional location—PCOM South Georgia—in Moultrie, Colquitt County. Plans call for the building of a 75,000-square-foot campus which will house the additional location’s inaugural class of 55 DO students. This news was lauded “Story of the Year” according to the Moultrie Observer.
• The College continued physical expansion of both campuses, including an $8 million investment at GA-PCOM for a new building to include research and physical therapy education spaces.
• During the summer of 2016, the College invested more than $3 million into renovating GA-PCOM's Simulation Center to accommodate the campus' increase in student enrollment.
• Four research labs were renovated in Philadelphia.

• New programs in aging and long-term care administration (MS, certificate offerings) and public health management and administration (MS, certificate offerings) were initiated. For DO alumni, an executive MBA in healthcare, offered through a partnership with St. Joseph's University, was made available.
• At GA-PCOM, a physician assistant program launched in 2016. A physical therapy degree program is under development.
• The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) continued the PCOM School of Pharmacy's Doctor of Pharmacy program accreditation until 2020.

In November 2015, PCOM began work to create and launch an integrated marketing and communications branding initiative to increase the College’s overall awareness and enrollment. Produced by the Office of Marketing and Communications in conjunction with 160over90 and Seer Interactive, the campaign (2016-2017) resulted in a 333 percent increase in search engine marketing campaign conversions; a nearly 40 percent increase in admissions inquiries; some 2.7 million website unique pageviews; and more than 16.4 million social media impressions.