Touro University is indeed a gem to behold! Ten years ago when I was a wee lass, I visited Touro University when I was in the National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) on Medicine and now it comes to a full circle! After doing my research as a diligent pre-med, Touro has an osteopathic medical school with other graduate programs as well. Interested in their school, my friend and I scheduled a shadowing opportunity with their outreach admin/faculty. One of the shadowing opportunities they offer is for the OMM Lab (osteopathic manipulative medicine) where one can sit in their medical school class alongside their real medical students and learn! I shadowed one of their cranial OMM labs, and it was fascinating especially since I was into neurobio/psych. Their professor was very thorough in explaining the various ways on how to locate cranial anatomy and how to connect with the patient. Each student rotated and had a chance to practice OMM and experience it as well. From the time of initial contact to the end of my shadowing, Touro faculty and students were very accommodating and positively receptive. Big shoutouts to my medical student mentors, Jessie and Yvonne, who showed me the ropes and Jessie even performed OMM on me! Great time with wonderful people! read more

I woukd give zero stars. Hounded to enroll and when I chose not to admit, was given no help and information on how to be unenrolled. miscommunication cost me the price of a full term . I never sent transcripts, thought I was not enrolled after speaking to admissions on phone telling them, I am not going to enroll. This was a very pricey misunderstanding and lack of Communication especially regarding how to unenroll. Nightmare. read more

Touro is good. Excellent professors. They have a strong presence in the community. The professors are helpful and patient.

My dream school Their tours are absolutely amazing!!! read more

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This school gave me a great education and a great future, dedicated stuff and teachers what else could one wish for. Thank you! read more

I am usually the type of guy who doesn't write reviews on yelp but since my experience with the admission personnel was so bad, I feel obligated to write one. Two days ago, I called Touro University about transferring my courses from Straighterline to Touro University. and I encountered an extremely rude and ill-tempered counselor. Every time I asked her if my courses can meet the prerequisites for the Tauro University and she simply said "No it doesn't. I know because I've been working 5 years as a counselor and I know the PA program very well." But when I asked her if my pharmacology class met the biology course prereqs, she didn't know that there was even biology prereqs for the PA program. To save herself from embarrassment, she responded by saying "what?! I'm confused about what your saying. I don't know what you're talking about." Then she tried blaming me for making her confused. So if you are the same counselor who spoke with me and you're reading this comment, I want to let you know that you suck at your job. I highly recommend you to go into the telecommuting or a pyramid scheme profession because they need more rude, angry, and prideful people like you. Lastly, for you prospective students, it's better to do your own research than to ask some of these counselors for advice. It's a joke fest in that department. read more

I had a very bad experience with this school. I strongly advise anyone reading this to seek another institution. If nothing else, look at the attrition rates. The absolute worst academic experience I have ever had. I'm not prone to exaggeration, I know how this sounds but, the faculty just seemed jaded, harsh, and wicked to me. I felt like they selected some in the group as worthy and some that they decided would fail and thus they ignored them. I dropped out after the first year. I was recently married and my wife took ill and it was a perfect storm of outside circumstances making it difficult for me to keep up good academics. I reached out to faculty for help and was not given any tools to help. I was even denied the opportunity to go into a "hold" status while personal life issues got sorted out. I got my undergraduate degree at UCLA so I was no stranger to working hard but nearly every time I spoke with someone it was met with incredulity, as if I were lying or not willing to do the work. I spoke with one professor about concerns I had with my academics, and his response was, and I quote: "You're F---ed." This inhuman attitude towards a struggling student was extremely disheartening. As another example, I was meeting with the Pharmacology professor in a meeting to discuss why I got a "C" in one of the exams and I saw her writing things which I was saying to her but not my questions, she was cherry picking my words to paint me in the worst light possible. She then, without asking how she could help me to do better, wanted me to sign the paperwork and then leave. The purpose of the meeting was obviously not for my benefit, to help me with my academics, but to build a case for putting me on academic probation. I urge you to follow your noble calling but just don't do it at Touro. read more

For such a high tuition cost, they could barely get a working wireless connection in some classrooms on campus. The facilities are way below average and the school is understaffed when it comes to the clinical education department ( the one that deals with rotations) which is perhaps the most important thing. read more

The program you are in truly dictates the quality of education you will receive at Touro. I would not go here for an MPH with what I know now. Professors skip courses, show up, review sessions are cancelled, grades are not received for months, financial aid checks come 6 weeks late and they have no direct deposit system... The list goes on and on. There are also a handful of competent professors. The majority are adjuncts and could care less about helping students. I stopped showing up the last month and still got all A's. If your looking for a lesson in corruption, disorganization and big business values this is the perfect school to attend. read more

I was in the second graduating class of TUCOM, and I have nothing but good things to say about the school and faculty. They offered me with an excellent education, and I had the opportunity to attend my residency of choice, which happen to be in a very competitive field. I also attended my fellowship of choice and ended up working for the last 10 years as a in one of the more competitive cities for, my specialty, in the country. Touro gave me opportunities at a young age and now I find myself surrounded by peers who attended schools like Harvard, and Stanford or attended UCSF for residency. They gave me the skills I needed to be successful in life. read more

Campus located on an island and by the coast guards station... First drove into the campus, saw a lot of abandoned buildings... Came here for an interview.... friendly staff... campus is a bit small but as long as you get your education done and have good professors, the appearance of the campus shouldn't matter too much.. However, I do think that the library is rather small for a graduate school campus.. it's only one story and it's actually smaller than an standard city library...You can probably only fit 200 students? I guess at least since it's in the middle of no where, you can actually focus on your studies instead of doing anything else. read more

Friendly students and with my experience at a symposium I was generally impressed. However the campus itself isn't the most inviting place but maybe I just need to visit a few more times. read more

My opinion. If you want to learn, this will be a good place to be but be prepared. Tuition is high (20K-60K) but not that bad compared to similar private schools in the North Bay. Many outstanding faculty and staffs. Find professors with many happy students. They are real professors who like education and outreach. Most students are friendly and nice. Student-run clinic, internship and many others clinics give you valuable experiences. They have reputable faculties recognized by national professional associations. Department, IT, HR and facilities need work. They are in the way. Leadership requires self-reflection and self-assurance. Leadership is to lead others but not to dictate others. Admin is very poor. The WARM project does not warm up and gives you chills by saying you are at the bottom. New curriculum is not working at COM (Walter Hartwig) and others messing it up. Those triples workload for nothing. Promotion committees share members who notoriously fail many students and kick them out (Gayer, Gochin, Mahmoud). Just covering the topics is not teaching but increases teaching time for job security and favouritism. It gets very frustrating with one-hour self-study to take nearly 20 hours to complete. They created new duplicated lectures and kicked out existing outstanding lectures. They called it disorganized, but it is them who are disorganized. Those are poor management and service. The medical association commits fairness and respect and prohibits humiliation in medicine. Students named one or two, but admin would not listen. Department chair and others are discriminative and should not make inappropriate comments on race and gender, culture, health... Before asking professionalism to students and faculty, professionalism should be monitored for admin. Some just stay for a long time in committees or as department chair. It is creating an unpleasant culture like a silo and becoming untouchable. Communication is within the "club" with shared interests. Academics are a disaster. Department leadership keep messing up and lacks transparency and dysfunctional. A chair nearly always misses deadlines, forgetting paperwork, otherwise dictating. students sent complaints. faculty sent complaints. Admin "forgets" your name from the loop. He then points the finger at you. It is hurtful and exhausting for extra work and troubleshooting. Comments come with "you are bad" and you are not at fault. Communication is biased, very discriminative (Eiman Mahmoud) and opinionated. The chair is overdue and must step down for the healthy turnover. Neoptism is common. Issues get fightbacks and you will be told you have communication issues. Faculty and staffs are protecting and fighting for students, so you may not feel so bad. They are burning out and leaving. read more

I would not recommend my worst enemy to come to this school. Touro CA loses rotation paperwork regularly so be prepared to lose your rotation sites. The Anatomy lab manager (Dr. Bruce Silverman) stares at the female student's chests when they speak to him or are nearby, so be ready to objectified when you are paying to actually be in a professional learning environment. The Anatomy professor (Dr. David J. Elliott) continually says unprofessional statements as well as stories and inappropriately touches students in front of the class. The Immunology professor (Dr. Evan Hermel) commonly says racist and sexist comments to students as well as colleagues, who will then attempt to justify this by his son's adoption story. The Neuroscience professor (Dr. Barbara Puder) only favors white males in her course, if you are a minority and a woman, then good luck. Dr. Barbara Puder also has mood swings which will impact the grading scheme and your overall course grade. They do not comply with California law regulations, therefore if you are owed funds from financial aid they will alter the dates in the system, so that they keep the funds. Lastly, Touro CA does not value honesty nor speaking up for yourself, they want conformity, not individuality. If you are wiling to give up your morals, ethics and who are, to get to where you want to be professionally, then this is the place for you. read more

Wow I went with my sister to orientation, we were truly impressed by the professors who spoke and the total program for the pharmacy school. The campus is amazing, it's located at Mare Island which is an historic landmark, pre-dating the Civil War. The university is located in what I believe are WWII admin buildings for the Navy, amazing! Lots of places to walk and ride your bike, if you get lucky you can rent a house on the Island and ride your bike or walk to school, located right on the water, very nice weather all year long I am told... read more

I graduated from the Touro DO/MPH dual-degree program with over $424,000 in student loan debt (completed in four years, no extra semesters). This is one of the most expensive medical schools in the country in one of the most expensive areas to live in the country. So if you're not independently wealthy, you will likely need to take out the maximum loans in order to live, hence my debt burden. On top of that, the school is not associated with a hospital, so many DO students have to travel all over California for 3rd and 4th year rotations, with the additional cost and life disruption that entails. That being said, the faculty are mostly quite good (though I don't have a point of comparison), and everyone in my class matched to residency, which not every school can claim. There are very few campus amenities, minimal student health support, and the administrative side of things is notoriously bad ("I got Touro'd" was a common refrain among classmates). As a family medicine doctor (which a large portion of Touro students become, which I think is awesome but may also reflect less competitive candidates for specialty residencies...not sure), I will essentially be paying down my student debt from Touro for the rest of my life unless, by some miracle, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program doesn't get cancelled or drastically reduced by the trash in Washington (it will). I encourage readers not to discount the burden of student debt and to consider the actual costs of which school you attend. read more

In my opinion this institution needs to be revamped from top to bottom. I went here for four years and found that the administration was mischievous, um-empathetic towards students, discriminatory, and lacked the foresight to make this school better. Student complaints, needs, and requests fall on deaf ears most of the time. The courses and education in general with the exception of a couple professors was sub-par. The only way I was able to get through this system was to teach myself the material and seek out help from friends at other medical schools. I basically paid $38,000 per year to teach myself. The facilities are improving but the overview of the campus is completely industrial. In other words, depressing. The library is a joke, but the anatomy lab and the new pharmacy class rooms are pretty high tech. Student services are hugely lacking. Student support is nonexistent especially if your a minority student. The administration and most of the professors are minority unfriendly (if your brown you'll get a frown). The Republican persona of most of the staff and faculty is disconcerting especially if your from the bay area. Of course don't take my word for it. If you do your research, you'll find out that the staff and faculty turn over every two years is huge. This is an indication that the administration is non-supportive and difficult to work with. They don't pay the faculty and staff much. Which translates into hiring professors that can't find jobs any where else for some strange reason or great professors that take a pay cut. They obviously keep lousy professors that will take whatever pay they can get. Recently, I found out that the clinical education dean which had only been there for a year just resigned. Third year is set up for you but you have to set up your own rotations for fourth year which really is a drag especially knowing that other medical schools have that all set up for their students. Last but not least, the financial aid office should be called the financial NO AID office. Simple things at this school like receiving financial aid, receiving extra help is hard to come by. The students who come here are a mix bag. Mostly cut throat and superficial. Backstabbing is commonplace among the students. In retrospect I'm glad I decided to become a physician. I just wish I attended a medical school that was much more established and had better student services. This place didn't even have a cafeteria or provided student insurance until recently. In fact campus WIFI only started up two years ago. If you are thinking of coming here make this the absolute last choice on your list. On a final note, do not fall for the pleasantries of student guides and admission officers when interviewing or visiting the school. It's a trap. It's reminiscent of an army recruiter tempting you to join with all the trimmings of government benefits, but once they got you it's almost an irreversible process to get out.. In a nutshell, improve your MCAT scores and sacrifice another year to do that in order to get into a better school. It will pay off in the long run. I learned that the hard way from 4 years of self-teaching and unnecessary pain inflicted by a poorly run institution. read more

I have to agree with the other guy's assessment about touro. His review interestingly brought to light many of the issues I also went through while I was an osteopathic medical student at Touro. You need to click below on the filtered messages to view his review. The school was truly horribly run, and I felt the environment there was totally hostile between students and administration. I agree with the other guy that student services was lacking. I'm not sure about the other guy's claims that faculty was discriminatory towards certain students, but I encountered first hand how crappy the faculty can be towards students. I to regret coming to this school. I feel bad for bad mouthing my medical school alma mater, but it seemed like every little thing that proved to be critical in a good medical school education was lacking at Touro. Professors were usually helpful, but there seemed to be a disconnect between what they needed to teach to prepare students for boards and what they were actually teaching. Like the other guy, I also had problems with the financial aid office. Paperwork was slow to be processed and this led to numerous occasions when I had to wait for financial aid checks while I was literally broke out of my mind and living on ramen for weeks on end. I'm not sure if I can say that the tuition I paid was worth the education provided at this school, but I can say that it definitely wasn't going to campus beautification. The school campus is not that great to look at. Looking back I would have chosen to go to one of the other more established osteopathic medical schools such as Michigan State. I feel Touro was a 3rd tier school overall. Especially when you consider how much changes faculty and staff goes through each year. I think in my four years there, the Dean changed two or three times. Newly hired faculty would stay for a year or two then leave. I can't say why that is but many in our class speculated that the straight laced, inflexible, and stubborn administration was to blame for this. If your thinking of coming here please highly consider other schools first. read more

I have to agree with Nhan's assessment about touro. Nhan's review was filtered, but interestingly brought to light many of the issues I also went through while I was an osteopathic medical student at Touro. You need to click below on the filtered messages to view his review. The school was truly horribly run, and I felt the environment there was totally hostile between students and administration. I agree with Nhan that student services was lacking. I'm not sure about Nhan's claims that faculty was discriminatory towards certain students, but I encountered first hand how crappy the faculty can be towards students. I to regret coming to this school. I feel bad for bad mouthing my medical school alma mater, but it seemed like every little thing that proved to be critical in a good medical school education was lacking at Touro. Professors were usually helpful, but there seemed to be a disconnect between what they needed to teach to prepare students for boards and what they were actually teaching. Like Nhan, I also had problems with the financial aid office. Paperwork was slow to be processed and this led to numerous occasions when I had to wait for financial aid checks while I was literally broke out of my mind and living on ramen for weeks on end. I'm not sure if I can say that the tuition I paid was worth the education provided at this school, but I can say that it definitely wasn't going to campus beautification. The school campus is not that great to look at. Looking back I would have chosen to go to one of the other more established osteopathic medical schools such as Michigan State. I feel Touro was a 3rd tier school overall. Especially when you consider how much changes faculty and staff goes through each year. I think in my four years there, the Dean changed two or three times. Newly hired faculty would stay for a year or two then leave. I can't say why that is but many in our class speculated that the straight laced, inflexible, and stubborn administration was to blame for this. If your thinking of coming here please highly consider other schools first. read more