ATSU
began with the founding of the Kirksville College
of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM), located in Kirksville,
Mo., in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O.
The University has a rich history of providing leadership
for comprehensive healthcare education and research
and is consistently ranked in U.S. News and World
Report's "Best Graduate Schools" guide.
In
addition to KCOM, ATSU has added four new schools
in the last decade. The Arizona School of Health
Sciences, founded in 1995, was the first school
to occupy ATSU's second campus in Mesa, Ariz. The
School of Health Management, an exclusively online
school, was founded in 1999 on the Kirksville Campus,
and the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
was added to the Mesa Campus in 2003. In 2006, ATSU
founded the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona,
its second osteopathic medical college, on the Mesa
campus
