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WesternU pioneer Dilworth dies Association, Drs. Allen and Dilworth met Dr. Pumerantz at a
Donald R. Dilworth, DO, who dedicated his life to mission hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
work and was one of the earliest supporters of Western
University of Health Sciences, died in early January. “He and Ethan Allen came out to offer me a contract, and
he encouraged me to accept it and start COMP,” Pumerantz
He served as a medical missionary for 15 years in Ecuador, said. “In order to win me over, they bought me a very
then practiced for bright-colored tie. … I’ve worn this tie at every one of our
many years in commencements since 1982.
Escondido,
California. “Don Dilworth was a visionary, a caring and compassionate
doctor, and provided a wonderful role model for me to
Along with fellow understand what osteopathic medicine is all about,”
WesternU pioneer Pumerantz said.
Ethan Allen, DO,
Dilworth traveled State funds will help
to Chicago to vulnerable populations
recruit Dr. Philip Western University of Health Sciences’ colleges of Graduate
Pumerantz to Nursing and Allied Health Professions received state funding
move to for the second consecutive year to serve vulnerable and
California and underserved populations.
become the
founding The College of Graduate Nursing (CGN) will receive
president of the $288,625 from the 2015-16 California Office of Statewide
College of Health Planning & Development Song-Brown program. The
Osteopathic funds are designated for three purposes: clinical rotation
Medicine of the Donald R. Dilworth, DO grants for incoming fall 2015 Family Nurse Practitioner
Pacific (COMP) in (FNP) students; a community outreach and liaison faculty
1977. Dilworth served from 1977 to 1985 as one of the for FNP Clinical rotations in areas of unmet health care
founding members of the Board of Directors of COMP, needs; and improved technology for the development of a
which became Western University of Health Sciences in distance interprofessional learning community program for
1996. FNP students.
CGN received $181,976 from the Song-Brown program last
Dilworth was certified by the American College of General
Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery and was year, which was used to hire Amanda Imai, FNP-BC, MSN,
a member of the California Board of Osteopathic Examiners. as an outreach/community liaison coordinator. Imai is
He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the establishing relationships with programs in underserved
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, serving areas in the Central Valley, Santa Ana and Los Angeles. In
as president from 1976 to 1977. the first half of this funding cycle, CGN has brought in 16
new clinics for students to rotate through, said Diana
Dilworth and other leaders of osteopathic medicine began Lithgow, PhD, FNP, RN-BC, CGN Director of FNP Program
laying the groundwork for opening a college of osteopathic and Assistant Dean of Distance Operations.
medicine in the Western states in the 1970s. Based on a
recommendation from the American Osteopathic
34 Western University of Health Sciences
Donald R. Dilworth, DO, who dedicated his life to mission hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
work and was one of the earliest supporters of Western
University of Health Sciences, died in early January. “He and Ethan Allen came out to offer me a contract, and
he encouraged me to accept it and start COMP,” Pumerantz
He served as a medical missionary for 15 years in Ecuador, said. “In order to win me over, they bought me a very
then practiced for bright-colored tie. … I’ve worn this tie at every one of our
many years in commencements since 1982.
Escondido,
California. “Don Dilworth was a visionary, a caring and compassionate
doctor, and provided a wonderful role model for me to
Along with fellow understand what osteopathic medicine is all about,”
WesternU pioneer Pumerantz said.
Ethan Allen, DO,
Dilworth traveled State funds will help
to Chicago to vulnerable populations
recruit Dr. Philip Western University of Health Sciences’ colleges of Graduate
Pumerantz to Nursing and Allied Health Professions received state funding
move to for the second consecutive year to serve vulnerable and
California and underserved populations.
become the
founding The College of Graduate Nursing (CGN) will receive
president of the $288,625 from the 2015-16 California Office of Statewide
College of Health Planning & Development Song-Brown program. The
Osteopathic funds are designated for three purposes: clinical rotation
Medicine of the Donald R. Dilworth, DO grants for incoming fall 2015 Family Nurse Practitioner
Pacific (COMP) in (FNP) students; a community outreach and liaison faculty
1977. Dilworth served from 1977 to 1985 as one of the for FNP Clinical rotations in areas of unmet health care
founding members of the Board of Directors of COMP, needs; and improved technology for the development of a
which became Western University of Health Sciences in distance interprofessional learning community program for
1996. FNP students.
CGN received $181,976 from the Song-Brown program last
Dilworth was certified by the American College of General
Practitioners in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery and was year, which was used to hire Amanda Imai, FNP-BC, MSN,
a member of the California Board of Osteopathic Examiners. as an outreach/community liaison coordinator. Imai is
He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the establishing relationships with programs in underserved
Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California, serving areas in the Central Valley, Santa Ana and Los Angeles. In
as president from 1976 to 1977. the first half of this funding cycle, CGN has brought in 16
new clinics for students to rotate through, said Diana
Dilworth and other leaders of osteopathic medicine began Lithgow, PhD, FNP, RN-BC, CGN Director of FNP Program
laying the groundwork for opening a college of osteopathic and Assistant Dean of Distance Operations.
medicine in the Western states in the 1970s. Based on a
recommendation from the American Osteopathic
34 Western University of Health Sciences
