PURSUiNG MEdicAl cAREERS AFtER SERviNG thEiR cOUNtRy

TopDocTorsTThe College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacifichas produced three of the top doctors in SouthernCalifornia, according to a recent publication.Castle Connolly Top Doctors: Southern California,published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., drawsfrom hundreds of thousands of physicians whowere asked to nominate those theybelieve to be amongthe very best in theircommunities across thenation.Surveys are conducted bymail, online and viathousands of phone callsto identify excellentdoctors and reinforce thesurvey responses, accordingto the magazine. Physiciansdo not and cannot pay to beon the list.Cat Dang, DO ’04, is listed inthe Psychiatry category. Sheowns a private practice,Insightful Minds Inc., in OrangeCounty. Two classmates from the inaugural COMPClass of 1982 were named in the Family Medicinecategory: Richard Bond, DO, DrPH, FAAFP, andThomas Horowitz, DO.Bond, who is vice chairman of the WesternUniversity of Health Sciences Board of Trustees, ispart of a six-physician team at Pavilion FamilyPhysicians in Orange, Calif. The “Top Doctors”honor was unexpected but appreciated, he said.“I’m really very honored that I wasrecognized for providing progressive,state-of-the-art health care,” Bondsaid.Western University of HealthSciences Founding PresidentPhilip Pumerantz, PhD, made anexcellent choice in selecting thefirst COMP class, findingstudents who were motivated todo the best they could for theirpatents, Bond said.“COMP works at providingphysicians who reach thewhole patient,” he said.“That’s where primary carereally shines, taking care of the wholepatient.”COMP continues to train highly-skilled primarycare physicians. Nearly 70 percent of the COMPClass of 2012 matched into primary care residencyspecialties.36 Western University of Health Sciences