The Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine main campus sits along West Grandview Boulevard in Erie, PA. Grandview Boulevard is appropriately named because, from the LECOM campus, you can see the entire city of Erie; and looking beyond Presque Isle State Park, you can see across Lake Erie into southern Ontario, Canada.

This teaching and learning center has grown to provide space for the increasing class size of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Pharmacy.

A three-story atrium off West Grandview Boulevard invites visitors into the greeting area. This entranceway leads to the campus bookstore, which serves LECOM students and the Erie medical community. The Learning Resource Center and library are on this entrance level.

Campus meets the learning needs of LECOM students

The college has four fully equipped lecture halls. Each of the two larger amphitheater style classrooms seats more than 250 students, while two smaller lecture halls, used by the School of Pharmacy, can handle up to 150 students each. All lecture halls have ‘smart classroom’ equipment, with wireless and wired computer network connections for student laptops. Classrooms offer multimedia presentations – DVD, VCR, slide and computer presentations. In the larger lecture halls, instructors control and illustrate presentations from a computer tablet at the lectern.

LECOM basic science professors can demonstrate cell biology and microbiology in a laboratory equipped with television monitors attached to microscopes. Each student has access to individual microscopes as they learn clinical laboratory procedures.

The study of the body is an important part of becoming a competent health care provider. LECOM teaches gross anatomy in a climate-controlled lab. A modern Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine training lab includes video monitors so students can see close-up demonstrations of OMM techniques.

The campus includes a student lounge/cafeteria and a fitness center. LECOM operates a medically integrated, health and wellness center just a short distance from the Erie campus where students can experience and learn about the “medical fitness difference” that is based upon a number of factors, which positively impact patients.

A professional food service staff provides breakfast and lunch at the student lounge. The staff also caters special events for the college. Students use the lounge for both individual and group study, and the area also serves as a multi-purpose room for student club activities.

The Community is Our Campus

The West Grandview Boulevard building is just part of the LECOM Campus, which extends to affiliated teaching hospitals and clinics in Erie. Founded by Millcreek Community Hospital(MCH), LECOM is the only private college of osteopathic medicine with it's own teaching hospital. As part of Millcreek Health System, the college uses the facilities of the Millcreek Geriatric Education and Care Center and the clinical offices of Medical Associates of Erie (MAE).

LECOM's bayfront campus, a former corporate office building situated along Presque Isle Bay, is used for the Master of Education in Medical Education and the Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences.

The college opened the LECOM John M. and Silvia Ferretti Medical Fitness and Wellness Center to bring medical care together with fitness by teaming LECOM with Millcreek Community Hospital and Medical Associates of Erie to make a medical fitness difference in local healthcare.

A separate student center provides after class study space along with food and beverages served in the Coffee Culture Cafe and Eatery. This European style coffee house is open to the public serving specialty coffees including cappuccino, lattes, chillers and coffee blends; and also a variety of soups, salads, and specialty Panini Grilled sandwiches, pizza and wraps.

LECOM has opened a clinical education center as part of Plaza 18, one of the MAE clinics. LECOM expanded and equipped patient rooms as physical exam training stations for LECOM medical students. Meeting standardized patients, students learn how to employ the clinical examination and communication skills they will need to confidently serve as partners with their patients on the pathway to health and well-being. The Plaza 18 Clinical Education Center houses SimMan. This is an advanced patient simulator with realistic anatomy and clinical functionality. SimMan provides simulation-based education to challenge and test students’ clinical and decision-making skills during realistic patient care scenarios.

LECOM has purchased the LORD Corporation property adjacent to the main campus on West Grandview Boulevard. The LORD facility is a technology center and will provide space for the LECOM research department and for future growth of academic programs.

In addition to the main campus building on West Grandview Boulevard, LECOM has two smaller buildings known as the White House and the Red House for their distinctive styles and colors. The college uses these buildings for offices and visiting faculty housing.

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