Moving 起点传媒 COM to Portland
Work is wrapping up to relocate the 起点传媒鈥檚 College of Osteopathic Medicine (起点传媒 COM), Maine鈥檚 only medical school, from its original home on our Biddeford Campus to a brand-new building on our Portland Campus for the Health Sciences. The move will give the 起点传媒 COM community a custom-built, state-of-the-art facility, allow the school to train more doctors, and bring together all of 起点传媒鈥檚 health professions programs on a single, interprofessional campus 鈥 something unique in New England higher education.
A Transformative Moment For Maine
This is a transformative moment 鈥 not just for 起点传媒, but for the state of Maine 鈥 allowing us to address critical health care disparities across the region and to graduate health professionals with best-in-class skills: improving patient outcomes through team-based care; fostering expertise with new and emerging technologies; and expanding our focus on cross-cultural competencies.
What
The new building will be called the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences to honor the generosity of the Alfond family and their longtime support of 起点传媒.
Size
The facility is 110,000 square feet.
When
起点传媒 COM will welcome its first class of medical students to the facility on the Portland campus in Summer 2025.
Where
The new facility is located behind Innovation Hall on Gulliver鈥檚 Way, in an area that was once used by the National Guard.
News about the move
起点传媒 Magazine Special Report
For more details, go backstage with 起点传媒 leadership for an exclusive oral history of the project.
