page_title: Western University of Health Sciences
section_title: Pomona campus
hierarchical_section_title: Western University of Health Sciences / Campus / Pomona campus
caption_attribution_description: English: Campus of WesternU, located in Pomona, California.
context_page_description: Western University of Health Sciences is a private non-profit university with its main campus in Pomona, California, and an additional medical school in Lebanon, Oregon. WesternU offers degrees in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, nursing, physician assistant studies, physical therapy, pharmacy, biomedical sciences, and veterinary medicine. With an enrollment of 3,833 students, WesternU offers 21 academic programs in nine colleges.
  Under the banner of WesternU Health, the university operates a variety of patient care facilities in California and Oregon. The Pomona and Portland campuses both include a medical center, dental center, eye care institute, pharmacy, and travel health center. WesternU-Pomona also is home to the Pet Health Center, which provides veterinary services. Dental services are offered at the Rancho Mirage campus, while a Los Angeles campus provides optometry services.
  Several nonprofit organizations are based at the WesternU Pomona campus, including the Harris Family Center for Disability and Health Policy. The Center for Oral Health, moved from the Bay area to the WesternU Pomona campus in 2012.
context_section_description: The main campus of WesternU is located in downtown Pomona, California.  Upon the school's founding, a portion of the campus was extensively renovated from an outdoor shopping mall. Since that time, several buildings have been acquired and built, including a patient care center, a pet hospital, classrooms, and research facilities.  There are two parks located on the urban campus.  The Pomona campus consists of 19 major buildings spanning some seven city blocks along the main "Esplanade," which amounts to a total 22 acres (8.9 ha).
  The northeastern corner of campus has the Health Education Center, the Patient Care Center, and a large parking structure. These WesternU buildings opened in 2010, as a part of a $100 million expansion project.  The Health Education Center is a 180,000-square-foot teaching and research facility that also houses the colleges of medical, dentistry, podiatry and optometry.  The fourth floor of the Center has state-of-the-art research laboratories.  The seven level parking structure has 600 parking spaces.
  Directly west of the Health Education Center is the WesternU Pet Wellness Center, an on campus pet hospital and clinic.  It had been established in 2008 as the Banfield Pet Hospital and transitioned to solely WesternU operation in 2014. The center provides primary care services such as vaccinations, spaying and neutering, microchiping, surgery, dental exams and cleanings, as well as flea, tick and heartworm control. It includes a surgical suite, an x-ray room, a half dozen exam rooms and isolation facilities.
  The Daumier is a mixed-use building located south of the pet hospital on 3.6 acres at 3rd and Linden Street. This building was completed in June 2014, at cost of $45 million, and serves as a 173,000-square-foot facility primarily for WesternU student housing but with research and educational support space as well as a fitness center, community pool, media room, and other university offices.  The Daumier was designed to LEED gold specifications. The building was named the Daumier after the 19th century French artist Honoré Daumier.
  The central portion of campus contains Ethan Allan Park, the Health Professions Center (HPC), the Veterinary Medicine Center, and the Health Sciences Center.  Ethan Allen Park is located directly west of the Pet Wellness Center.  In 2006, the park was named in honor of Dr. Ethan Allen, founding chairman of the school's Board of Trustees. The other park on campus is Centennial Park, a Pomona city park on the west end of campus.  Directly south of Ethan Allan Park, the Health Professions Center houses the College of Pharmacy and contains several classrooms, research facilities, and a student commons area.  The building was built in 1962 and was previously the Pomona Buffum's department store.  The university acquired the building in 1992, after first receiving the option to buy.  The Center for Oral Health, a non-profit organization promoting oral health, is based in the Health Professions Center.  The Health Sciences Center, directly west of the Health Professions Center, is a two-story, 72,000-square-foot building with the main anatomy laboratories, a laboratory for osteopathic manipulative medicine, and extensive classroom space.  The physical therapy school is based in this building, as is the tutoring program.  The Health Sciences Center was formerly a Nash Department Store. The university began using the building in 1990, and then purchased it in 1993.
  The western range of campus contains the Rodney P. Wineberg Center, home to research administration and laboratories, in addition to the Pumerantz Library, and Anderson Tower (formerly known as the Chase Bank building).  The Rodney P. Wineberg Center contains 8,550 square feet dedicated to research. The Rodney P. Wineberg Center building was originally a JCPenney.  The multi-story, 35,000-square-foot Pumerantz Library is on the west edge of campus.  The library opened in 2001, after the university acquired the building in 1998.  The building was built in 1929, and previously housed a switching station for the Paci
caption: Promenade on campus of WesternU, with the Health Sciences Center to the left.
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