UC Davis School of Medicine

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**University of California Davis School of Medicine**

Established	1966
Type	Public
Dean	Claire Pomeroy
Faculty	583 full-time faculty and 1,800 volunteer clinical faculty ^[1]
Students	~360
Location	Sacramento, California, USA
Website	www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

The UC Davis School of Medicine is one of five University of California medical schools in the state of California.

1 History
2 Admissions and Ranking
3 Hospitals
4 Research
5 Student Clinics
6 See Also
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1966, the UC Davis School of Medicine graduated its first class of physicians in 1972. The school maintains teaching, research, and administrative facilities on the UC Davis campus while the majority of the school's clinical space is located at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, 17 miles to the east. ^[2] The school is currently transitioning all medical school classes to the Sacramento campus. Research activities will continue at both campuses for the foreseeable future.

[edit] Admissions and Ranking

Due to UC Davis School of Medicine's small class size, desirable location in Northern California and relatively affordable tuition, admissions is highly competitive. In 2005 the school received 4109 applications. 392 applicants were offered interviews and 93 matriculated.^[3] This yields an acceptance rate of approximately 6%. For 2006 US News and World Report ranks UC Davis School of Medicine #21 based on primary care methodology and #48 based on research methodology.^[4]

[edit] Hospitals

UCDMC, Sacramento, CA

UC Davis Medical Center, located in Sacramento, is one of five teaching hospitals in the University of California system. It ranks among the top 50 hospitals in America, according to an annual survey published by U.S. News and World Report. Other hospitals affiliated with UC Davis school of medicine include:

UC Davis Children's Hospital
Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California
Sacramento VA Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Sacramento

[edit] Research

Faculty in the School of Medicine specialize in a wide range of basic and applied research, including those related to neuroscience, cancer biology, vascular biology, genetic diseases and functional genomics, health services, infectious diseases, nutrition, telemedicine, and vision science. The school receives approximately $87 million in NIH funding annually.^[5] About half of UC Davis medical students conduct research during their training.

[edit] Student Clinics

UC Davis School of Medicine is known for the quality of its student run clinics which offer free primary care to the uninsured, low-income and other underserved population of Sacramento and surrounding areas. These clinics provide patients quality healthcare and allow UC Davis medical students to gain real world clinical experience early on.