| University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2008 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | G. Richard Olds, M.D. |
| Location | Riverside, California, USA |
| Website | [1] |
The University of California, Riverside (UCR), School of Medicine is one of six University of California medical schools in the state of California, associated with UC Riverside.
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The UCR School of Medicine is built on the foundation of the existing UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences, which has been in place since 1974. The program offers the first two years of medical school instruction at UCR to selected students, after which students transfer to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to complete the clinical clerkships for their M.D. degrees which are awarded by UCLA.
The University of California Board of Regents approved establishment of the UCR School of Medicine in 2008, and it is projected to enroll its first incoming class of 50 medical students in fall 2013.[1]
In 2010 G. Richard Olds, M.D., former chair of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, was appointed vice chancellor of health affairs and founding dean.[2] The first building was completed in 2011.[3]