University of Florida College of Medicine

College of Medicine
Established 1956
Type Public
Dean Michael L. Good
Academic staff 932
Postgraduates 1,642 [1]
Location Gainesville, Florida
Website med.ufl.edu

The University of Florida College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Florida. It is part of the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center, with facilities in Gainesville and Jacksonville. The college grants the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (M.D./Ph.D.), and Physician Assistant (P.A.) degrees to its graduates.

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History

The college was officially established in 1956. The mission of the College of Medicine is to produce the next generation of specialists, scientists, clinical researchers, and health policy leaders. The college strives to improve health care in Florida, the United States, and the world through excellence and consistently superior leadership in education, clinical care, research, discovery, and service. The founding Dean of the college was Dr. George T. Harrell. Dr. Harrell also founded the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University, becoming the first person to found two medical schools.

In March 2009, the college received the largest donation in its history. Jerry and Judy Davis donated $20 million to the College of Medicine to support teaching, research and programs in cancer, with special emphasis on research in lymphoma, breast cancer, bone marrow and gastrointestinal cancer.[2]

US News and World Report

U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Medicine 42nd out of 122 research-intensive medical schools in the U.S. in 2010.[3]

Admissions

Admission to the University of Florida College of Medicine is highly competitive. For the last incoming M.D. class (the Class of 2015), 136 students were selected out of 2,853 applicants. The Class of 2015 is made up of students from top universities that include Berklee College of Music, Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Emory, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Stanford University, University of Florida and University of Notre Dame. The class' undergraduate average GPA was 3.75, while the average MCAT was 31.06. [4] According to Dr. Gessner, former chair of the selection committee, the UF College of Medicine is the top choice for medical students if they want to receive a medical education in the state.[5]

Deans of the College of Medicine

Years Dean
1953—1964 George T. Harrell
1964—1972 Emanuel Suter
1972—1977 Chandler Stetson
1978—1980 William Deal
1980—1989 J. Lee Dockery
1989—1996 Allen Neims
1997—2002 Kenneth Berns
2002—2007 C. Craig Tisher
2007—2008 Bruce C. Kone
2008—Present Michael L. Good

See also

References

  1. ^ http://news.health.ufl.edu/media/2010/05/COM_FactSheet5-20102.pdf
  2. ^ Gainesville Sun article talks about donation
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