The Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine is the

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Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968, the Virgini ...

, a

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. It is the largest and oldest continuously operating medical school in

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. The school traces its beginnings to the 1838 opening of the medical department of

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, which in 1854 became an independent institution known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). In 1968, MCV joined with the

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to form Virginia Commonwealth University. The School of Medicine is one of five schools within the

VCU Medical Center The VCU Medical Center is Virginia Commonwealth University's medical campus located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, in the Court End neighborhood. VCU Medical Center used to be known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), which merged with the ...

and

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. Located on VCU's MCV Campus in Richmond, the medical school offers dozens of

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and interdisciplinary programs in addition to the M.D. degree,

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and residency training opportunities. Third- and fourth-year School of Medicine students may elect to train at

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in Northern Virginia, and the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park in Richmond gives faculty and students an incubator to grow bioscience companies and research programs. With more than 300 basic science investigators, the School of Medicine accounts for more than half of VCU's sponsored research awards and more than 85 percent of the university's

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funding. The medical school provides educational expertise and clinical services to the patients of the VCU Medical Center. The medical center offers comprehensive contemporary medical services including the region's Level 1

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, a Level 3

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, a translational research center, a comprehensive

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center, a research and rehabilitation center, a children's mental health facility, a

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care center, with a teaching hospital with 779 beds and 650 physicians. Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is one of 35 designated Ebola centers. VCU faculty staff the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center and VCU faculty serve as national

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directors for

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and residency education.

Education

Educational programs include medical undergraduate, graduate, masters and PhD pathways. Additionally, a Premedical Graduate Certificate Program delivers a one-year, intensive graduate-level program for students to enhance their qualifications for admission into professional school, including

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, dental and

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Facilities

Critical Care Hospital The Critical Care Hospital, a $184 million 15-level, facility with 232 adult patient beds, opened in October 2008. The James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center Postcard of West Hospital Richmond, Virginia

Postcard of West Hospital Richmond, Virginia

The $158.6 million, James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center was built through a public-private partnership, with $70 million provided by funds from the Commonwealth of Virginia. VCU and private funds supported the remaining cost. The building is named for James and Frances McGlothlin who donated $25 million to the project on April 11, 2011. The facility was completed in spring 2013. Molecular Medicine Research Building The eight-story, Molecular Medicine Research Building was completed in 2009 and houses 48 principal investigators and their staffs. The research facility includes a 75-seat auditorium with teleconference facilities, a multipurpose seminar space and state-of-the-art research labs. Sanger Hall Opened in 1968, Sanger Hall is a 12-story structure named for Dr. William T. Sanger, the third President of MCV. Sanger houses the School of Medicine's administrative offices, a number of departmental offices and wet labs, as well classrooms and large lecture halls. West Hospital

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is an

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inspired structure that opened as a clinical care facility in 1941. The 18 story structure houses both School of Medicine and School of Allied Health Professions units. Egyptian Building The

Egyptian Building The Egyptian Building is a historic college building in Richmond, Virginia, completed in 1845. It was the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College (later renamed the Medical College of Virginia, MCV) and now is a pa ...

, a National Historic Landmark, is an Egyptian Revival style building completed in 1845. It was the first permanent home of the Medical Department of Hampden–Sydney College which became the VCU School of Medicine. The building has a large lecture hall, smaller classroom and simulation facilities, and an academic unit.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include: * Patch Adams, M.D., class of 1971 * Baruj Benacerraf, M.D., class of 1945: 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology *

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class of 1985, Ph.D. * Jean Harris, the first African-American student, class of 1955, became Virginia's Secretary of Health and Human Resources. * Jeffery Taubenberger, M.D. class of 1986, Ph.D. class of 1987 * Percy Wootton, M.D., class of 1957, past president, American Medical Association

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vcu School Of Medicine Virginia Commonwealth University Medical schools in Virginia Educational institutions established in 1838 1838 establishments in Virginia