California Northstate University College of Medicine

California Northstate University College of Medicine
Type Private
Established 2015
President Alvin Cheung, PharmD, MHSA
Dean Joseph Silva, MD
Students 240
Location Elk Grove, California, United States
Website http://medicine.cnsu.edu/

California Northstate University College of Medicine (CNUCOM) is a private medical school located in Elk Grove, California and one of three colleges of California Northstate University.[1] The school was approved by the WASC in August 2013 and gained preliminary accreditation in June 2015 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.[2][3] It is one of two for profit medical schools accredited by the LCME, which accredits Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) granting schools.[4] Joseph Silva, MD, currently serves as the Dean of Medicine.[5] CNUCOM enrolled its first class of 60 students in August 2015.[6]

History

California Northstate University (CNU) COM is a new institution established following the College of Pharmacy in 2008.[7] CNUCOM enrolled its first class of 60 students in August 2015,[8] and its second class of 90 students in August 2016.[9] CNUCOM is dedicated to educating, developing, and training physicians to help with the primary care physician shortage in Northern California.[10] CNU has a College of Health Sciences for undergraduates with a combined BS/MD program[11] as well as a pre-med post-Baccalaureate program.[12]

Admissions and academics

The class of 2019 had an average MCAT score of 32.2 and GPA of 3.48.[8] The class of 2020 had average MCAT score of 33 and GPA of 3.5, with 8% under-represented minority students. 86% of students were from California.[9] The 4-year MD program follows a Clinical Presentations curriculum, with training in basic sciences, clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning, ethics and 46 weeks of clerkship rotations during the third year.[13]

Hospitals

California Northstate University College of Medicine is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente of Northern California and Dignity Health hospitals.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "California Northstate University College of Medicine (CNUCOM)". medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Medical School Directory". www.lcme.org. Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  3. ↑ DavidF. "Accreditation & Licensing". www.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ Adashi, Eli Y.; Krishna, Gopika R.; Gruppuso, Philip A. "For-Profit Medical Schools—A Flexnerian Legacy Upended". JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.0920.
  5. ↑ Administrator. "Joseph Silva, MD - Vice Dean". medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  6. ↑ "California Northstate University wins accreditation to launch medical school in Elk Grove - Sacramento Business Journal". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  7. ↑ "CNU History". medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  8. 1 2 "COM Demographic Data Class of 2019" (PDF). medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  9. 1 2 "COM Demographic Data Class of 2020" (PDF). medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  10. ↑ "Congressional Record". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  11. ↑ "California Northstate University College of Health Sciences".
  12. ↑ "California Northstate University Pre-Med Post-Baccalaureate Program". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  13. ↑ "Overview". medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  14. ↑ "Phase B - Clinical Clerkships". medicine.cnsu.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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