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Morehouse School of Medicine 
Established 1975 Type Private, medical school Endowment $56.1 million[1] President John E. Maupin Jr., D.D.S. Location Atlanta, Georgia,
United StatesMorehouse School of Medicine is a medical school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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History
Establishment
Founded originally as a part of Morehouse College in 1975 during the tenure of college president Hugh M. Gloster, with Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. as dean, The School of Medicine at Morehouse College began as a two year program in the basic sciences. The first students were admitted in 1978 and transferred to other medical schools for the clinical years of their training.
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The institution became independent from Morehouse College in 1981, with Dr. Sullivan as President, and was fully accredited to award M.D. degrees in 1985. Initially, third year clinical courses were taught by faculty from Emory University School of Medicine, but since 1990 the school has taught them itself. In 1989 MSM President Sullivan was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and served until 1993 in the administration of President George H.W. Bush.
Former US Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher assumed the role of interim president in addition to being the director of the National Center for Primary Care which is located at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Later he was honored as a full president.
On February 28, 2006 Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) announced the appointment of John E. Maupin Jr., D.D.S. as the institution's next president. Dr. Maupin departed from his position of president at Meharry Medical College.
In 2006 it admitted 53 students to its M.D. program making it the largest class since the school's inception.[citation needed]
February 3, 2009 Eric Holder, then-vice chairman of MSM's board of trustees, was confirmed as U.S. Attorney General.
On July 13, 2009 - President Barack Obama named Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) Trustee Dr. Regina Benjamin as U.S. Surgeon General. Benjamin's nomination marks the second MSM trustee to hold a high-profile position with the Obama administration.
A 2010 study ranked MSM as the number one medical school in the country in the terms of social mission. The social mission score used in the study evaluated schools on percentage of graduates who practice primary care, work in health professional shortage areas, and are underrepresented minorities.[2]
Presidents of Morehouse School of Medicine
Presidents of Morehouse School of Medicine President Tenure (years) Louis W. Sullivan 1981 – 1989 James A. Goodman 1989 – 1992 Louis W. Sullivan 1993 – 2002 James Gavin III 2002 – 2004 David Satcher 2004 – 2006 John Maupin 2006 – Present External links
- www.msm.edu -- Official web site
References
- ^ As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ Mullan F, Chen C, Petterson S, Kolsky G, Spagnola M. The social mission of medical education: ranking the schools. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010 Jun 15;152(12):804-11.
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