Morehouse School of Medicine

Morehouse School of Medicine

Type	Private, medical school
Established	1975
Endowment	$56.1 million^[1]
Location	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Website	www.msm.edu

Morehouse School of Medicine is a medical school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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.

Morehouse School of Medicine

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's School of Medicine, but since 1990 the school has taught them itself. In 1989 Morehouse School of Medicine (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 named as a full president.

On February 28, 2006 Morehouse School of Medicine 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.

Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. was named the sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and the first woman to lead the free-standing medical institution in July 2014. In addition to president, she also retains the deanship. Dr. Montgomery Rice is a renowned infertility specialist and researcher, and most recently served as dean and executive vice president of MSM, where she served since 2011. In this role, she led MSM’s widespread academic and clinical programs in health sciences and led its strategic planning initiatives for patient care, research and community engagement.

In 2006 MSM admitted 53 students to its M.D. program making it the largest class since the school's inception.

On 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 Obama nominated Morehouse School of Medicine Trustee Dr. Regina Benjamin as U.S. Surgeon General. Benjamin's nomination and subsequent confirmation marks the second time a MSM trustee held 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

**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 – 2014
Valerie Montgomery Rice	2014 – present

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. 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.

External links

www.msm.edu—Official web site

Atlanta University Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Current member schools	Clark Atlanta University Morehouse College Morehouse School of Medicine Spelman College

Former member schools	Interdenominational Theological Center Morris Brown College

Historically black colleges and universities

Public institutions	Alabama A&M Alabama State Albany State Alcorn State Arkansas–Pine Bluff Bishop State CC Bluefield State Bowie State Central State Cheyney Coahoma CC Coppin State Delaware State Elizabeth City State Fayetteville State Florida A&M Fort Valley State Gadsden State CC Grambling State Harris–Stowe Hinds CC Jackson State Kentucky State Langston Lincoln, Missouri Lincoln, Pennsylvania Maryland, Eastern Shore Mississippi Valley State Morgan State Norfolk State North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central Prairie View A&M Savannah State Shelton State CC South Carolina State Southern Southern–New Orleans Southern–Shreveport Tennessee State Texas Southern UDC UVI Virginia State West Virginia State Winston-Salem State

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Defunct institutions	Bishop Daniel Payne Guadalupe Kittrell Lewis College of Business Mississippi Industrial College Mount Hermon Female Seminary Saint Paul's Storer Straight Western

Georgia private colleges and universities

Coordinates: 33°44′35″N 84°24′43″W / 33.743°N 84.412°W / 33.743; -84.412

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