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"It has been a dream come true to establish a medical school sincerely believing that education and healthcare can profoundly improve the lives of others," said Dr. Prem Reddy, the Founder and the Chairman of the CUSM Board of Trustees.<br>
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Founded: 2015 Accredited: 2018 Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Prem Reddy, MD, FACC, FCCP Founding President : Dev GnanaDev, MD Founding Dean and Vice President of Medical Affairs: Robert Suskind, MD Vice Chair of the CUSM Board of Trustees: Kavitha Bhatia, MD, MMM, FAAP Program: Four-year medical education program leading to a Doctor of Medicine (MD) 217 E. Club Center Drive San Bernardino, CA 92408 Phone: 909-580-9661 Fax: 909-424-0345 Email: marketing@calmedu.org www.calmedu.org Inaugural class (August 2018):60 Total maximum enrollment:480 Basic Science Faculty: 14 MDs and MDs/PhDs Clinical Faculty: 6 MDs and MD/PhDs The California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM) School of Medicine is a private, not-for-profit medical school with a mission to improve healthcare by training exceptional future physicians to advance the art and science of medicine through innovative medical education, research, and compassionate health care delivery. Volunteer Clinical Faculty:300+ Curriculum:Clinically integrated, systems-based emphasizing clinical reasoning with the goal of creating a more balanced and relevant learning experience for future physicians. The Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity with a mission to improve healthcare through educational and charitable initiatives, funded the establishment of CUSM. Prem Reddy, MD, founder of Prime Healthcare and the Prime Healthcare Foundation, had a vision of establishing a medical school, believing that education and healthcare can profoundly improve the lives of others. Dr. Reddy has committed more than $60 million towards the establishment of CUSM. Annual Tuition: $55,000 plus $3,500 in fees Facility Details: • 2 lecture halls • 9 college rooms • 15 clinical skills • Simulation lab, Anatomy lab, Research lab Dev GnanaDev, MD, a prominent surgeon and past President of the California Medical Association and past Medical Director of Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), shared a similar vision of establishing a medical school in the Inland Empire.
Admissions Information • Students from all backgrounds with a passion to serve, a commitment to excellence, and a special dedication to the underserved • Minimum MCAT score of 502 • Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 • Minimum science GPA of 3.0 • Must be US citizen or permanent resident • Must have graduated from a regionally accredited US school with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent foreign institution (which requires transcript verification) MISSION To advance the art and science of medicine through innovative medical education, research, and compassionate health care delivery in an inclusive environment that advocates critical thinking, creativity, integrity, and professionalism. VISION To establish a school of medicine that inspires, motivates and empowers students to become excellent and caring physicians, scientists and leaders, advances the art and science of medicine through research, improves the health of its community, shares and innovative curriculum and advances of best pratices in medical education globally, and facilitates a medical education to promising minority and disadvantaged students from California and the Inland Empire. Financial Aid The Office of Financial Aid will assist students in understanding their financial expenses and assist them in obtaining student loans from third parties. The Office of Financial Aid will also offer financial aid to eligible students, amounts received by each student are based on case by case basis. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is the teaching hospital for the California University of Science and Medicine CORE VALUES (C-A-L-M-E-D) Community-Focused Committed to educating future physicians who will embrace the responsibility for improving the health and health care needs of minority and underserved communities and be advocates for the elimination of health disparities. ARMC is a 456-bed teaching hospital located on a 70-acre campus in Colton, California. It is a designated Level II trauma center and operates a regional burn center, a primary stroke center, a behavioral health center, four primary care centers, three Family Health Centers, and more than 40 outpatient specialty care services. Accountability Accept individual and collective responsibility to direct education, research, and service activities to address the priority health concerns that span from the local to the global community. Community Partnerships The CUSM School of Medicine has partnered with ARMC as the training ground for our medical school to train and expose our students to the highest quality of health care. Leadership Promote effective changes in educational policies and processes in order to develop and train competent physicians who will have leadership roles in all domains of medicine. Community-focused partnerships allow CUSM to make connections between academic medicine and the surrounding community to improve health outcomes for area residents: Motivation Inspire, shape, and mold the character of students through dedicated faculty and creative, innovative teaching methods. • • • • Prime Healthcare Foundation (founding donor) Claremont Graduate University, member of the Claremont Colleges County of San Bernardino City of Colton Excellence Achieve consistent outstanding levels of performance which exceed the expectations of our students while upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior, intellectual honesty, and professional conduct. Clinical Partners • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (primary teaching hospital) • County of San Bernardino Department of Behavioral Health • Centinela Hospital Medical Center • Chaparral Medical Group • Chino Valley Medical Center • Community Health Association Inland Southern Region • Desert Valley Medical Center • Desert Valley Medical Group • Montclair Hospital Medical Center • West Anaheim Medical Center Diversity Promote, cultivate, and respect ethnic, intellectual, social, and cultural diversity of students, faculty, and patients in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment.