California Northstate University College of Medicine
| Type | Private, for-profit |
|---|---|
| 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, for-profit medical school located in Elk Grove, California and one of three colleges of California Northstate University. The school was approved by the WASC in August 2013 and gained preliminary accreditation in June 2015 by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. It is one of two for profit medical schools accredited by the LCME, which accredits Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) granting schools. Joseph Silva, MD, currently serves as the Dean of Medicine. CNUCOM enrolled its first class of 60 students in August 2015.
California Northstate University (CNU) COM is a new institution established following the College of Pharmacy in 2008. CNUCOM enrolled its first class of 60 students in August 2015, and its second class of 90 students in August 2016. CNUCOM is dedicated to educating, developing, and training physicians to help with the primary care physician shortage in Northern California. CNU has a College of Health Sciences for undergraduates with a combined BS/MD program as well as a pre-med post-Baccalaureate program.
The class of 2019 had an average MCAT score of 32.2 and GPA of 3.48. 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. 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.
California Northstate University College of Medicine is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente of Northern California and Dignity Health hospitals.
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