UC Riverside School of Medicine
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2008 |
| Dean | Deborah V. Deas, M.D. |
| Location | Riverside, California, USA |
| Website | medschool.ucr.edu |
The University of California, Riverside (UCR), School of Medicine is one of six University of California medical schools in the state of California, associated with UC Riverside. It enrolled its first class in 2013.
The UCR School of Medicine is built on the foundation of the existing UCR/UCLA Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences, which has been in place since 1974. The program was named in honor of Dr. Thomas T Haider, a Riverside spine surgeon. The program offers the first two years of medical school instruction at UCR to selected students, after which students transfer to the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA to complete the clinical clerkships for their M.D. degrees which are awarded by UCLA. Through this program over 850 students have begun their medical education at UC Riverside and completed their medical degrees at UCLA. Within the newly established UC Riverside School of Medicine, the Thomas Haider Program will continue with its charter to attract and support students from underrepresented populations, in particular those who have attended UCR for at least 6 consecutive quarters before completing their bachelor's degree there.
The University of California Board of Regents approved establishment of the UCR School of Medicine in 2008, and it enrolled its first incoming class of 50 medical students in fall 2013.
In 2010 G. Richard Olds, M.D., former chair of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, was appointed vice chancellor of health affairs and founding dean. The first building was completed in 2011.
In 2011 the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) denied preliminary accreditation to the UCR School of Medicine, based primarily on the LCME's assessment that the school had not demonstrated sufficient financial resources to sustain a sound program of medical education. In addition, the LCME found inadequate strategic planning, insufficient key personnel, and weak policies and procedures related to student advancement and diversity. The LCME also found limited clinical education opportunities in psychiatry and pediatrics. The school declined to appeal this decision.
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