University of Colorado School of Medicine
| University of Colorado School of Medicine | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1883 |
| Type | Medical school |
| Parent institution | University of Colorado, Denver |
| Location |
Aurora, Colorado, United States Coordinates: 39°44′42″N 104°50′15″W / 39.74503692°N 104.83753502°W |
| Dean | John J. Reilly, Jr. |
| Academic staff | 4,879 |
The University of Colorado School of Medicine is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado and is part of the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, one of the four University of Colorado institutions. It occupies the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center located on a square mile of land eight miles east of downtown Denver at the junction of Interstate 225 and Colfax Avenue.
The school offers a four-year program leading to an MD degree. Other programs include a child health associate/physician assistant (CHAPA) degree, a Masters of Medical Science in Anesthesiology Program (Anesthesiologist Assistant), a doctor of physical therapy degree and a medical scientist training program (MSTP). The graduate school offers various PhD programs.
The school was founded in 1883, in Boulder, with two students and two professors.
In 1911, the school was moved from Boulder, Colorado to Denver, the Colorado state capital, to give students increased clinical learning opportunities. This move put the school ahead of three other contemporary Colorado medical schools (University of Denver medical college, Gross medical college and the Denver homeopathic medical college). The private medical schools objected and took the matter to court. The court ruled that according to the university's state charter, all teaching had to be done in Boulder. In 1912, however, an amendment to the state constitution allowed students to study in Denver in their third and fourth years.
In 1924, the school moved from Boulder to a new campus near Colorado Boulevard and Ninth Avenue in Denver. A quadrangle of red brick buildings housed a medical school, a nursing school and a public teaching hospital that cared for the poor.
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