University of Florida College of Medicine

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College of Medicine
University of Florida Vertical Signature.svg
Type Public medical school
Established1956
Parent institution
University of Florida
Endowment Increase2.svg$2.379 billion (2021)
(university-wide) [1]
Dean Dr. Jennifer Hunt (Interim)
Students1,642 [2]
Location, ,
United States
Website med.ufl.edu
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Entrance to the College of Medicine
Teaching Hospital UF Shands.jpg
Teaching Hospital
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University of Florida Cancer Hospital
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Medical Plaza

The University of Florida College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Florida. It is part of the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center, with facilities in Gainesville and Jacksonville, Florida. The school grants Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Medicine-Doctor of Philosophy (M.D.-Ph.D.), and Physician Assistant (P.A.) degrees to its graduates. Its primary teaching hospital is UF Health Shands Hospital with which the school shares a campus in Gainesville.

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History

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The college is part of the Health Science Center

The college was officially established in 1956. The founding Dean of the college was Dr. George T. Harrell. Dr. Harrell also founded the College of Medicine at Pennsylvania State University, becoming the first person to found two medical schools.

In March 2009, the college received the largest donation in its history. Jerry and Judy Davis donated $20 million to the College of Medicine to support teaching, research and programs in cancer, with special emphasis on research in lymphoma, breast cancer, bone marrow and gastrointestinal cancer. [3]

Rankings

U.S. News & World Report ranked the College of Medicine 36th out of 122 research-intensive medical schools in the U.S. in 2021. [4]

The university's teaching hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital, is nationally ranked in 5 specialties. [5]

The ARWU ranked UF's College of Medicine 51st among schools of medicine across the globe in 2012. [6]

In December 2018 Expertscape recognized it as #4 in the world for expertise in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1. [7]

The University of Florida College of Medicine was awarded $372.6 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research for 2024. [8]

Admissions

Admission to the University of Florida College of Medicine is considered to be highly competitive. For the M.D. class of 2015, 136 students enrolled out of 2,853 applicants. The class' undergraduate average GPA was 3.75, while the average MCAT was 31.06. [9]

Deans of the College of Medicine

YearsDean
1953–1964George T. Harrell
1964–1972Emanuel Suter
1972–1977Chandler Stetson
1978–1980William Deal
1980–1989J. Lee Dockery
1989–1996Allen Neims
1997–2002Kenneth Berns
2002–2007C. Craig Tisher
2007–2008 Bruce C. Kone
2008–2018 Michael L. Good
2018–2021J. Adrian Tyndall (interim Dean)
2021–present (outgoing) Colleen G. Koch

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