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Total Enrollment: 196
Level of Selectivity: Competitive
Motto: Knowledge, Wisdom,
Excellence, Service
Location: Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is
located in the metropolitan city of Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, with a population of
more than 2 million. The city is served by mass air, rail, and bus
transportation. Local transportation on the MARTA provides easy access to
downtown, the airport, or virtually anywhere in the metro area. Students have
access to Underground Atlanta’s quaint shops, fine dining, world-class
shopping, art galleries, museums, the Atlanta Symphony, or ballet. The Atlanta
Hawks, Braves, and Falcons are the city’s major sports leagues. Points of
interest include the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change,
the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Stone Mountain Park, and Six Flags Over Georgia Amusement Park. Other activities
include boating, fishing, and golfing. The World Congress Center hosts many national
conferences. The city of Atlanta is an international
center for business, banking, and social change and offers students many
professional opportunities.
HISTORY
Morehouse School of
Medicine is a four-year, private, professional medical school. MSM was
established in the early 1970s as the School of Medicine at Morehouse College. In 1981, the Medical School became independent. For
clinical instruction, MSM is affiliated with Grady Memorial Hospital, Southwest Community Hospital, and Tuskegee VA
Medical Center.
Originally a two-year
educational program in basic medical sciences, the Morehouse School of Medicine
is now a four-year medical doctor degree-granting institution. The chartered
class of 24 students entered Morehouse’s two-year basic sciences program in
1978. Those students and the subsequent two classes transferred to other
medical training schools for two years to receive their M.D. degrees. Morehouse
School of Medicine received authorization to begin a four-year, degree-granting
institution in 1981. That same year, Dr. Louis Sullivan became president. In
1982, MSM was given authorization to development a program to award the Doctor
of Medicine degree.
During the summer of
1983, third-year medical students began clinical rotations at Grady Memorial Hospital in cooperation with the
Emory University School of Medicine. In 1985, the Liaison Committee on Medical
Education granted MSM full accreditation to award the M.D. degree. The first
class of M.D.’s trained by Morehouse School of Medicine graduated May 17, 1985.
In 1990, the School
assumed full responsibility for teaching third-year students in family
medicine, surgery, and psychiatry. The remaining third-year clerkship
(medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and pediatrics) continued to be taught in
cooperation with Emory University School of Medicine. The Morehouse School of
Medicine assumed full responsibility for the third-year medicine clerkship in
1991, and for pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology, in 1993. The Graduate
Medical Education program of the School was initiated in 1981 when the Family
Practice Residency program received accreditation from the Accrediting Council
for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Morehouse College originally received a
federal grant to study the feasibility of developing a two-year program to
train students for careers as primary-care physicians. These physicians would work
in medically underserved areas among minorities and poor people. The study
revealed a severe shortage of black and minority physicians in the United States and particularly in Georgia’s rural and inner-city
areas. Morehouse accepted the challenge and developed a new medical school.
Morehouse continues to be committed to its original mission to practice
medicine in the inner cities and rural areas of this country. Morehouse School
of Medicine is the newest member of the Atlanta University Center, a consortium of six
independent institutions that constitutes the largest predominantly black
private educational complex in the world.
MSM’s research
facilities are modern and well equipped, including seventy individual and
shared-use laboratories.
ACCREDITATION
Morehouse School of
Medicine is accredited by the American Medical Association to award the Doctor
of Medicine (M.D.) degree and by the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools to award the doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in biomedical sciences and the
combined master’s/doctoral degree in public health.
COSTS
PER YEAR
2002–03 Tuition: $25,000 (M.D.); $16,000
(Ph.D.); $9480 (M.P.H.)
Room and board: $15,000 (estimated, off-campus)
Special fees: $1800
Books: $1500
Estimated total cost: $43,300 (M.D.); $34,300 (Ph.D.); $27,780 (M.P.H.)
2000–2001
FINANCIAL AID–INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING
Percentage of students receiving financial aid:
94
Number of scholarships and grants: 184
Total amount of scholarships and grants: $800,000
Range of scholarships and grants: $200–$23,000
Financial Aid Specific
to the School
- Endowed, alumni, friends, and
corporation scholarships number fifty-five and are available to students based
on varying criteria such as merit, need, or area of interest.
- Institutional scholarships are available to students
based on academic merit and need.
- Short-term, low-interest
institutional loans are available to students.
- Cooperative Education Program combines classroom study with
related paid work experience. Student receives academic credit and
full-time status during co-op.
Financial Aid Deadline:
May
Financial
Aid Contact:
Office of Financial Aid,
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, Southwest
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Telephone: 404-752-1655
MCAT required.
Entrance Requirements: Completion of a
bachelor’s degree and completion of the following minimum semester/quarter
hours of premedical courses: 8/12 biology with lab, 8/12 inorganic or general
chemistry with lab, 8/12 organic chemistry with lab, 8/12 physics with lab,
6/10 college level mathematics, and 6/10 English, including composition.
Premedical courses should not be taken on a pass/fail basis. Grades must be
received. Rigorous introductory courses should be taken and an interview is
required.
Students must submit a
completed AMCAS application to the American Medical College Application Service
(AMCAS). The AMCAS application fee is $55 for the first school, with a
decreasing scale of fees for each additional school student designates. AMCAS
will forward application to the school(s) student designate on the application.
Students can contact AMCAS at their online address, http://www.aamc.org, to
download an application and get the most current deadlines and application
fees, or contact AMCAS at 2501 M Street Northwest, Lobby 26, Washington, D.C.
20037; Telephone: 202-828-0600.
Once Morehouse School of
Medicine receives the applications from AMCAS, the Admissions Office promptly
forwards to applicants supplementary materials that must be submitted to
complete the application process. At this stage, a nonrefundable application
service fee of $45 is charged by the School. Applicants are encouraged to
submit materials well in advance of the deadline to allow sufficient time for
receipt of all materials requested. Selected applicants are invited for a
personal interview. Following the interview, if granted, final decisions are
made by the Committee on Admissions. Applicants are notified as soon as a final
admission decision has been made.
Admission Application
Deadline:
AMCAS deadline: December 1 of prior year; Morehouse deadline: January 4 (M.D.);
March 1 (M.P.H.); Febuary 15 (Ph.D); Febuary 15 (Summer)
Admission Contact: Dean of Student
Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Southwest, Atlanta,
Georgia 30320-1495; Telephone: 404-752-1650; 404-752-1512 (fax).
Graduation Requirements:
A
minimum of 183 semester hours; completion of two years of basic medical science
requirements; dissertation/thesis for graduate students; third-year clerkships
in ambulatory and in-patient care; fourth-year clerkships in ambulatory and
rural care; and completion of Parts I and II of the National Board of Medical
Examiners.
STUDENT
BODY PROFILE
Total enrollment: 196
Graduate students: 48
Ethnic/racial makeup: African American, 171; Asian, 1; Caucasian, 9; Hispanic,
1; Native American, 7; International, 4; Other/Unclassified, 3.
CLASS
OF 2000 PROFILE
Number of applicants: 2,843
Number accepted: 81
Number enrolled: 40
FACULTY
PROFILE
Number of faculty members: 100
Student-teacher ratio: 4:1
Full-time faculty members (men/women): 52/31
Part-time faculty members (men/women): 13/4
Tenured faculty members (men/women): 9/4
SCHOOL
CALENDAR
August-May (semesters)
One summer session.
Medical Degree (M.D.): Medicine
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.):
Biomedical
Sciences
Master’s/Doctoral Degree
(M.P.H.): Public Health
STUDENT LIFE
Campus Regulations: Attendance at clinical
clerkships and other clinical experiences involving patient care is required;
attendance at tests and final examinations is mandatory.
Campus Services: Health, personal and
psychological counseling, and career counseling and placement.
Campus Activities: Student activities
include grand rounds. Leadership opportunities are found in Student Government
Association (SGA) and other various organizations, such as the Student National
Medical Association, the Medical Student Section of the American Medical
Association, the Pre-Alumni Association, and the Student American Medical
Association. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society is represented on campus.
Many opportunities exist
for students to interact with students at other Atlanta University Center
Institutions, including Clark-Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, Interdenominational
Theological Seminary, and Morehouse College.
Housing Availabilityz: None on campus;
off-campus housing available.
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., 1954–former secretary, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services; former president of Morehouse School of Medicine.
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