The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is a medical school located in Farmington, Connecticut. It was founded in 1961, enrolled students in 1968, and graduated its first class in 1972.
The school is part of UConn Health, along with the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and John Dempsey Hospital. UConn Health is also a renowned biomedical research center, specializing in genetics, aging, orthopaedics and neurology/neurosurgery. In 2012, Dr. Cato Laurencin’s research on ACL tissue regeneration was named one of National Geographic’s 100 Scientific Discoveries That Changed the World.
The School of Medicine was established in 1961 following legislation by the Connecticut General Assembly. The vote set aside 2milliontoplananddevelopmedicalanddentalschoolsfortheresidentsofConnecticut.In1962,the106−acrecampusinFarmington,sevenmileswestofHartford,wasselectedfromfortydifferentoptions.Dr.LymanMaynardStowewasappointedtobethefirstdeanofthemedicalschool;however,Stowediedunexpectedlyin1965andJohnPattersonwasnameddean.Themedicalschoolopeneditsdoorsin1968inatemporarybuildingwhileconstructionofthebuildingcontinued.Constructionwascompletedin1972,thesameyeartheschoolgraduateditsfirstclassoftwenty−ninephysicians.Alongwiththemedicalanddentalschools,JohnDempseyHospital,namedafterthegovernorwhosignedtheinitiallegislation,wasestablishedasa137−beduniversityhospitalandadmitteditsfirstpatientin1975.In2014,theSchoolofMedicineenrolled98studentsfrom52differentcolleges,withanaverageundergraduateGPAof3.7,andanaverageMCATscoreof31.9.Theschoolisconsideredhighlyselective,matriculatingonly3.334,405, students from the other New England states pay 53,960,andout−of−NewEnglandstudentspay63,259.
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