The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (CCLCM) is a medical school in Cleveland, Ohio on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic. The school offers Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 5-year "college track" path to a M.D. medical degree. The school was established in 2002 with a $100 million gift from Norma and Al Lerner and is a collaboration between Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University. The first class of students was enrolled in 2004. The class size each year is 32 students.
CCLCM offers a five-year program with the goal of training physician-scientists. The third or fourth year is spent doing full-time research, and a thesis is required for graduation.
On May 14, 2008, Cleveland Clinic announced that all students entering the program would receive full tuition scholarships.
Reputation
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine is currently located within the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute building on the main campus of Cleveland Clinic. The school will later be relocated to a new building on the Cleveland Clinic campus upon the completion of the Cleveland Clinic-Case Western Reserve University Health Education Campus, which will house CCLCM, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Case School of Dental Medicine in one single location.
CCLCM's MCAT score for the applying class of 2011 was the fourth-highest in the nation, and the school fielded 1,745 applications for 32 positions.
In 2012, 76% of graduates were matched to hospitals ranked in the top 13 of the US News & World Report Honor Roll Hospitals or within US News top-10 specialty-specific rankings for their chosen field.
From 2006-2013, the school has produced 43 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholars and Fellows, including two students in the inaugural class.
Notable past and present faculty
- Shuvo Roy â€" inventor of artificial kidney
- Steven Nissen â€" cardiologist and one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People
- Michael Roizen â€" anesthesiologist and New York Times bestselling author
- Maria Siemionow â€" plastic surgeon and leader of the team performing the world's most complete and America's first face transplant
- Elias Traboulsi â€" discovered the first gene linked to macular degeneration
- Qing K. Wang â€" discovered the first gene linked to development of coronary artery disease
- Eric Topol â€" named Doctor of the Decade by the Institute of Scientific Information for being one of the top-10 most cited medical researchers
- Richard Drake â€" writer of Gray's Anatomy for students
- Lars Georg Svensson â€" cardiac surgeon and leader in aortic valve surgery
- Leonard Calabrese â€" rheumatologist and internationally recognized HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C researcher
References
External links
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University