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School of Medicine

Founded in 1868, the Wayne State University School of Medicine (SOM) is the largest single-campus medical school in the United States. The school is known for its ability to develop clinical skills in medical students through one of the nation’s most robust standardized patient programs and partnerships with the area’s leading hospital systems. In addition to training the next generation of physicians, the school offers master’s, Ph.D., and M.D./Ph.D. programs in 14 areas of basic science and public health to about 400 students annually.

The school’s research emphasizes neurosciences, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, perinatology, cancer, cardiovascular disease including diabetes and obesity, and psychiatry and addiction research. Research funding levels in 2012, including all grants and contracts from government agencies, private organizations and pharmaceutical companies, was more than $119 million. One of the school’s major assets is the Richard J. Mazurek, M.D., Medical Education Commons, opened in 2009. This building was designed specifically for students and houses classrooms, student services divisions, the medical library, a sophisticated patient simulation center and the Kado Family Clinical Skills Center. The $35 million building was funded entirely with donations from friends and alumni.

In fall 2012, the SOM and WSU broke ground on a new Multispecialty Biomedical Research Building (MBRB), a $93 million state-of-the-art biomedical research facility to be constructed on the Wayne State University campus. The building will support researchers from different areas of inquiry and enhance their ability to collaborate to solve problems related to human health and society. The ultimate goal of the MBRB is to translate work from the laboratory to patient care. To accomplish this, the new building will feature nearly 200,000 square feet of space for approximately 500 researchers and nearly 60 principal investigators. It will include wet and dry laboratories, faculty offices, common areas, a lecture hall and lounge, and clinical accommodations.

The school’s faculty physicians provide $60 million in uncompensated care annually to patients in Southeast School of Medicine Michigan. The 2012 fall enrollment in the School of Medicine is 1,611. Total enroFllamll 2e0n08t includes 1,472 full- time and 139 part-time students.

Degrees/certificates granted 2011-12