Virginia Health Sciences
Public medical school in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Center at Old Dominion University, commonly known as Virginia Health Sciences Center and formerly Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), is a public medical school in Norfolk, Virginia operated by Old Dominion University. Founded by grassroots efforts in the Southeastern part of Virginia known as Hampton Roads, EVMS has historically not been affiliated with an undergraduate institution and therefore coordinates training through multiple medical centers in the Hampton Roads region. Effective on July 1, 2024, the nearby Old Dominion University merged with EVMS to create a comprehensive university with EVMS being the medical school component of the larger university.[4]
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Motto | Community focus. World impact. |
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Type | Public medical school |
Established | 1973; 51 years ago (1973) |
Academic affiliation | Liaison Committee on Medical Education |
Endowment | $113.2 million (2020)[1] |
President | Alfred Z. Abuhamad[2] |
Vice-president | C. Donald Combs[2] |
Academic staff | 574[2] |
Students | 1,261[2] |
Postgraduates | 578[2] |
683[2] | |
Location | , , U.S. 36.860556°N 76.3025°W / 36.860556; -76.3025 |
Campus | Urban, 500 acres (2.02 km2) |
Colors | EVMS Blue and Black[3] |
Website | www |
The campus includes the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the region's only tertiary level 1 trauma medical care facility, and the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, a regional pediatric referral care facility and only stand-alone children's hospital in the state. EVMS is the first institution in the US to have produced a viable fetus through in vitro fertilization. EVMS is most known for its reproductive medicine and simulation/standardized-patient education as well as research in pediatrics, geriatrics, diabetes, and cancer.