ALL CAMPUS SUCCESS
With the opening of our new campus in northeast Ohio, 2015-2016 was our first year operating as “Three Campuses, One College.” Our hospitals
and other clinical training partners – our greater medical school campus – were undergoing transitions as well, especially in graduate medical
education. As residency programs nationwide moved toward a single accreditation system that will use the same standards for evaluation and
accountability of both D.O. and M.D. residents, our college played a leadership role and contributed a strong voice to the process.
CLEVELAND
CAMPUS OPENS
When it comes to keeping our medical school graduates in Ohio, location can make a difference.
Many new physicians will stay to practice in the area where they trained, and espec ially in
areas where they conduct their residencies. With our focus on transforming primary care, a key
college strategy calls for recruiting from – and training in – northeastern Ohio. In July 2015,
we launched the Heritage College, Cleveland, on the Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital
campus, building on our longtime affiliation with Cleveland Clinic.
Our medical school’s expansion into northeast Ohio addresses the need for more first-line
physicians to provide care to underserved urban and rural communities, particularly in the
region. All but one student in the inaugural class of 51 in the Cleveland Class of 2019 come
from Ohio, and more than 70 percent are from northeastern Ohio.
“There is an unlimited demand for primary care physicians across the country and particularly in
northeast Ohio,” said Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, M.D., CEO and president of Cleveland Clinic.
“We see this school fitting perfectly the demand and the location.”
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BRIAN DONLEY, M.D.,
chief of staff & chief
of clinical operations,
Cleaveland Clinic