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his “new medical school” is rapidly We’ve had remarkable growth in research funding in the past five years, from new
approaching the 20th anniversary of recruits as well as our established faculty. We’re a full partner with the University
its June 2000 founding. While the of Florida in its recent competitive renewal of the CTSA award from the National
beginning was rocky and met with Institutes of Health. As we’ve matured, we’ve seen increased success in grant
resistance, it’s a pleasure to see how much we’ve submissions and larger awards for our investigators. We’ve contributed greatly to
grown since those early years. In 2019, we continued FSU’s remarkable rise in research success.
our forward momentum: Our pipeline programs continue to support us well. We remain one of the most diverse
medical schools in the country for both African American and Hispanic student
We graduated our 15th M.D. class with 1,367 total graduates to date. We have more percentages.
alumni in practice than in training programs. We’ve seen many of the early faculty and staff who created, nurtured and prevailed in
We also graduated our first class of 37 PA students, awarding them their master’s establishing this school head to retirement and well-earned rests. For instance, Helen
degrees in December after 15 months on the main campus and 12 months in clinical Livingston and Graham Patrick were here from the beginning and left lasting legacies
clerkships at our regional campuses. We welcomed our third class of PA students in in our student and educational programs. And Myra Hurt stepped down from a senior
late August, our first full-enrollment class of 60. leadership role this year to concentrate on writing the definitive history of our College
We continued to expand our residency sponsorships, announced a new family of Medicine.
medicine program at Winter Haven Hospital and recruited our first class of emergency
medicine residents at Sarasota Memorial. We’ve also begun a new fellowship in
We have greatly enjoyed telling the wonderful stories of the College of Medicine each year
palliative care at Sarasota Memorial and partnered with Lee Health to expand our in our annual report since our first edition in 2009.  We have an outstanding Public Affairs
clinical psychology postdoctoral program. and Communications staff who each year highlight the best of our teaching, research and
Our undergraduate Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences Program continued to grow service accomplishments, our faculty and our staff.  I invite you to enjoy our 2019 stories so
and graduated our first of many cohorts committed to future health and graduate well told in the following pages and reflect on how far we’ve come in our first 20 years.  
careers. IMS is becoming one of the most popular majors here at FSU.
We opened FSU PrimaryHealth in southwest Tallahassee adjacent to Sabal Palm
Elementary in May, reflecting years of planning and preparation to build a practice
for our new clinical faculty and providing primary care to an underserved local
community. With FSU SeniorHealth doing well and FSU BehavioralHealth ready for John P. Fogarty, M.D.
launch in 2020, we will truly “live our mission” in caring for our communities. Dean