The Search

The Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS) of Brown University invites applications and nominations for the position of Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education. Brown is a leading education and research university distinct for its student-centered learning and deep sense of purpose. Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, AMS has been a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. Housed within the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University, AMS resides in one of the finest facilities of its kind in the country and in the immediate vicinity of seven affiliated institutions that serve one and one half million people of diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic status. The School aims to train diverse individuals who will work together to lead locally and internationally renowned, transformative, and socially responsible medical education, research, clinical care, and advocacy. The Schoolâ™s goal is to inspire and cultivate physician scholars and leaders who positively impact the health of people and society.

Reporting to the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education oversees a complex education enterprise that spans student life, student inclusion and diversity, curriculum, educational improvement, and admissions at an institution poised for further growth and innovation. The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education supports and helps to advance the Doctor of Medicine program in addition to AMSâ™s unique educational programs such as the Program in Liberal Medical Education, the Primary Care- Population Medicine Program, the Gateways to Medicine, and Healthcare and Research program. The Senior Associate Dean will join AMS at a time of change, growth, and transformation. The School will welcome its new dean in March 2022 and its two major clinical affiliates, Lifespan and Care New England, could potentially merge, with Brown University, to form an integrated academic health system. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a new leadership team that will continue to solidify AMS as a leading medical school in the 21st century.

The next Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education at AMS will be an innovative and progressive leader who possess a firm grasp of the emerging challenges and opportunities in medical education, research, and patient care. The Senior Associate Dean must be an experienced and committed manager, teacher, and collaborator who is passionate about medical education and research. The Senior Associate Dean will need to be excellent at sustaining positive relationships and expanding partnerships with colleagues within and outside of AMS, including with other administrators, clinical affiliates, faculty, students, and staff. The successful candidate will be an exemplary mentor who is committed to the success and wellbeing of students and invested in the development of faculty and staff. The Senior Associate Dean will personally demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and support AMSâ™s related initiatives.

Brown has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist with this search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed in confidence to the firm as indicated at the end of this document.

The Warren Alpert Medical School

In 1811, Brown became the third university in the nation to offer academic medical education. Although the initial program lasted only 16 years, this early medical school attracted some illustrious teaching physicians who went on to play roles on the national scene, participating in the founding of the American Medical Association and helping set the first national standards for medical education. By 1972, the medical degree program relaunched and now includes clinical clerkships at seven affiliated hospitals infused with new laboratories, research programs, specialists, and clinical services.

Today the Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS), housed within the Division of Biology and Medicine, is a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. AMS includes 14 clinical departments: Anesthesiology, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Medicine, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery, located primarily at its affiliated teaching hospital; four basic science departments: Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry; Ecology and Evolutionary and Organismal Biology; Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; and Neuroscience. In addition, two departments â“ Medical Science and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - are hybrid departments that include both campus and hospital-based faculty. Students are admitted to AMS via a variety of pathways. The School awards approximately 140 MD degrees each year.

The School is committed to the development of excellent research and scholarship that undergird its academic programs and clinical practice. Since 2013, external funding for research has increased by 148 percent. AMS and its teaching hospitals garnered more than $210 million in research funding in 2020.

Transitions

After eight and a half years leading biology and medicine at Brown, Dr. Jack A. Elias, the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences and Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, will become the Universityâ™s senior health advisor. Dr. Mukesh Jain will start as the next Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences on March 1, 2022. Dr. Jain currently serves as the chief academic officer at University Hospitals health system and vice dean for medical sciences at Case Western Reserve University.

The current Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, Dr. Allan Tunkel, is retiring from this position on May 1, 2022. Dr. Tunkel has served in the role for eight and a half years. During his tenure, Dr. Tunkel established a leadership infrastructure for medical education and student affairs, addressed curriculum reform initiatives, and was involved in important diversity initiatives at the medical school. He also put an educational strategic plan in place in 2020 and led a recent LCME accreditation effort that fully accredits the medical education program for the next eight years. Please see the appendix for more details.

Responsibilities of the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education

Reporting to the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences and serving as a member of the Deanâ™s Leadership Council, the Senior Associate Dean provides oversight to and has overall responsibility for all programs and services related to undergraduate medical education to ensure the high quality of medical education and the professional development of the students. In addition, the Senior Associate Dean is responsible for the following: oversight of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation and monitoring process; strategic planning as it relates to medical education; collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs to recruit, support, and retain students who are underrepresented in medicine (UiM); the development of policies, practices, programs and initiatives that strengthen the medical school; and serve on committees and task forces as directed by the Dean.

Direct reports to the Senior Associate Dean include the Associate Dean of Medicine for the Program in Liberal Medical Education--Brownâ™s eight-year baccalaureate/MD program, the Associate Dean for Medical Education, the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, the Director and Assistant Deans for Admissions, and the Directors of approved Masterâ™s programs (Gateways to Medicine, Healthcare and Research, and Medical Physics). The Senior Associate Dean will also work closely with the Executive Dean for Administration, the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, the Assistant Dean for Biomedical Advancement, and the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and serve as a collaborative senior leadership partner at AMS, interacting with all AMS departments, colleagues and staff, as well as with leadership and staff at Brown University and the affiliated health systems.

The Senior Associate Dean will take part in clinical care, teaching, and/or research activities at the medical school within the department in which they have a primary academic appointment. In addition, the Senior Associate Dean will serve as a principal or co-principal investigator on grants related to educational initiatives or student support, and work with the development office in securing philanthropy for educational and professional development initiatives. They also work with the Finance & Planning Office, and the Executive Dean for Administration, in the submission and management of the divisional budget as it relates to education and student services that report to the Senior Associate Dean. The non-payroll operating budget for this role is approximately $11 million.

The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education has oversight and responsibility for all programs and services related to medical education. These include the following:

• Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME): The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides direct oversight to the Associate Dean of Medicine for PLME--Brownâ™s unique eight-year baccalaureate/MD program--to ensure appropriate admissions and recruiting, education, and support and advising for students in PLME during their undergraduate experiences at Brown University leading to their promotion to AMS. The successful candidate needs to ensure that there is a commitment to recruiting and retaining students from groups that are underrepresented in medicine (UiM) and students with potential for careers as physician scientists. Reporting to the Associate Dean of Medicine for PLME are Assistant Deans of Medicine whose function is to provide student support and advising to ensure student success.

• Office of Medical Education: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides direct oversight to the Associate Dean for Medical Education, whose office is responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of all areas related to the medical school curriculum. The successful candidate will ensure that there is a commitment to retaining students from groups that are underrepresented in medicine (UiM) to add to the diversity of the future physician workforce. Reporting to the Associate Dean are two Assistant Deans for Medical Education (for year 1 and year 2), the Director of the Doctoring Program, and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum in Diversity and Inclusive Teaching and Learning.

• Office of Student Affairs: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides direct oversight to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, whose office is responsible for student services, student initiatives, financial aid, career development, student research, the learning environment, wellness, and records and registration. The successful candidate must ensure that there is a commitment to retaining and supporting students from groups that are underrepresented in medicine (UiM) to add to the diversity of the future physician workforce. Reporting to the Associate Dean is the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs for the Learning Environment, the Director of Career Development, the Chief Wellness Officer, the Assistant Director of Student Affairs, the Director of Assessment and Evaluation, and the Director of Records and Registration.

• Office of Admissions: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides direct oversight to the Director of Admissions, and guidance to the Assistant Deans for Admission, to recruit students to AMS who have the appropriate background and preparation to succeed in medical school through the following routes: standard, post- baccalaureate linkages, and early identification programs. The successful candidate must ensure that the admissions process is free from external influence in terms of selection of applicants for admission to AMS and ensure that there is a commitment to recruiting students from groups that are underrepresented in medicine (UiM) to add to the diversity of the future physician workforce.

• MD-PhD Training Program: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education works with the director and co-director of the newly rejuvenated MD-PhD training program.

• Gateways to Medicine, Healthcare and Research: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides oversight to the Director of the Gateways Program, a Masterâ™s program to enhance the ability of students to achieve acceptance into medical school. The Director ensures that appropriate candidates are admitted into the program and provides guidance and support to admitted students.

• Masterâ™s Program in Medical Physics: The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education provides oversight to the Director of the Masterâ™s Program in Medical Physics to admit and graduate students as they progress to residency in medical physics.

The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education also plays a role as the Chief of the Section of Medical Education and, in conjunction with the Office of BioMed Faculty Administration, ensures that all physician and non-physician faculty have appropriate faculty appointments to teach and train medical students. This includes primary appointments in the Section of Medical Education (appointment in Medical Science) and secondary appointments, if appropriate, for those who have primary appointments in other departments and have a significant contribution to medical education. The Senior Associate Dean ensures the promotion of faculty who have achieved distinction in medical education and serves as Chair of the Section of Medical Educationâ™s Appointments and Promotions Committee.

Opportunities and Challenges

It is expected that the next Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education will have the ability to address a set of opportunities and challenges that include but are not limited to:

Address pressing issues in medical education locally and nationally

The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education must be engaged in the national conversation around the transformational changes occurring in medical education and will strategically lead innovative changes that reframe medical education at AMS. Movement toward competency- based education and evaluation, the use of assessments to improve learning, the transition from undergraduate medical education to graduate medical education, and creating an inclusive and robust learning environment are some of the issues at hand. The next Senior Associate Dean will sustain the overarching goal of preparing learners for success and excellence through innovative medical education programs.

Facilitate communication and serve as an advocate across the medical education enterprise

The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education is tasked with ensuring excellent clinical opportunities for medical students at new and current affiliate sites. As the champion for an inclusive learning environment, the Senior Associate Dean will be the liaison with the health systems to ensure safe, inclusive, and beneficial educational spaces for students. The Senior Associate Dean will maintain, and in some cases establish, robust relationships and communication between the medical school and its clinical partners to foster alignment on priorities for medical education, expectations for the learning environment, and a shared commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Additionally, the Senior Associate Dean is the advocate for all teaching faculty, which includes the hospital-based and community physicians who educate medical students. The Senior Associate Dean will ensure teaching faculty are recognized for their efforts and provide a professional path at AMS for clinician educators who are interested in expanding their knowledge base and career as educators. The Senior Associate Dean is the conduit for communication between the constituents of the medical school and the divisionâ™s senior leadership. They must remain the knowledgeable intermediary for experiences and developments in the clinical education environment.

Support the growth and development of physician scientists

Continued growth of the research enterprise is a key priority for AMS. As part of these aspirations, AMS has a unique opportunity to support a robust physician scientist program that can help fulfill national needs. The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education will work closely with the Dean, the leadership of the MD/PhD program, and others to ensure that students are aware of scientific opportunities at Brown, recruit students with these interests, and encourage and support AMS students to pursue research and scholarship. This work will also include collaborating with the university-wide, NIH funded, Advance-CTR grant and the training of students, interns, residents, and fellows who are not in formal PhD training programs.

Champion equity, diversity, and inclusion

AMS has a long-held commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The School appointed an Associate Dean for Diversity and Multicultural Affairs six years ago and is about to hire a Senior Associate Dean to lead the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs (ODMA). The Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education will work closely with the ODMA team and other leaders at AMS to further diversity, equity, and inclusion. In recent years AMS created a Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP) and department specific action plans, developed a pipeline program for local first-generation college and underrepresented minority students in the region, started antiracism workshops and trainings, increased the diversity of the student body, developed a committee for inclusive teaching and learning, and launched the Brown Council for Diversity in Medicine to help address aspects of equity, diversity, and inclusion with their clinical partners. At the state level, AMS successfully advocated to the Department of Health and the state medical societies to add a cultural awareness and humility requirement for physician licensure. AMS students are intimately involved in these activities and have helped to accelerate this important work.

Looking ahead, the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education will prioritize and advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion by modeling behaviors, making decisions that build diverse faculty and trainee groups, and strengthening a culture of belonging and engagement. The Senior Associate Dean will work closely with educational leadership to develop faculty understanding and knowledge in the areas of social justice, racism in medicine, and health disparities as well as prioritize and champion curriculum reforms that include educational content around these issues. Work remains to be done to ensure administrative leadership, faculty, and trainees similarly reflect the diversity found within the medical student population.

Establish interprofessional education opportunities

There is tremendous opportunity for AMS to play a critical role in interprofessional education research and training with other schools in the Providence area and across Rhode Island. AMS in conjunction with its partner institutions (The University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and Salve Regina University) provide a robust interprofessional education experience for all students. Second-year medical students participate in two interprofessional workshops on important topics in medicine with nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work students. In addition, students work interprofessionally in clinic sites, such as at the Rhode Island Free Clinic, where medical students across all four years, work side by side with nursing and pharmacy students, to provide care to patients. The Senior Associate Dean will continue the development of collaborations such as these that take full advantage of the opportunities on campus as well as partnerships in the local community and provide goals for professionalism and interprofessional education for AMS learners.

Build and guide a high-performing, innovative team

The Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education will oversee the Office of Medical Education (OME) and its incredibly talented leadership team and staff. The Senior Associate Dean is expected to be an effective manager and active mentor, who will support excellence, delegate appropriately, and act decisively. The Senior Associate Dean will understand the needs of the team and work toward providing efficiencies to a complicated medical education enterprise with a variety of educational programs, thinking collaboratively with an eye toward interdisciplinary approaches. They will advocate for the resources and support the leadership team needs to successfully deliver continuous quality improvement of medical education and well-rounded and inclusive student support. The Senior Associate Dean will also provide professional development of the team and lead scholarly output in the medical education space.

The past few years have brought significant transition and growth at AMS. Looking ahead, the School will soon welcome a new Dean and its two major clinical affiliates, Lifespan and Care New England, could potentially merge, with Brown University, to form an integrated academic health system. Additional staff and faculty transitions are anticipated. The next Senior Associate Dean must understand and respect this context and implications for OME while moving the team forward.

Provide Financial Leadership

Partnering closely with the Deanâ™s leadership council, the Senior Associate Dean will be a thought leader in the financial aspects of the medical school with a focus on building fundraising efforts and reinforcing a culture of philanthropy with the goal of providing scholarships and reducing tuition. The successful candidate will be an adept steward of resources with a strong financial acumen and experience with funds flow in a complex medical education system.

Qualifications and Experience

• MD or MD/PhD

• Minimum of 10 yearsâ™ experience in a medical school and/or healthcare academic administration

• Qualifications for a license to practice medicine in Rhode Island

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team

• Demonstrated leadership ability with a proven record of success in communicating and working with all levels of an academic and medical environment

• Experience in conflict management and provision of feedback

• A collaborative leader who can make tough decisions

• Excellent financial and budgetary management skills

• Detail oriented with excellent time management skills

• Possess a commitment to diversity and inclusion

• Experience with building curriculum and medical educational programs across multiple domains

• A strong listener who is able to build trust and respect

• Approachable, adaptable, flexible, compassionate, and calm

• Prior experience and demonstrated ability and success in working directly and closely with students in both formal and informal educational activities, and advising students in areas of professional development

TO APPLY

All inquiries, nominations, and applications, should be directed in confidence to:

Amy Segal, Partner

Jane McInerney, Senior Associate

Olivia Correll, Search Coordinator

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APPENDIX

Brown University

Founded in 1764, Brown University is a leading research university that has emerged in the last generation as one of the most competitive universities in the nation. Brown is a place where rigorous scholarship, complex problem-solving, and service to the public good are defined by intense collaboration, intellectual discovery, and working in ways that transcend traditional boundaries. Brown University has It has a long tradition of providing excellent education for undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and of supporting outstanding faculty, who are researchers, clinicians, and teachers. Brown's unique undergraduate curriculum, its integrated graduate biology and medical programs, and its commitment to the ideals of liberal education and diversity have attracted a world class student body, and a faculty composed of leading teachers and researchers. Brownâ™s graduate and professional programs offer intensive learning and research experiences that respect and develop each scholarâ™s interests and ideas within their intended specialty â” equipping them with the tools they need to become the next generation of leaders in their fields.

Brownâ™s diverse campus community consists of 7,043 undergraduates, 2,629 graduate students, 590 medical school students, and 816 full-time faculty members, including a Nobel laureate, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a winner of the National Medal of Science, 12 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 12 members of the American Association of Arts and Sciences, three members of the National Academy of Engineering and two MacArthur Fellows. About one-third of the full-time faculty hold named chairs. There are also approximately 2,348 medical faculty who work in the affiliated hospitals and private medical practices.

To learn more about Brown University and its history, please visit: https://www.brown.edu/about.

The Warren Alpert Medical School

The Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS) is home to medical students who are attracted to its collaborative and dynamic learning environment whose central goals are student wellness, academic excellence, and community building. AMS aims to train diverse individuals who will work together to lead locally and internationally renowned transformative and socially responsible medical education, research, clinical care, and advocacy. The goal is to inspire and cultivate physician scholars and leaders who positively impact the health of people and society. Graduates of AMS are accepted into the nationâ™s most competitive residency programs and leading medical centers.

Strategic Plan

The Schoolâ™s education strategic plan was presented and approved in May 2020 with the mission to support and promote the health of individuals and communities through innovative medical education programs, research initiatives, and clinical excellence in service to society and to improve the health and wellness of all. The plan focuses on five themes: enhancement of the Program in Liberal Medical Education, including integration with programs at The Warren Alpert Medical School; innovation in pedagogy and delivery of the medical school curriculum to serve our learners (Office of Medical Education); enhancement and development of programs related to medical student support, the learning environment, wellness, and advising and career development (Office of Student Affairs); engagement and professional development of faculty (Office of Faculty Professional Development); and development and support for new and established Masterâ™s/Certificate programs.

Clinical Partnerships

Clinical training is provided through Brown's affiliation with area hospitals. Several of the affiliated teaching hospital partners are members of the Lifespan and Care New England health care systems.

The Lifespan system includes Rhode Island Hospital, a 719-bed general acute care hospital designated as a Level I trauma center, The Miriam Hospital, a 247-bed general acute care hospital, the Hasbro Childrenâ™s Hospital, and the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, the nation's first psychiatric hospital devoted exclusively to children and adolescents. The Care New England health care system includes Women & Infants Hospital, one of the premier health care facilities for women and neonates in the United States, Butler Hospital, an adult psychiatric and substance abuse hospital, and Kent Hospital, a 359-bed general acute care hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), a 230-bed facility, provides acute in-patient and ambulatory care to veterans, bringing additional strength to an already rich clinical and educational scene. HopeHealth is a provider of hospice, palliative care, and long-term care services and the site of the Medical Schoolâ™s fellowship in palliative medicine. Brownâ™s relationship with its partner hospitals provides multiple benefits to the school, the hospitals, and the people they serve.

In winter 2021, Brown University and The Warren Alpert Medical School signed an agreement with Lifespan and Care New England to merge and create an integrated academic health system to provide excellence in health care from birth to end-of-life to the people of Rhode Island. This integrated academic health system will provide the full array of complementary medical specialties required for excellence in health care, biomedical research to remain on the leading edge of treatment and therapies, and the collaboration required to enable medical practitioners to effectively and efficiently provide health care to all members of the community.

Medical Education and Curriculum

Today, the AMS is renowned for the quality of progressive, student-focused medical education it provides. As Rhode Islandâ™s only medical school, approximately 59% of the stateâ™s physicians are affiliated with AMS, and 50% of physicians who complete both the medical school and residency program in Rhode Island stay in the state.

The Medical School offers five degree programs: the four-year MD program; the first-in-the-nation Primary Care-Population Medicine (PC-PM) dual-degree program through which students earn a Master of Science in Population Medicine (ScM) and a medical degree; the Physician-Scientist MD/PhD program that integrates medical degree training with doctoral study; a Master of Science in Medical Sciences; and a Master of Science in Medical Physics. To learn more about Residency and Fellowship programs, and professional development at AMS, please visit: https://medical.brown.edu/education.

Nearly 90 percent of AMS students partake in clinical or basic science research in a variety of research centers, institutes, and programs. The collective research enterprise in the life and health sciences attracts $195 million in sponsored research funding per year.

At the core of the medical education at Brown are the Nine Abilities. These are a broad range of expectations for future physicians that students are expected to master at certain levels of achievement in their education and development. All students must attain proficiency before graduation. The Nine Abilities are: Effective Communication; Basic Clinical Skills; Using Basic Science in the Practice of Medicine; Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment; Lifelong Learning; Professionalism; Health Equity and Racial Justice; Moral Reasoning and Clinical Ethics; and Clinical Decision-Making.

Brownâ™s innovative curriculum was designed to impart the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and abilities students need to become excellent physicians and scientists while giving students meaningful feedback every step of the way.

Pre-Clerkship: Years 1 & 2

Known for its flexible interdisciplinary curriculum, Brown begins its MD program with the pre- clerkship curriculum that currently spans 17 months. It is composed of the Integrated Medical Sciences courses, the Doctoring Program that teaches clinical skills and professional development, and a two-week Clinical Skills Clerkship that prepares students for the clerkship phase. In addition to these required courses, the elective Scholarly Concentrations Program is introduced in the first year and runs throughout the four years of medical school. This mentored longitudinal program allows students to pursue a course of study beyond the traditional medical school curriculum and translate personal interests into scholarship.

Clerkship/Post-clerkship: Years 3 & 4

Beginning in the third year, clerkships immerse students in the experiences associated with a particular field of medicine. Students work full-time at a designated site during each rotation period and are assigned on-call duty on scheduled nights and weekends. Students must complete a minimum of 80 weeks of clinical training throughout Years 3 and 4, 68 weeks of which must be taken at Alpert Medical School, including Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Clinical Neurosciences, and Family Medicine.

Brown Medical Students must complete a minimum of 36 weeks of clinical electives, 24 weeks of which must be taken at Brown. The 36 weeks of electives must include four weeks of a sub- internship and six weeks of surgical electives. There are also a variety of elective opportunities at Brownâ™s affiliated hospitals or at other approved institutions, as well as the option to pursue independent study and advanced clinical mentorship electives.

Curricular Innovations

AMS is proud of its history of innovation in medical training. A few examples of Brownâ™s cutting- edge approach include:

• The Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), which provides another route of entry to Brownâ™s medical curriculum. This eight-year, highly selective combined baccalaureate- MD program matriculates 50-60 outstanding undergraduate applicants each year who, after earning their undergraduate degree from the University, advance on to the Medical School. Intensive academic advising and the development of a personalized Educational Plan, enable PLME students to pursue their own academic interests in preparation for a career as a physician while also developing personal and professional attributes to lead a