Located in Norfolk, Virginia, The Eastern Virginia Medical School is a public-private medical school founded by the collective “Seven Cities” of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Its campus includes the 555-bed Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the region’s main tertiary medical care facility, and the 212-bed Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, a regional pediatric referral care facility. Reproductive medicine and research in pediatrics, geriatrics, diabetes, and cancer are among the areas where EVMS excels.
In the 1960s the Area of SoutheasternVirginia known as Hampton Roads (historically Tidewater) recognized that the region did not have enough physicians to support its growing population. In an attempt to close the gap, Arealeaders decided to found a regional medical school, to both attract physicians from outside areas and to produce “home-grown” practitioners. It was thought that a UniversityMedical Center operating in conjunction with previously operating regional health care facilities would effectively end the shortage and more importantly, bring a bevy of experts and specialists to the area. The idea gained the support of the Virginia General Assembly and the city councils of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. In 1964, the General Assembly authorized the formation of what was then known as the Norfolk Area medical center Authority.
In 1970 fundraising by the EVMSfoundation began the collection of funds for the creation of EVMS. Before acceptance of its first class, more than $17 million had been donated from community and business leaders. In 1973, EasternVirginia Medical School accepted its first class. The following year, the EVMSOffice of Graduate Medical Education was established to coordinate residency and fellowship training programs. EVMS has since graduated its 30th class of physicians, with one in four of all local physicians having some connection to the University and, additionally has produced many other medical professionals to satisfy the ever-growing need for health care workers. In the spring of 2008, the Commonwealth of Virginia approved appropriating capital outlay funds to EVMS to allow it to increase its doctoral student enrollment by 30% and its physician assistant program by 60%. When this expansion is completed, the total student enrollment will rise to approximately 1,000.
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