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Pages in category "Universities and colleges in Los Angeles County, California" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Los Angeles General Medical Center (also known as LA General and formerly known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, County/USC, County General or by the abbreviation LAC+USC) is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located at 2051 Marengo Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States.
The medical school grew to nearly 400 medical students, more than 700 interns and residents, and almost 200 master's and doctorate candidates. A partnership was formed with the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in 1966 to train medical students with the goal of meeting the needs of the underserved in South Los Angeles.
The size of its incoming medical classes was increased to 80 students in 1974, 120 students in 1980, and 128 students in 2000. Starting in 2004, the medical program began a gradual expansion that more than doubled enrollment and distributed medical education and training at campuses, hospitals and clinics throughout the province.
[3]: 34 For the physician class of 2024, the average GPA was 3.8 and the average MCAT score was 517. [4] In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school #28 in Best Medical Schools: Research, and tied for #52 in Best Medical Schools: Primary Care. [5]
As a result of their acceptance, the Los Angeles Infirmary was created on June 21, 1869. [2] St. Vincent Medical Center was the first hospital in Los Angeles. The name was changed in 1918 to St. Vincent's Hospital. The name was changed again in 1974 to St. Vincent Medical Center following the construction of a new hospital.
The first graduating class had only three students, and classes were taught in the Cales' private residence. [4] By 1912, the school had moved to an opera house in Los Angeles and had grown to 113 students. In 1922, the Chiropractic Initiative Act of 1922 passed, allowing the state to create a board of chiropractic examiners. [5]
From 1968 through the 1970s, the Black Panther Party established several Peoples’ Free Medical Clinics as part of their efforts to counter systemic discrimination against Black people in hospitals and private medical practices. [15] [16] The Peoples' Free Medical Clinics served as an advocating body as well. These clinics helped integrate the ...