Virginia Health Sciences

Eastern Virginia Medical School
MottoCommunity focus. World impact.
TypePublic medical school
Established1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Academic affiliation
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Endowment$113.2 million (2020)[1]
PresidentAlfred Z. Abuhamad[2]
Vice-presidentC. Donald Combs[2]
Academic staff
574[2]
Students1,261[2]
Postgraduates578[2]
683[2]
Location
Norfolk
,
Virginia
,
U.S.

36°51′38″N 76°18′09″W / 36.860556°N 76.3025°W / 36.860556; -76.3025
CampusUrban, 500 acres (2.02 km2)
ColorsEVMS Blue and Black[3]
   
Websitewww.evms.edu

Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), part of the Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, commonly known as Virginia Health Sciences, is a public medical school in Norfolk, Virginia operated by Old Dominion University. Founded by grassroots efforts in the Southeastern part of Virginia known as Hampton Roads, EVMS has historically not been affiliated with an undergraduate institution and therefore coordinates training through multiple medical centers in the Hampton Roads region. Effective on July 1, 2024, the nearby Old Dominion University merged with EVMS to create a comprehensive university with EVMS being the medical school component of the larger university.[4]

The campus includes the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, the region's only tertiary level 1 trauma medical care facility, and the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, a regional pediatric referral care facility and only stand-alone children's hospital in the state. EVMS is the first institution in the US to have produced a viable fetus through in vitro fertilization. EVMS is most known for its reproductive medicine and simulation/standardized-patient education as well as research in pediatrics, geriatrics, diabetes, and cancer.

  1. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Archived from the original on February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Facts and Figures 2017-2018" (PDF). Eastern Virginia Medical School. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Visual Identity Guide" (PDF). Eastern Virginia Medical School. October 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "EVMS, ODU merger pushed to July 2024". Virginia Business. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-16.