Ponce Health Sciences University

Ponce Health Sciences University
TypePrivate
For-profit
Established1977; 47 years ago (1977)[1]
PresidentDr. Gino Natalicchio[2]
CEODavid Lenihan
StudentsOver 1,700 (2023)[3]
Location
Ponce
,
Puerto Rico

17°59′38″N 66°37′09″W / 17.9939°N 66.6192°W / 17.9939; -66.6192
Websitewww.psm.edu

The Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), formerly Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences, is a private, for-profit university in Ponce, Puerto Rico and St. Louis, Missouri. It awards graduate degrees in Medicine (MD), Clinical Psychology (PsyD and PhD), Biomedical Sciences (PhD), Medical Sciences (MS), and Public Health (MPH and DrPH). The university has 360 students in its medical school and, as of 11 February 2019, was authorized to increase the student body at the medical school to 600 which, when fully in place, will make it the largest private medical school in Puerto Rico and one of the largest under the American flag.[4]

  1. ^ "History ~ Ponce Health Sciences University".
  2. ^ "About ~ Ponce Health Sciences University".
  3. ^ Institución ponceña: Apuesta al futuro como meca universitaria en Medicina: El proyecto de expansión les permitirá ampliar los programas de Sicología y Salud Pública, además de agregar grados de maestría y doctorado en Enfermería. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. Ponce, Puerto Rico: La Perla del Sur. Year 36. Issue 1840. Page 3. 6 March 2019. Accessed 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Puerto Rico's Ponce Health Sciences University to Build New Campus and Aims to Expand Enrollments: Ponce Health Sciences University has broken ground on the construction of a $80MM campus/medical research facility, which will be the largest of its kind in Puerto Rico." Ponce, Puerto Rico. PRUnderground. 11 February 2019. Accessed 21 September 2019.