SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 2020–2021 A GLOBAL EDUCATION This is St. George’s University, an educational institution that leads by example. More than 40 years ago, the University broke ground by founding the first truly international center of medical education. Creating this new opportunity gave our charter students, and all those who have followed, the chance to benefit from an international curriculum that not only helps students become doctors, but inspires them to become examples of all the great things medicine can do. To date, St. George’s University has graduated more than 15,000 physicians who have practiced worldwide and whose good works are testaments to this belief. WHAT’S INSIDE From the Chancellor .........................................4 School of Medicine .........................................18 Doctor of Medicine .........................................20 Graduate Degree Programs ..................................29 Independent Graduate Degree Programs . .32 Dual Degree Programs ......................................38 General Rules and Regulations ...............................40 Course Descriptions ........................................41 Clinical Centers and Affiliated Hospitals........................68 STAY CONNECTED Academic Partnerships ......................................70 WITH SGU Student Support Services....................................81 What’s the latest news at SGU? Find Student Organizations . 84 out by visiting us on social media, Admission .................................................91 including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Finances ..................................................98 Google Plus, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Important Dates for Entering Students 2020–2021 ..............108 Like us, follow us, and subscribe to Relevant Organizations .....................................112 stay up-to-date on everything SGU. Alumni Affairs .............................................114 Administration and Faculty..................................116 The University reserves the right to make changes in the curriculum, degree requirements, course offerings, tuition/fees, and all rules and regulations at any time and without prior notice. The content of this catalog is current as of print time. The most up-to-date information can be found on our website at sgu.edu. School of Medicine Catalog 2020–2021 | 3 FROM THE CHANCELLOR St. George’s University School of Medicine basic sciences and clinical medicine is an essential prepares students for the lifelong study and feature of health care. The establishment of our practice of medicine. In addition to the essential Medical Student Research Initiative provides the knowledge and skills of practicing professionals, the exceptional student with the opportunities to program forwards the highest goals of health care develop into a physician-scientist. professionals. The international character of our faculty and student body, coupled with locations The commitment of the University to research on three continents, provides our graduates with an underlies its affiliation with Windward Islands experiential education consonant with our modern Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF) world. The Doctor of Medicine (MD) program and its support of our Council on Education promotes the understanding that research into the for Public Health (CEPH)-accredited Master of Public Health degree program. This commitment many forms. Presently, St. George’s University promotes studies in a wider range of health School of Medicine is planning on developing care fields and preventive medicine, and an postgraduate training programs in Grenada to train understanding into the cause, epidemiology, family medicine and general practice physicians. and treatment of diseases important to the Many of these physicians will be graduates of our communities of the Windward Islands and the School. We believe this will enhance the delivery of greater Caribbean. primary care on our island and improve the lives of all Grenadians. Throughout its history, part of our mission expressed a responsibility to improve the health Charles R. Modica, Chancellor care of Grenada. Over the decades, this has taken UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION • Bringing together students, graduates, and • $250 million USD, magnificent, purpose-built faculty from more than 140 countries in a campus filled with state-of-the-art lecture halls, conscious effort to create and maintain a laboratories, library, and study space. unique international education. • St. George’s University’s Department of • SGU’s Department of Public Health and Educational Services is dedicated to teaching Preventive Medicine has been designated as a students how to learn and teachers how to World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating teach. This unique and highly effective faculty Center on Environmental and Occupational is an important component of our student and Health, the first of its kind in the Caribbean. graduate success. ACCREDITATIONS AND APPROVALS • Accredited by the Grenada Medical and Dental • Recognized by the Medical Board of California. Council, a part of the Ministry of Health of the Government of Grenada • Licensed by the Florida Commission on Independent Education (CIE)* • The National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (of the US • St. George’s University’s Master of Public Health Department of Education), for the purpose of program is only one of a few non-US programs conferring student loans, has deemed Grenada’s to receive accreditation by the US Council on accreditation standards to be comparable to Education for Public Health (CEPH). those utilized by the United States. • SGU School of Medicine (SGUSOM) has been • Approved by the New York State Education reviewed and approved by the following bodies Department (NYSED) for the purpose of internationally: The Bahamas Medical Council, conducting clinical training programs in the State The Bermuda Medical Council, The Sri Lankan of New York Medical Council, The Thailand Medical Council, and The Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago. • Approved by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners (NJSBME) to conduct clinical clerkship programs at SGU-affiliated New Jersey teaching hospitals and an Alternatively Accredited medical school by the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey (AGMEC) within the New Jersey Commission of Higher Education * Additional information regarding this institution may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, toll-free phone: 1 (888) 224-6684. School of Medicine Catalog 2020–2021 | 7 BROAD CLINICAL EXPOSURE AND COHESIVE TRAINING • MD students are presented with a wide range of patient populations. • Clinical skills begin in Grenada and the clinical program is distributed throughout 70+ affiliated hospitals and clinical centers in the US, the UK, and Grenada, and delivered within a cohesive clinical training program. • Directors of Medical Education, clerkship directors, and faculty at all hospitals adhere to the same learning objectives and examinations. Regular clinical faculty meetings culminate in annual meetings in Grenada ensuring consistency and excellence. School of Medicine Catalog 2020–2021 | 9 TRANSFORMING THE US HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, IMPACTING GLOBAL HEALTH CARE • SGU is the #1 international provider of physicians practicing in the US—more than any other non-US medical school in the world.* • St. George’s University graduates have been licensed in every state in the United States, as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom, and have practiced in more than 50 countries around the world. • In its 40 years of academic achievement, St. George’s University School of Medicine has graduated more than 17,000 physicians into global health care systems. * According to US Medical Regulatory Trends and Actions 2018 as published by the Federation of State Medical Boards. School of Medicine Catalog 2020–2021 | 11 ACCLAIMED ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS • Students who enroll in a University joint-degree program receive direct entry into the Doctor of Medicine program at St. George’s University School of Medicine upon completing their bachelor’s degree. • Joint-degree programs allow students to obtain their undergraduate and Doctor of Medicine degrees in six or seven years combined. • Affiliated universities fit the University’s mold of international education, with locations on four continents, including institutions in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean. 12 | St. George’s University SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDING ACCESS TO A TOP MEDICAL EDUCATION • Approximately 28 percent of each entering MD • The CityDoctors Scholarship Program class awarded institutional scholarships. awards full and partial scholarships to students committed to working as a primary • A variety of scholarship awards are available and care attending physician at one of SGU’s based on academic excellence, extracurricular participating CityDoctors hospitals. activities, and/or need: • Humanitarian Scholarship awards partial • The Legacy of Excellence Scholarship is scholarships to incoming MD students a partial-tuition scholarship awarded to who have demonstrated compassion and entering students who demonstrate the commitment to humanitarian causes in their commitment and dedication necessary local communities and beyond. to achieve academic excellence in a • Geoffrey H. Bourne Scholarships rigorous medical curriculum, based on • Stephen R. Kopycinski Memorial