Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

What Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine does

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM) is a private, nonprofit medical school established in 2020 and headquartered in Pasadena, California, operating as part of the Kaiser Permanente integrated healthcare system. The school enrolls 48 to 50 students annually across its four-year MD program, with the first three graduating cohorts (Classes of 2024, 2025, 2026) producing roughly 36 graduates per class and achieving a 100% residency match rate. The school's core product is its case-based, small-group, integrated curriculum spanning biomedical, clinical, and health systems sciences across all four years, supplemented by a Simulation Center, an Anatomy Resource Center moving beyond cadaver-based instruction, a required Scholarly Project, a Service-Learning community engagement program, an MD-PhD dual-degree track, and Global Health Rotations including partnerships in Nepal and Japan.

The educational experience is differentiated by structural integration with Kaiser Permanente's clinical infrastructure: over 1,700 Kaiser Permanente physician leaders serve as faculty, with clinical training conducted across 21 hospitals and 203 medical offices in Northern California. The school's technology stack integrates Kaiser Permanente's electronic health record system into medical education (with safety-net tooling such as SureNet), and faculty research activity is substantial ($70M in federal grants, 700+ publications in 2022). Founding Dean Mark A. Schuster, MD, PhD (2017-2024) was succeeded in 2024 by John L. Dalrymple, MD, recruited from Harvard Medical School.

The revenue model derives from three streams: tuition and educational fees for the MD program, operating support from Kaiser Permanente as the parent organization, and sponsored research funding secured by faculty. There are no publicly disclosed tuition levels. Customer segments are prospective medical students (B2C/persona) and healthcare employers such as Kaiser Permanente seeking physicians trained in integrated care delivery, quality improvement, and population health (B2B). The go-to-market is a traditional medical school admissions process via AMCAS, augmented by information sessions, outreach events, second-look weekends, and presence at national medical education conferences.

Name

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Legal name

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Website

https://medschool.kp.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Private nonprofit medical school in Pasadena, California, founded in 2020 as part of Kaiser Permanente, offering a four-year MD program with an integrated biomedical, clinical, and health systems sciences curriculum to 48-50 students per year, supported by over 1,700 Kaiser Permanente physician faculty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAGAB

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

SECONDARYEDAHAGAA

Academic Medical Centers & Teaching Hospitals (University-Affiliated)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Medical & Health Sciences Universities

Keywords

• Medical education
• Physician training
• MD degree program
• Health systems science
• Graduate medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Pasadena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Educational Services: Revenue generated from medical school tuition and associated educational fees for the MD program

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The school is a private, nonprofit medical school that delivers a four-year MD degree program and an MD-PhD dual-degree physician-scientist training pathway. Teaching combines a Health Systems Science curriculum, longitudinal clinical immersion inside Kaiser Permanente's integrated healthcare system, simulation and anatomy-based instruction, and a required Scholarly Project, complemented by service-learning and global health rotations.

Product overview

Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM) is a medical education institution offering a single unified MD degree program. The school's integrated educational approach combines the MD program with supporting facilities and services including a Simulation Center for immersive training, an Anatomy Resource Center, a required Scholarly Project research component, Student Support Services, Global Health Rotations, an MD-PhD dual-degree track, and a Service-Learning community engagement program. These components work together to deliver a four-year integrated curriculum spanning biomedical, clinical, and health systems sciences with early clinical immersion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MD Degree Program A four-year Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree program that combines biomedical science instruction with Health Systems Science, longitudinal clinical immersion in Kaiser Permanente facilities, simulation and anatomy education, a required Scholarly Project, service-learning, and global health rotations, designed for individual prospective medical students applying through AMCAS.
• MD-PhD Dual-Degree Program A combined MD-PhD physician-scientist training pathway that integrates the four-year MD curriculum with research training leading to a PhD, intended for research-experienced applicants pursuing academic medicine and biomedical, translational, or health services research careers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% residency match rate for graduating classes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Dhulikhel Hospital (Nepal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational global health rotation site for KPSOM students. Students participate in global health rotations and clinical experiences at Dhulikhel Hospital, with partnerships spanning over 12 years of engagement.
• Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJapanese healthcare institution partnered with KPSOM through the Tokyo Generalist Alliance Project (T-GAP) for physician training. Dr. Kanter presented diagnostic safety practices via online lecture to physicians at the hospital.
• The Getty Conservation InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for the Alta Human Atlas project - a multi-layered, immersive, research-based social-impact art project created in collaboration to preserve and highlight lives of 100 Los Angeles changemakers.
• PST ART: Art & Science CollideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouthern Californian art initiative featuring the Alta Human Atlas project as part of the regional PST ART exhibition showcasing art and science collaborations.
• California State University Long BeachminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution for the Holding Space conference on reducing stigma and expanding mental health access for AA+NHPI youth, co-organized with multiple groups including Asian American Journalists Association.
• Kaiser Permanente Research NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegration with Kaiser Permanente's eight regional research units and large diverse patient population of 12+ million health plan members across 8 states for faculty research and scholarly activities.
• Society for Pediatric ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Joyce Javier serves as President-Elect, participating in inaugural Paediatric Research for the Future of Children global forum in partnership with European Society for Paediatric Research.
• Filipino Family Health Initiative (FFHI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity-academic partnership formed in 2011 to prevent behavioral health disparities among Filipino youth through community and academic partnerships, engaging families, schools, churches, and community-based organizations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine: New Jersey-based medical school founded with strong healthcare system backing (Hackensack Meridian Health), emphasizing community health, humanism, and integrated care. Closest analog to KPSOM as a mission-driven, health-system-affiliated medical school focused on health equity and population health.
• Dell Medical School at UT Austin: Newer (founded 2016) medical school at UT Austin established in partnership with community health systems, redesigned around value-based care and health system science. Comparable to KPSOM as a recent entrant focused on transforming medical training with strong system-level clinical integration.
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine: Founded 2015 as the world's first engineering-based medical school, partnership between Carle Health and University of Illinois. Comparable as a newer, mission-driven school tightly integrated with a regional health system, emphasizing innovative curriculum design.
• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: Pennsylvania-based medical school closely integrated with Geisinger Health System, emphasizing community-based training and population health. Directly comparable as a health-system-affiliated, mission-driven school focused on patient-centered care and health systems science education.
• Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine: Connecticut-based newer medical school founded 2010 with a patient-centered, systems-based curriculum. Comparable to KPSOM as a relatively new school prioritizing integrated curriculum design and primary care/health equity orientation.

Broad incumbents

• UCSF School of Medicine: Established California medical school with deep focus on health equity, social mission, and integrated care — and a key source of KPSOM's faculty (H. Carrie Chen, MD-PhD, came from UCSF Pediatrics). Comparable as a California-based medical school with overlapping mission around health equity and population health.
• Harvard Medical School: Elite, century-old medical school where KPSOM Dean John Dalrymple previously served as Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and where Henrike Besche developed the Case-Based Collaborative Learning model KPSOM uses. Comparable as a high-prestige institution whose innovations KPSOM is adapting and where many KPSOM faculty have ties.
• UC San Diego School of Medicine: California medical school where Senior Associate Dean for Admissions Lindia Willies-Jacobo previously served and which shares KPSOM's inclusion-excellence framing. Comparable as a California medical school known for innovative curriculum and inclusive excellence work.

Emerging players

• UCR School of Medicine: UC Riverside School of Medicine opened in 2013 with explicit mission to expand and diversify the physician workforce in Inland Southern California. Comparable as a newer California medical school focused on health equity, physician pipeline, and underserved community training — overlapping with KPSOM's California geography and mission.
• California University of Science and Medicine: Inland Empire-based medical school founded 2015 by healthcare and community partners to address physician shortages in underserved California communities. Comparable as a newer California medical school with health-system affiliation and a mission-driven focus on community health and physician diversity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/KPMedSchool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kpmedschool
• Instagraminstagram.com/kpmedschool/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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