WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

What WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine does

The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is the community-based medical school of Washington State University, founded in 2016 and headquartered on the WSU Health Sciences Spokane campus with additional regional campuses in Everett, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver. It delivers a four-year MD program alongside graduate programs in nutrition and exercise physiology, speech and hearing sciences, neuroscience, medical ethics, pharmaceutical and medical sciences, and a Master of Healthcare Administration and Leadership, plus graduate medical education (residencies and fellowships), continuing medical education, and pre-med pipeline programs. Enrollment includes roughly 306 MD students, 58 residents, 89 speech and hearing students, 51 nutrition and exercise physiology students, and 12 certificate students.

The college operates a distributive model of medical education in which students gain clinical experience across 235+ clinical affiliates throughout Washington state, partnered with institutions such as Providence Medical Research Center, Tri-Cities Community Health, Vancouver Clinic, and Community Health Center of Snohomish County. Research is supported by an HPC stack including an IBM iDataPlex system (164 computational nodes) and the $1.3M Kamiak Cluster (20 TFlops peak), plus shared core facilities spanning biomedical engineering, flow cytometry, genomics, histology, imaging, mass spectrometry, microscopy, and NMR. Active research award funding totals $92 million across addiction, autism, cancer, neuroscience, sleep, community health, and related fields.

Revenue is generated through state appropriations, tuition and fees, federal and private research grants, and clinical revenue from WSU Health, which delivers patient care including Teledoc services across all campuses. Full LCME accreditation was achieved in June 2021, and the college does not have external private equity or venture capital ownership, operating as a state entity under the WSU Board of Regents. Leadership is provided by Dean Jim Record.

Name

WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Legal name

Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

Website

https://medicine.wsu.edu

Company type

Public

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is Washington State's community-based medical school, delivering MD education, graduate programs, and residency/fellowship training across four regional campuses and 235+ clinical affiliates, with $92M in active research funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education and Healthcare Training

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Schools (MD/DO Granting) (EDAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Administration & Health Policy Schools (MHA/MPH Policy) (EDAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Medical education
• Graduate medical education
• Community-based healthcare
• Clinical research
• Continuing medical education

Headquarters

HQ city

Spokane

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: Revenue generated from MD program tuition and fees for medical education programs including MD, graduate medical education, and certificate programs
2. Research Funding and Grants: Active award line funding of $92 million in grants supporting research across addiction, autism, bioethics, cancer, community health, neuroscience, nutrition and exercise physiology, sleep and human performance, and other medical research areas

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is a public medical school that delivers physician education and training through a four-year MD program, Graduate Medical Education residencies and fellowships, Continuing Medical Education, and complementary degree programs in nutrition and exercise physiology, speech and hearing sciences, neuroscience, medical ethics, healthcare administration, and pharmaceutical and medical sciences. It supplements its education mission with community-based clinical care via WSU Health and a research portfolio managing $92 million in active award funding across addiction, cancer, neuroscience, sleep, and community health.

Product overview

WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is a community-based medical school offering a comprehensive portfolio of educational programs and healthcare services. The institution provides MD education, graduate medical education (residencies/fellowships), continuing medical education, and specialized programs in areas such as nutrition, speech and hearing sciences, neuroscience, and healthcare administration. Clinical care is delivered through a distributive model across Washington state. Research infrastructure includes core facilities for biomedical engineering, genomics, imaging, and high-performance computing (IBM I-DATAPLEX and Kamiak Cluster). The college supports student and resident research across multiple disciplines including addiction, autism, cancer, neuroscience, and community health.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MD Program Four-year medical doctor degree program preparing students to become physicians, with a focus on community-based healthcare and training in rural and underserved areas of Washington state.
• Graduate Medical Education (GME) Residency and fellowship programs for medical school graduates, including the Critical Care Fellowship in Everett and pediatric residency training.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) Professional development programs for practicing physicians and healthcare professionals seeking continuing medical education credits to maintain licensure.
• Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Program Program focused on the study of nutrition and exercise science, preparing students for careers in health promotion and disease prevention.
• Speech and Hearing Sciences Program Program preparing students to become speech-language pathologists, addressing communication disorders and hearing health.
• PhD in Neuroscience Doctoral research program in neuroscience.
• Medical Ethics Program Program addressing ethical issues in medicine and healthcare.
• Master of Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MHAL) Master's degree program preparing professionals for leadership roles in healthcare administration.
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences Program Undergraduate and graduate programs in pharmaceutical and medical sciences.
• Programs for Youth and Pre-Med Pipeline programs introducing pre-med students and youth to healthcare careers.
• WSU Health Clinical Care Community-based patient care services provided across Washington state through the distributive model of medical education, including WSU Health Student Clinic services.
• Student and Resident Research Programs Programs enabling students and residents to engage in research across addiction, autism, bioethics, cancer, community health, diabetes, health policy, neuroscience, nutrition, sleep, and speech.

Quantifiable outcome

• 235+ clinical affiliates across Washington state
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Providence Medical Research Center (PMRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partnership with Providence Medical Research Center for medical research initiatives. The college has standard operating procedures for collaborating with PMRC, and medical students and alumni present research projects at Providence Northwest Research Symposium.
• Research Service Centers (Biomedical Engineering, Flow Cytometry, Genomics, Histology, Imaging, Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy, NMR)coreTechnology or IntegrationCore research facilities providing specialized research services including biomedical engineering & design, flow cytometry, genomics, histology, imaging, mass spectrometry, microscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance to support medical research on the WSU Health Sciences Spokane campus.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Morehouse School of Medicine: A historically Black medical school with a primary-care and health-equity mission focused on underserved populations. Comparable to WSU Elson S. Floyd in mission orientation (community-based training, equity focus) and as a relatively smaller, mission-driven MD-granting institution.
• Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine: A relatively new community-oriented medical school (founded 2010, inaugural class 2013) emphasizing primary care and training in underserved communities. Comparable to WSU Elson S. Floyd as a recently-established LCME-accredited school building its brand and clinical footprint.
• Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: Geisinger Commonwealth is a community-based medical school with a distributed model centered on clinical training in community settings across Pennsylvania. Its mission to train physicians for rural and underserved areas closely mirrors WSU Elson S. Floyd's value proposition.
• Florida State University College of Medicine: FSU College of Medicine is widely recognized as the pioneer of the community-based, distributed medical education model in the U.S. Like WSU Elson S. Floyd, it was established relatively recently and explicitly targets physician workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas.
• University of Washington School of Medicine: The UW School of Medicine is Washington's legacy medical school and also operates a distributive WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) model across the Pacific Northwest. It is the most direct peer: same state, same accreditation body (LCME), and a competing mission to train physicians for rural and underserved communities.

Emerging players

• Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine: A newer community-focused medical school with a mission to train physicians for underserved New Jersey communities. Comparable to WSU Elson S. Floyd as a recent LCME-accredited entrant emphasizing community-based training.
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine: A newer LCME-accredited medical school founded as a partnership between Carle Health and the University of Illinois. Like WSU Elson S. Floyd, it is a recently-established, community-engaged MD program building its early-stage research and clinical footprint.

Regional players

• Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine: Oregon's only academic health center and medical school, OHSU operates with a similar statewide physician-training mission and partners with rural communities across Oregon. It is a regional peer competing for talent, applicants, and research dollars in the Pacific Northwest.

Broad incumbents

• University of California, Davis School of Medicine: A public, research-intensive medical school with a recognized mission to train physicians for California's rural and underserved communities. UC Davis represents the established public medical school archetype that WSU Elson S. Floyd is positioned alongside.
• University of New Mexico School of Medicine: A public medical school long recognized for training physicians for rural and underserved populations across the Mountain West. Comparable to WSU Elson S. Floyd in its explicit state-mandated mission to address physician workforce shortages in rural areas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wsumedicine
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/WSUMedicine
• Facebookfacebook.com/WSUMedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/wsumedicine
• Instagraminstagram.com/wsumedicine
• TikToktiktok.com/@wsumedicine

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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