Wawona Frozen Foods President and CEO Bill Smittcamp and CSU Bakersfield President Dr. Lynnette Zelezny are the newest trustees at California Health Sciences University. "With their impressive contributions to our Valley and robust experience in healthcare, education, and leadership, they will round out our already stellar board," said CHSU President...
Clovis Medical School Will Graduate Pharmacy Doctors on Saturday
The California Health Sciences University College of Pharmacy's Class of 2021 will graduate Saturday, when 76 students will receive their Doctor of Pharmacy degree. They are the fourth group of pharmacy doctors to graduate from the Clovis medical school, which opened in 2014. Over half of the class have already...
Hurtado’s Bill Knocks Down Barriers for Valley Medical Students
California's community colleges don't offer a pipeline facilitating a student's ability to attend medical school. But Senate Bill 40 by state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Sanger, seeks to fix that, and it has unanimously passed the Senate Health Committee. "We're in a provider shortage in the Valley that's already bad," says Hurtado. "We...
Clovis Pharmacy School Working to Place Students After Accreditation Action
First-year pharmacy students who were scheduled to begin classes at California Health Sciences University next week are looking for other options after the withdrawal of the school's pre-accreditation status. "We will NOT be able to admit our incoming College of Pharmacy students for the class of 2024 this fall," said CHSU...
New Medical School Welcomes First Students to Innovative Clovis Campus
A diverse group of 81 medical students will begin their studies Monday on the newly-built California Health Sciences University campus in Clovis. The students will make up the inaugural class for CHSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine. Over the next four years, the student population is expected to grow to 600....
Want to ‘Fly Through’ Medical School? Here’s Your Chance.
Next month, a group of 75 future doctors will begin four years of rigorous study and training while attending the Valley's new medical school just east of Fresno. But on Tuesday, the public can "fly through" the College of Osteopathic Medicine's 90,000 square-foot building in Clovis as part of the...
New Doctors Say They’ll Stay Local to Address Valley Health Needs
Dr. Kenya Covarrubias didn't speak English when she began 10th grade at Washington Union High School in the small Fresno County town of Easton. But that obstacle didn't stop the motivated young woman from becoming valedictorian of her graduating class. She then went on to double major in chemistry and...
Local Medical School on Fast-Track to Help Remedy Healthcare Shortage
Despite all the bounty that the Central Valley provides, it’s no secret that the region has long been plagued with a shortage of professional education opportunities, large-scale economic drivers and health care providers, specifically physicians. In one of the largest and richest states, Central Valley residents have grown accustomed to...
Interested in Medical School? Don’t Let Missing MCAT Stop You.
College graduates who want to go to medical school are running into a hurdle created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They aren't able to take the standardized Medical College Admission Test, and some can't finish prerequisite courses due to campus shutdowns. The MCAT, which is scheduled at a public venue, has...
Laotian-American Dean’s Medalist Eyes Medical School and Serving the Valley
Bagieng Keophimphone was in middle school when his father suffered his first stroke and was hospitalized. There were no doctors who could speak Laotian, so Keophimphone helped translate for his father and saw firsthand how language can be a barrier for health care. Today, there are still very few doctors...