Medical school design
Arizona needs nearly 700 more physicians to adequately serve our current population. Nationwide, the doctor shortage is predicted to reach at least 125,000 in the next 10 years. And those numbers don’t take into account the nurses and support personnel required to fully staff our clinics and hospitals. The School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering will address these shortages, adding hundreds of new physicians — beginning here in Arizona.
The new medical school is part of ASU Health, a comprehensive approach to improve health outcomes for Arizona and the nation. Along with the new medical school, ASU is creating a school for public health technology, expanding its clinical partnerships, launching a “health observatory,” developing the health care workforce, creating affordable health care clinics, and more.
700
Number of physicians needed to serve our current population.
125,000
Doctor shortage predicted in the next 10 years.
How Arizona stacks up:
#34
Ranking overall in health care.
#42
Ranking in health care access and affordability.
#49
Ranking in prevention and treatment.
The ASU difference:
We are measured not by whom we exclude, but by whom we include and how they succeed.
We are measured not by whom we exclude, but by whom we include and how they succeed.
— Excerpt from ASU charter
A comprehensive approach to health
ASU Health will offer a new approach to preparing health care professionals across a broad spectrum of specialties, including launching two new schools that join top-ranked degree programs across the university.
School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering
The new school will produce physicians able to blend medicine, engineering, technology and humanities. Graduates will leverage new tools such as AI and data science to connect with more patients, seek innovative practices and improve health outcomes.
School of Technology for Public Health
The School of Technology for Public Health will train experts who will leverage technology and data to transform public health. The school was designed after working with national industry leaders, co-chaired by Dr. Susan Blumenthal, a former U.S. assistant surgeon general, and Sir Malcolm Grant, former chair of the National Health Service in the U.K.
