Ponce School of Medicine (incorporated as the Ponce Medical School Foundation) is a private medical school located in the city of Ponce in Puerto Rico, U.S. The school is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), and classified as a United States Medical School. The school was inaugurated in 1977.
Ponce School of Medicine & Health Sciences holds nationally accredited graduate programs in the disciplines of Medicine, Clinical Psychology (Psy.D and Ph.D.), and Biomedical Sciences, and Public Health. Ponce School of Medicine is also distinguished by its strong support of graduate medical education through several consortia agreements in south eastern Puerto Rico.
The current dean of the medical school, Joxel Garcia, is a former four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He was appointed as dean of the institution in 2009 .
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