ADVANCING
THE MISSION
Academically Diverse Innovation
Transformative Medicine Discovery Scholarship
Social Mission Primary Care
Biomedical Sciences Research Enterprise
Health Equity
Public Health Compassion
Cutting-Edge Healthy Outcomes Embracing Change
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | ADVANCING THE MISSION | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Education Community-Focused
Patient-Centered Care High-Tech Health Opportunity
Rooted in Tradition Rich Heritage
2015 Annual Report
40 YEARS OF
ACCELERATING THE
PATH TO HEALTH
EQUITY IN THE
COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE
Local.
Regional.
National.
Global.
Advancing the Mission
In 1970, according to the Medical Directory of Georgia, there were 3,927 practicing physicians in the state
of Georgia, of whom only 95 were black. There were 13,810 black people for every one black physician
compared to only 795 white people for every white physician. Compounding the issue, only 1 in 20 Georgia
students entering medical school in the late 1960’s was black.
This stark reality and the dire need for more black physicians to diversify the health care workforce inspired
the idea of a new medical school to be established in Atlanta. Three visionary leaders, Louis C. Brown, M.D.,
Hugh Gloster, Ph.D, and Louis W. Sullivan, M.D. who dreamed of establishing a minority-serving medical
school in Georgia, founded the Morehouse College Medical Education Program in 1975, then a two-year
program.
Today this ambitious vision is Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), a preeminent medical academic
center, independent of Morehouse College, with a national reputation for excellence in education, research,
patient care and service and is a top producer of black physicians, researchers, and health care professionals.
Since inception, 1,000 M.D. students have matched with an average of 68% selecting primary care. During
the 2014-2015 convocation, MSM welcomed a record number of 84 medical, 22 biomedical, and 23 public
health learners.
Over the course of a relatively brief 40-year history, MSM has had a remarkable impact on health care and in
advancing healthy outcomes throughout Georgia, the nation, Haiti and in Africa. With a forward-focused
commitment to diversifying the health care workforce and elevating the overall health status of people of
color, MSM is now recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges for leadership in primary
care training and its National Primary Care Center serves as a national resource in promoting the value of
primary care medicine.
Morehouse School of Medicine’s commitment to eliminating health disparities began with addressing
access and quickly expanded to include research with a focus on diseases that disproportionately impact the
communities it serves and the inclusion of educating other key learners, biomedical scientists and public
health professionals. MSM’s pioneering work in community-focused health care and community engagement
also distinguishes the school among community based academic medical centers and strengthens the
magnitude of its impact, reach, and acclaim being ranked #1 among all medical schools nationwide for
fulfilling its social mission.
In 2015, we celebrate 40 years of momentous impact and critical and meaningful advancement. We celebrate
40 years of educating leaders in health care, biomedical sciences and health, and we celebrate the work they
are doing in Georgia, across America and around the world. As we celebrate these important achievements,
the critical question is: what will the next 40 years yield for the institution, our students, research, and the
people we serve?
We know that the future holds remarkable opportunities and limitless possibilities for MSM’s mission. We
are answering the call to accelerating the path to creating health equity. The future places its hope in us and
we know that the work we are doing at Morehouse School of Medicine has the potential to touch lives and
change the world as we know it.
We are on a LEADING THE
dynamic path of CREATION AND
ADVANCEMENT
transformational OF HEALTH
EQUITY
growth with a
bold mandate
www.msm.edu
“ Health equity is achieved by giving
people what they need, when they
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. ”
need it, and in the amount they need,
to reach their optimal level of health.
President & Dean
Table of Contents
Message from the President and Dean 6
Message from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees 7
Strategic Plan Development: Guiding Our Course 8
Education 12
Feature: M.P.H. Program Reaches 20-Year Milestone 16
Morehouse School of Medicine At a Glance:
2015 Highlights 20
Research Enterprise 22
Feature: The Neuroscience Institute Celebrates 20 Years 26
Clinical Care 28
MSM in the Community 34
Investing in MSM 40
Financial Overview 44
MSM Faculty & Alumni 51
Executive Leadership Team 52
Message from the President and Dean
Dear Friends of Morehouse School of Medicine,
In the 2014-2015 academic year, Morehouse School of Medicine celebrated its
40th anniversary. This milestone year was full of successes. Among those successes Arthur R. Collins
include: increased class size for expanded educational programs; increased Chairman of the Board
Managing Partner, theGROUP
fundraising efforts, particularly regarding student scholarships; expanded research
across all disciplines; and the launch of a bold new five-year strategic plan. Our Susan Grant
financial operations that emphasize people, process, and technology are solid and Vice Chairman of the Board
contributed to implementing a balanced budget. We also made significant strides
in strengthening our partnerships and collaborations in both the public and William H. Cleveland, M.D.
private sectors. President, Southwest Atlanta
Nephrology
Morehouse School of Medicine has long been dedicated to addressing the Mark Codner, M.D.
inequities in health care. From translational research to service in underserved Owner, Mark Codner, M.D.
and rural communities, our faculty, students and staff are engaged in programs Plastic Surgery
that positively change viewpoints for those most impacted by health inequities.
Now, with a progressive and innovative strategic plan, MSM is poised to make an Jackie Collins, C.P.A.
Retired Executive, Vice President
even more impactful difference in the communities we serve as we embrace our & Director of Internal Auditing,
new vision of leading the creation and advancement of health equity. Southern Company Services
Since our founding, we have been dedicated to improving the health and well- Lorenzo Creighton
being of individuals and communities, diversifying the physician and scientific President & Chief Operating Officer
workforce, and advancing primary care through programs in education, research, MGM National Harbor
patient care, and service. Within this 2015 Annual Report, you will gain more Camille Davis-Williams, M.D.
insight into our transformational efforts in all of these areas. President, Greater Atlanta
Women’s Healthcare
An institution’s ability to claim what it might do is only as credible as what it can
demonstrate it has done. MSM can point to its efforts over the last 40 years and Aaron D. Dent
claim, without qualification, that no other institution is better prepared, poised Chief Procurement Officer and
Managing Director, Tishman Speyer
or positioned to create such comprehensive and productive human development
programs. The past has prepared us in unique ways; the present calls us to address Christopher Edwards, M.D., ‘88
persistent inequities; and the future places its hopes in us. Owner, Atlanta Neurological and
Spine Institute, LLC
Morehouse School of Medicine is an institution that values innovation and
integrity. A place of energy. A place of knowledge. A place of service. An Joy Fitzgerald
Interim President and Chief Executive
institution that is unapologetically and purposefully here for the greater good. Officer, Atlanta Housing Authority
We ask you to continue to support and partner with us in this bold new vision to
transform the lives of millions of people. Lawrence Jackson
Chairman, SourceMark, LLC
Sincerely,
Douglas W. Johnson, C.P.A.
Retired Executive & Former Partner,
Ernest & Young
Wali Johnson
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. President, MSM Student Government
President and Dean Association
Message from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Greetings Friends of Morehouse School of Medicine,
The 2014-2015 academic year was marked by many accomplishments and milestones
Douglas Love, Esq. that demonstrate Morehouse School of Medicine’s stellar reputation for being at the
President & Chief Executive Officer, epicenter of research, discovery, teaching excellence, community engagement, and
Annexon Biosciences
public policy advocacy.
Thomas N. Malone, M.D.
Private Practice Physician, OB/GYN The academic year began with the landmark inauguration of Valerie Montgomery Rice,
M.D., as the sixth president of Morehouse School of Medicine, following the retirement
Gail A. Mattox, M.D., F.A.A.C.A.P., D.F.A.P.A. of John Maupin, D.D.S., in 2014. The successful presidential transition in September
Chairperson, MSM Department of 2014 and the institution’s 40th anniversary in 2015 ushered in a new era at MSM
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Professor, Clinical Psychiatry that reaffirms the institution’s commitment to lead the effort to help individuals and
communities affected by health disparities reach their optimum state of health. MSM
Kevin McGee is uniquely prepared and positioned to achieve this vision by forty years of being at the
Director, Business Development, forefront of community-based health, translational research breakthroughs, education,
Accion USA and having a strong focus on eliminating health disparities in underserved populations.
Sylvester McRae, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Drawing on its forty years of history and current strengths as a leading educator of
St. Francis OB/GYN Physician Partners
primary care physicians and #1 ranking for achieving its social mission, MSM launched
Woodrow W. McWilliams III, M.D., ‘01 Excellence Through Health Equity: MSM Strategic Plan 2015-2020, which will guide the
Radiation Oncologist, The John B. Amos institution in meeting the challenges of a dynamic health care system and ensure its
Cancer Center, Columbus GA Regional continued relevancy in addressing the needs of its broader communities.
Healthcare System
Since 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine has stood as a beacon of hope and change
Rhonda Meadows, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Population for communities throughout Georgia. People are placing their hope in MSM at greater
Health Providence Health & Services numbers today than any other time in the school’s history. It is a hope shared by
students, faculty, staff, leadership, and the Board of Trustees that MSM will continue to
Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. make a difference and touch people in communities around the nation with its expertise
President and Dean, and commitment to eradicating health disparities.
Morehouse School of Medicine
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A. Sincerely,
President, Albert and Mary Lasker
Foundation
The Honorable Rep. Calvin Smyre Arthur R. Collins
Georgia State Representative
Retired Executive Vice President of Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Corporate Affairs, Synovus
Henry “Hank” Thomas
President, Victoria Hospitality Properties
Kevin Thomas, M.D., ‘92
President, MSM National Alumni
Association
John S. Wilson, Jr., Ed.D.
President, Morehouse College
Strategic Plan Development
Guiding Our Course
MSM’s new strategic plan, “Excellence Through Health Equity,” is the product of a shared vision,
involving a 10-month process with input from the institution’s key stakeholders: health care
professionals; college presidents; business executives; congressional and policy leaders; trustees;
alumni; faculty; staff; residents; and students.
A top-to-bottom environmental assessment was conducted measuring the institution nationally
against best practices in academic medicine, health care, and operations. After listening and
assessing, the way forward became clear. We affirmed the relevancy of our mission, added two
new core values – “integrity” and “innovation” – and developed a bold new shared vision:
leading the creation and advancement of health equity.
We then methodically developed a comprehensive strategic plan grounded by three critical
Vision Imperatives that will direct our core mission-critical efforts over the next five years:
1 Preparing Future Health Learners and Leaders
2 Translating Discovery Into Health Equity
3 Building Bridges Between Health Care and Health
Our success will be guided by this new strategic plan. Our confidence rests in knowing that it is
informed by our community.
Phase I Phase II
Research Developing Global Direction
Stakeholder qualitative and quantitative research Steering committee formed
Environmental assessment Core values expanded
Mission statement affirmed
Vision statement created
Vision imperatives determined
Cross-cutting goals established
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 8
Core Values - Guiding Organizational
Behavior and Shaping the Future
Achieving the highest Treating all people and
level of performance in Excellence Service communities with respect,
all endeavors compassion and empathy
Valuing the Leading the Sharing our ideas,
knowledge and Wisdom creation and Knowledge discoveries, methods
experience of all advancement of and skills to advance
individuals health equity
health equity
Creating inspired Upholding the highest standards
solutions in science, Innovation Integrity of ethical behavior, transparency
service and education and accountability
Phase III Phase IV
Defining Strategic Direction Finalizing the Plan
Design teams formed Top priorities defined
Plan development Low-hanging fruit identified
Board review MSM Champions selected
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 9
T In the vast majority of instances, research findings take a very long time to
X
impact practice, patients, policy, and ultimately population health. Some
The Ultimate discoveries never realize their potential in any large scale way. Sometimes
proven interventions help one group but, for one reason or another, are not
Translation nearly as effective in another group with the same problem.
of Science “Implementation science” is the convergence of the set of disciplines that
facilitate the process of use and adoption of research discoveries that could
have impact on a large enough scale to affect a population’s health status
overall or for a given disease (Fogarty, 2012). The interdisciplinary scientists’
work also may include guideline and policy changes that extend the impact
of those discoveries.
Coined at Morehouse School of Medicine, T X TM symbolizes the exponential
effect that implementation science has in communities.
“T” represents the continuum of translational research in which discoveries
evolve from the lab to a patient’s bedside, or what is called T 1 translation. T 2
translation is the study, facilitation, and application of research findings in
the community.
“x” represents the exploration of the unknown variable “x” where
interdisciplinary discoveries are achieved, and the exponential growth in
which these discoveries must be applied, evaluated, and replicated in order
to affect the health status of communities.
MSM T represents the infinite stages of translation beyond T 1 and T 2 .
X
In this regard, the outcome of T is health equity, the cornerstone of
X
Morehouse School of Medicine’s vision.
Morehouse School of Medicine filed registration application on April 30, 2015 (File Serial
No. 86/615,129.). The registration is based on the “bona fide intent to use the mark.”
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 10
BASIC/BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCE
T
1
HEALTH CLINICAL
POLICY RESEARCH
T T
3 2
T X
COMMUNITY HEALTH
ENGAGED SCIENCE
RESEARCH RESEARCH
T T
3 3
It is this replication process within communities of proven
research findings in practice, patients, and policy that ultimately
defines what Morehouse School of Medicine has coined T X
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 11
Preparing Future
Health Learners and Leaders
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 12
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 13
Education
Morehouse School of Medicine is distinguished for its exceptional ability to identify talent
where others may not and to develop and cultivate that talent with the school’s unique
blend of education, service, exposure to community health and a social mission to serve Class of 2015
underserved populations. Few other medical schools have achieved greater distinction for
their consistent ability to identify cognitively diverse learners across all disciplines. Match Results
Our students compete on national standards that meet and often exceed those in the Match Day 2015 was very
national student population and become highly sought leaders in medicine, research, successful. There was
interdisciplinary discovery and public health. Our greatest asset lies in the professionals an overall match rate of
we train whose care and commitment illuminate our highest calling. more than 98% with 69%
matched in primary care
and core specialties that
include:
Family
M.D. Program Medicine ....11.5 %
America’s physician shortage will grow to 90,000 doctors in the next 10 years. By Internal
2020, the country will face a serious shortage of both primary care and other medical Medicine ....21.3 %
specialists to care for an aging and growing population. Our charge in education is clear
and unwavering. Pediatrics ...18.0 %
MSM education programs continued to flourish and thrive throughout fiscal year 2015 Obstetrics/
with the M.D. class growing to a record of 84 entering students, topping last year’s Gynecology ....8.2 %
record-breaking number by 15%. The 2015 application cycle had the most applicants to
the M.D. program than at any other time, with 5,979 applicants, including 733 applicants
from Georgia.
Matching in “core
specialties” as defined as
Fellowship In FY15, MSM residents that applied for fellowship programs areas of need for Georgia:
Match matched and obtained positions in: Addiction; Cardiology; Child Emergency
Trends Psychiatry; ER; Geriatrics; Hematology/Oncology; Infectious Diseases; Medicine .......8.2 %
Nephrology; NICU; Palliative Care; Pulmonary; Rheumatology; Sleep;
and Women’s Health.
General
Surgery .........1.6 %
2015 M.D. Program applicants
5,979 total Overall, 25% of students are
pursuing graduate medical
733 from GA education in Georgia.
Students were successful
in matching in highly
competitive programs,
% including but not limited
50 increase to: Dermatology, Urology,
in African American applicants from Georgia Otolaryngology, and
Orthopedics.
22 GA counties
represented in applicant pool
MSM Learning
Communities
Learning communities
are groups of individuals
who share common goals,
values, and ideas. The
communities promote
professional development,
networking, and mentoring
activities through member
facilitated discussion.
Students in three degree
programs can access the Graduate Education
opportunities offered by
learning communities:
Graduate Education in Biomedical Sciences
• Doctor of Medicine The graduate program in biomedical sciences had its most successful cycle for admissions to
Student Learning the Ph.D. program. MSM welcomed its largest entering Ph.D. class of 10 in fall 2015. MSM
Communities offers a number of dual degree programs to help tailor advanced education to the individual's
• Graduate Education in needs and interests.
Biomedical Sciences
Student Learning Graduate Education in Public Health
Communities The M.P.H. program develops public health leaders who are fluent in community-focused
• Master of Public Health public health practices, particularly in underserved communities. Graduates of this program
Student Learning are in high demand and employed in public health positions (or doctoral programs) almost
Communities without exception. Approximately 20% of graduates from the program have completed or are
pursuing advanced or terminal degrees (M.B.A., P.A., Ph.D., M.D. or J.D.).
Residency Training Programs
Men of MSM MSM has seven ACGME accredited residency programs: Family Medicine; Internal
Faculty Medicine; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Pediatrics; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Public
Learning Health & Preventive Medicine; and Surgery. Our Graduate Medical Education (GME)
residents train at several community practice locations that offer ample hands-on experiences
Community and the teaching support of an award-winning faculty. Our main affiliate training sites
include Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta VA Medical Center and Children’s Healthcare
The Quality Enhancement of Atlanta.
Plan launched the Men
of Morehouse School
of Medicine Faculty
Learning Community Nearly 70 %
with its premiere 2015
event “Man to Man: of graduates consistently match
What Do We Tell Our in primary care specialties
Sons: Discussions on
Leadership, Diversity and
Discrimination.”
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 15
M.P.H.
Program
Celebrates
20 Years
Impact is
Our Product
ew Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) programs Student Research Showcased
prepare future public health leaders in quite the same at Scientific Conferences
Fway as Morehouse School of Medicine and that alone
places the MSM program in a category of its own. Where One way in which students are helping to raise the
most programs focus heavily on public health theory and profile of the program nationally is through significantly
approximately 200 hours of practicum, MSM students are increased research presentations at scientific conferences.
required to spend 480 hours working in communities with This is due to a focused effort on public health research
populations facing health issues intensified by daily living to ensure our ability to create and advance health
conditions that include poverty, lack of access to health care equity. For example, in 2014, only three research
and widespread health disparities. presentations were delivered at scientific conferences.
Remarkably, in 2015, 28 presentations were delivered.
Our students graduate with a solid grasp of public health This includes presentations at the American Public
theory coupled with deep exposure to working with Health Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois
communities that are grappling with many of today’s most which gave students exposure to an approximately
urgent health challenges. 13,000-member national audience of public health
professionals.
Comparatively speaking, the program is small and intimate,
with 56 students, but its reputation casts a long and “In addition to the outstanding increase of our students
impressive national shadow. “Our program has evolved presenting at scientific conferences, what we celebrate in
over the past 20 years and emerged as a leader because of our 20th year is a program that is fully aligned with the
our strong community health focus,” said M.P.H. program Morehouse School of Medicine social mission,” said Dr.
director, Dr. Stephanie Miles-Richardson. “We have a Miles-Richardson. “The other aspect of the program we
relatively small program in terms of the number of students are excited about as we celebrate 20 years is our strong
but I have more employers from around the country calling core faculty and the fact that our public health core area
for our students to fill openings than we have students leads are all part of the boards of directors of national
whom we can recommend. This demonstrates not only organizations, giving our program a national presence.
the program’s outstanding national reputation but that our This is a first for our M.P.H. program.”
students are viewed as exemplary public health leaders who
are competitive on a national level.”
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 16
“ We produce students
who are ready to practice
public health on the
ground. Our impact is our
product and our product
is our students. This is
how we live; this is who
we are; this is the core of
Stephanie Miles-Richardson, Ph.D., D.V.M., ”
our being and this is how
we train our students.
Director, M.P.H. Program
The program’s core faculty includes Elaine Archie-Booker, Ed.D.,
R.N., I.C.P.S., assistant professor, Social and Behavioral Health
core area lead and director, Community Engagement; Gemechu
B. Gerbi, Ph.D., M.S.C., assistant professor, Epidemiology
and Biostatistics core area lead, and director of Public Health
Research; and Reinetta Thompson Waldrop, Dr.P.H., M.S.H.S.,
F.A.C.H.E., assistant professor, Health Administration,
Management and Policy core area lead. Dr. Miles-Richardson is
also core area lead for Environmental Health.
The program was accredited initially in 1999 by the Council
on Education for Public Health making it the first accredited
M.P.H. Program at a HBCU. In June 2015, the M.P.H. program
received full re-accreditation through 2021, another major
accomplishment for faculty, staff and students. According to Dr. Miles-Richardson, training students
in communities with complex problems gives them
The key differentiator attracting employers to MSM students is experience and expertise in strategically moving the
the focus on leadership and professional development coupled needle in fulfilling the vision of MSM, “leading the
with an intense focus on helping students to develop a strong creation and advancement of health equity.”
foundation in community health, research and public health
practice, particularly in underserved populations in Atlanta, MISSION
including the Atlanta Promise Neighborhood. The school’s
investment in creating public health professionals fluent in To develop, through graduate education, public health
community-focused health aligns with MSM’s social mission, leaders who are fluent in community-focused public
while maximizing the program’s strengths in areas such as theory, health research and practice, particularly in underserved
foundational aspects of public health and opportunities for communities. WE EXIST, BECAUSE WE MUST…
students to specialize by taking 14 electives in multiple areas or Honor the mission, Serve the community, Do the work.
the concentration of their choice.
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 17
Preparing Future Health Learners
Our class expansion and future growth is predicated upon our ability to continue to MSM
identify students who are committed to primary care and those critical core specialties
that impact the daily lives of the most vulnerable. However, they must be prepared, Pipeline
and we believe the best way to prepare a workforce is to invest in future learners.
Programs
Our structured Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)
programs targeted to multiple grade levels are essential to helping plug the leaking
pipeline that impedes the growth of the diversified scientific healthcare workforce of Plugging the Leaking
the future. Educational Pipeline
Creating the next generation of health care professionals begins with stimulating a
passion for learning and a hunger for discovery in young children. We are advancing
our partnerships with Georgia public school systems to assist in advancing STEAM For a complete listing of Pipeline Programs :
and additionally, are creating advanced post-baccalaureate programs to prepare www.msm.edu/
students for careers in biomedical sciences. Education/PipelinePrograms
K-12 and Undergraduate Programs
STEAM Academy 4-8 peaks children’s Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented
interest in science and health careers early by Persons (STEP-UP) is an eight-week summer research experience
immersing them into the exciting world of for high school and undergraduate students interested in exploring
STEAM and health professions. biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social science research.
STEAM Academy 9-12 is an eight- Atlanta Center for Translational Research in
week program in which high school students Endometriosis (ACTRE) is a partnership between MSM and
serve as apprentices in biomedical research Emory University that promotes workforce diversity and education in
laboratories under the direction of MSM the reproductive sciences and women’s health.
research faculty.
First Look is an initiative in which undergraduate students meet
Reach One Each One (ROEO) offers medical students, faculty, and admissions staff for an informative
Atlanta Public and DeKalb County high school and interactive session on the admissions process, preparing for
students the opportunity to participate in a 10- the MCAT, interviewing skills, and how to successfully navigate
week youth medical mentoring program. medical school.
The Atlanta Sickle Cell Summer Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS)
Research Program is designed to involve seeks to close the gap in preparing minority students for careers in
young people in cutting-edge, scientific medicine and other health-related professions through mentoring
research conducted in an academic medical relationships between students within the Atlanta University Center
center and to cultivate a continued interest in (AUC), other Georgia colleges/universities, and MSM medical
research related to sickle cell disease. students.
Health Professions Recruitment Minority Health and Health Disparities International
Exposure Programs (HPREP) exposes Research Training (MHIRT) is a 10-week collaborative
high school students to science-related program between MSM and Howard University that provides research
activities while introducing them to careers in training for undergraduate, graduate and medical students to study
the health professions. global diseases.
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 18
APEX
STEAM Academy 9 - 12 MSMS
STEP-UP ALC
ROEO
First Look Howard Hughes
HPREP ACTRE
MAPS Medical Fellows
First Look: Health T.E.A.M. MHIRT Program
SPCC - Atlanta
AHEC
STEAM Academy 4 - 8
ALC
K-12 and Undergraduate Programs
K - Post Baccalaureate Programs
Post
Baccalaureate
Programs
Post Baccalaureate Programs K – Post Bacculaureate
Academically Prepared for Alumni Learning Community 19
Excellence (APEX) is a 10-week (ALC) is a pipeline initiative that
program that identifies and recruits highly assists alumni in engaging students Pipeline
motivated, economically or educationally in outreach activities designed to Programs at
disadvantaged students who have a assist them as they work to pursue MSM
demonstrated potential and ability to pursue careers in the health professions and
a career in medicine. It targets students with biomedical research.
a bachelor’s degree who may not have been 500+
successful on previous attempts to enter Southeastern Primary Care
medical school. Students participate in a Consortium (SPCC - Atlanta students and
four-week MCAT prep course with clinical AHEC) is a program that promotes parents served
shadowing experiences, followed by a six- education, training and healthcare by events and
week class schedule in a demanding medical awareness services to K-12, pipeline programs
student curriculum. undergraduate, and medical students in 2015
representing underrepresented
Master of Science in Medical populations in medicine.
Sciences (MSMS) is a two-year degree Over 50
program designed to enhance students’
credentials for entry into medical school by K-Undergraduate
offering a challenging biomedical sciences Institutions are
and public health curriculum. represented
Science, Technology, Engineering,
Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)
exposure and mentoring
opportunities
19
2014-2015
KEY
FACTS
AND
STATS
Morehouse School of Medicine
At-a-Glance
MISSION VISION CORE VALUES
MSM is dedicated to: Leading the creation and Our core values guide organizational behavior and shape MSM’s future
advancement of health equity
Improving the health and well-being of EXCELLENCE: Achieving the highest level of performance in all endeavors
individuals and communities; VISION SERVICE: Treating all people and communities with respect, compassion and empathy
Increasing the diversity of the health
professional and scientific workforce; IMPERATIVES KNOWLEDGE: Sharing our ideas, discoveries, methods and skills to advance health equity
Addressing primary health care needs Translating Discoveries into WISDOM: Valuing the knowledge and experience of all individuals
through programs in education, research, Health Equity INTEGRITY: Upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior, transparency and accountability
and service,
Building Bridges Between INNOVATION: Creating inspired solutions in science, service and education
with emphasis on people of color and the
underserved urban and rural populations Health Care and Health
in Georgia and the nation.
Preparing Future Health
Learners and Leaders
CENTERS AND
$ 96 $ 44.6 DEGREE PROGRAMS MSM RESEARCH
M.D.
INSTITUTES
STUDENTS
M.D./Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
406 MILLION MILLION M.D./M.P.H. Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute
M.D./M.S.C.R.
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Ph.D./M.S.C.R.
TOTAL ENDOWMENT TOTAL RESEARCH Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences Center of Excellence in Health Disparities
Center for Lab Animal Resources
M.P.H.
FUNDING M.S. in Biomedical Research National Center for Primary Care
M.S. in Biomedical Science Neuroscience Institute
M.S. in Biomedical Technology Prevention Research Center
RCMI-Center for Clinical and Translational Research
M.S. in Clinical Research
TOTAL
RESIDENTS
143 OF GIFTS SCHOLARSHIP M.S. in Medical Science Research Centers in Minority Institutions
TOTAL
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
NUMBER
B.S./M.S. in Neuroscience
Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center
AWARDS
1,342 253 RESIDENCY PROGRAMS CORE AREAS
Family Medicine OF RESEARCH
Internal Medicine Cancer
FACULTY
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
256 TOTAL $2,965,173 Community Pediatric Residency Cardiovascular Diseases
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases
FUNDS
Surgery
AWARDED Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Neurological Diseases
*Mullan F, Chen C, Petterson S, Kolsky G, Spagnola M. The social mission of medical education: ranking the schools. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010 Jun 15;152(12):804-11
MISSION VISION CORE VALUES
MSM is dedicated to: Leading the creation and Our core values guide organizational behavior and shape MSM’s future
advancement of health equity
Improving the health and well-being of EXCELLENCE: Achieving the highest level of performance in all endeavors
individuals and communities; VISION SERVICE: Treating all people and communities with respect, compassion and empathy
Increasing the diversity of the health
professional and scientific workforce; IMPERATIVES KNOWLEDGE: Sharing our ideas, discoveries, methods and skills to advance health equity
Addressing primary health care needs Translating Discoveries into WISDOM: Valuing the knowledge and experience of all individuals
through programs in education, research, Health Equity INTEGRITY: Upholding the highest standards of ethical behavior, transparency and accountability
and service,
Building Bridges Between INNOVATION: Creating inspired solutions in science, service and education
with emphasis on people of color and the
underserved urban and rural populations Health Care and Health
in Georgia and the nation.
Preparing Future Health
Learners and Leaders
CENTERS AND
$ 96 $ 44.6 DEGREE PROGRAMS MSM RESEARCH
M.D.
INSTITUTES
STUDENTS
M.D./Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences
406 MILLION MILLION M.D./M.P.H. Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute
M.D./M.S.C.R.
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Ph.D./M.S.C.R.
TOTAL ENDOWMENT TOTAL RESEARCH Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences Center of Excellence in Health Disparities
Center for Lab Animal Resources
M.P.H.
FUNDING M.S. in Biomedical Research National Center for Primary Care
M.S. in Biomedical Science Neuroscience Institute
M.S. in Biomedical Technology Prevention Research Center
RCMI-Center for Clinical and Translational Research
M.S. in Clinical Research
TOTAL
RESIDENTS
143 OF GIFTS SCHOLARSHIP M.S. in Medical Science Research Centers in Minority Institutions
TOTAL
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
NUMBER
B.S./M.S. in Neuroscience
Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center
AWARDS
1,342 253 RESIDENCY PROGRAMS CORE AREAS
Family Medicine OF RESEARCH
Internal Medicine Cancer
FACULTY
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
256 TOTAL $2,965,173 Community Pediatric Residency Cardiovascular Diseases
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases
FUNDS
Surgery
AWARDED Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Neurological Diseases
*Mullan F, Chen C, Petterson S, Kolsky G, Spagnola M. The social mission of medical education: ranking the schools. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2010 Jun 15;152(12):804-11
Translating Discovery
Into Health Equity
MSM
RANKED
#1
IN SOCIAL
MISSION*
The number one
medical school
in the nation
in fulfilling its
social mission, a
role emphasized
as critical to
improving the
country’s overall
health care.
DISCOVER
MORE
Translating Discovery
Into Health Equity
MSM
RANKED
#1
IN SOCIAL
MISSION*
The number one
medical school
in the nation
in fulfilling its
social mission, a
role emphasized
as critical to
improving the
country’s overall
health care.
DISCOVER
MORE
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 23
A Flourishing Research Enterprise
MSM's flourishing research enterprise conducts groundbreaking research combined with innovative improvements
making our research both translational and transformative.
Our research efforts are concentrated in four key areas: cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurological disease, and
infectious diseases. We know these diseases have the highest rates of disparity and by making an impact in these areas,
we can begin leveling health equity across the board.
MSM opened a newly designed biomedical research technology core facility, available to internal investigators and
external collaborators. The newly renovated state-of-the-art research facility continues a master plan to improve
Morehouse School of Medicine’s research infrastructure.
MSM ranks third in the nation for federally funded research expenditures among community-based medical schools.
Total funding for research and training during fiscal year 2015 was $44,597,475, including $11,051,595 in new awards
and $30,445,880 in continued awards. The total also includes competitive renewals in the amount of $3,100,000.
Research & Training FY15 $30,445,880 $3,100,000
$11,051,595
Funding $2,074,614
FY14 $26,879,443
$5,062,231
Continuous FY13 $48,506,824
Renewals
New FY12 $47,347,016
FY 2015 Research Highlights
MSM Expands Physician Scientist Program Janssen Pharmaceuticals and MSM:
with University of Washington Partners in Creating Health Equity
The development of a joint M.D./Ph.D. program In 2015, MSM hosted the first Janssen
with the University of Washington is part of MSM’s Pharmaceuticals Life Science Career Day, which
expansion in its Physician Scientist continuum. Lasker attracted more than 100 students, faculty and
Foundation Lecturer Mary Claire King, Ph.D., made staff from MSM and the AUC schools. MSM and
two visits to the campus during which she met with a Janssen are working collaboratively to pursue
group of medical students and outlined the University several important outcomes, including:
of Washington/Morehouse School of Medicine Medical
Scientist Training Program. • The Janssen Graduate Science Research
Dissertation Fellowships at MSM will support
Ph.D. students as they complete coursework,
conduct research, and prepare the dissertation
for students who plan to pursue life or physical
sciences careers at Janssen. To date, two Ph.D.
In 2015, RCMI core students have received job offers from Janssen.
facility opened the • The Industry Regulatory Affairs Curriculum &
Zebrafish Core Lab - Program, a degree-granting program will deliver
the only such facility curriculum covering clinical trial design and the
in the Southeast and Federal Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory
path of drugs, medical devices and mobile
the first at an HBCU medical apps.
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 24
MSM Awarded SBIR/STTR Grants Carrera Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Model Yields Remarkable Outcomes
Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) awards federal The Carrera Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Model
research funds and development funds to small was established in 2010 with a five-year grant
businesses that partner with non-profit research from the Health and Human Services Office of
institutions. SBIR/STTR awarded seven grants to MSM Adolescent Heath and an annual budget of $1.5
totaling $1,707,865 to faculty startups. MSM-associated million. The Health Promotion Resource Center
startups have received half of all R41 applications awarded at MSM partnered with three community-based
to Georgia from FY13 through FY15. organizations to the implement a pregnancy
prevention program for more than 200 youth
from four counties. In 2015 studies revealed no
MSM/Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) documented pregnancies and all of the youth who
Center for Health Equity Established participated in at least 75% of program activities
In 2015 MSM joined forces with Emory University School experienced academic success as documented by
of Medicine to establish the MSM/Emory Cardiovascular scholastic achievement and on-time promotion to
(MECA) Center for Health Equity, which aims to the next grade level.
reduce health disparities in cardiovascular disease risks
by launching a novel multi-level investigation into the
characteristics and the determinants of resilience among Grant to Help Expand HIV Testing and
blacks in the United States. Substance Abuse Prevention Services
Ronald Braithwaite, Ph.D., director of MSM’s Center
MECA was created with grant from the American Heart of Excellence on Health Disparities was awarded a
Association totaling $3,709,200 for four years and will three year, $900,000 grant by the Substance Abuse
be led by Herman A. Taylor, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., and Mental Health Services Administration.
F.A.H.A., Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute at Dr. Braithwaite and his staff will use the monies to
Morehouse School of Medicine, with Arshed Quyyumi, expand on existing work with Morehouse College
M.D., F.A.C.C., F.R.C.P., of Emory University, serving as and Clark Atlanta University to provide HIV Testing
co-director. and Substance Abuse Prevention services.
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 25
Sleep Disorders and The Neuroscience Institute
Circadian Rhythms
Program at Morehouse Celebrates 20 Years
School of Medicine
MSM established a research
program in the Neuroscience
Institute in 2006 focusing on The Neuroscience Institute (NI) at Morehouse School of Medicine was established in
Circadian Rhythms and Sleep 1995 to investigate and teach the functional organization of the nervous system, with
Disorders. The expertise in an emphasis on reducing the burden of nervous system disorders through biomedical
sleep and circadian rhythms at research. A first for any HBCU, the Neuroscience Institute was a bold and visionary
MSM has contributed to the step by MSM. The National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Neuroscience Institute becoming and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) are
a leader in health disparity the two agencies that provided initial funding and have continued to support the
research. Sleep disorders research Neuroscience Institute.
creates a unique opportunity
to develop a world-class The value of the NI to Morehouse School of Medicine is significant in our
research center focused on the continued vision in leading the creation and advancement of health
development of new tools to equity. NI research areas cover a broad range of cellular and molecular
prevent and treat disease states neuroscience and include the molecular biology and physiology
associated with shift work and of circadian rhythm; mechanisms of sleep and sleep disorders;
sleep deprivation in underserved mechanisms of stroke and stroke prevention; photoreceptor
populations. and retinal physiology; glutamate receptor physiology and
mechanisms of hyperexcitability in epilepsy. Investigators
Over the last nine years, under use a variety of experimental preparations including
the direction of Gianluca Tosini, whole animals, the intact portions of the central nervous
Ph.D., the program has system, and simplified preparations, such as tissue slices
experienced significant growth and single cells, to study cellular activities and cell to cell
in size, funding and scientific communication under more controlled conditions.
output and now includes faculty
from the Departments of The NI also recognizes the importance of transmitting
Pharmacology and Toxicology, current research information to students. Members of the NI
Neurobiology and Medicine. are involved in teaching graduate students, medical students,
and health care professionals. A Summer Undergraduate Research
Program targeting college students is designed to provide early
“We are working towards opportunities to explore biomedical research career options is offered.
identifying the genes that
regulate sleep and understanding
the genetics of sleep, which is
not a trivial matter. We want to The broad vision statement of the Neuroscience Institute is:
understand sleep disorders and The Healthy Brain: To Understand, Nurture and Protect, which
the impact of irregular sleep covers the landscape of Institute’s research and science.
patterns. We know that when
people do not get enough sleep,
it can lead to higher incidents The NI has achieved a myriad number of impressive milestones over the past 20 years
of diseases such as cancer, that are closely tied to the overall success of the research enterprise at MSM:
cardiovascular disease and other • graduating six Ph.D. students with 10 more in training;
chronic disorders that are linked • nurturing junior investigators to national competitiveness as R01 holders;
to strokes.” • securing a recording number of grants and retaining R01 funded investigators;
• forming a partnership with AUC schools to create a B.S./M.S Neuroscience Program;
Dr. Gianluca Tosini, • and developing a national reputation in the neuroscience research areas of sleep
Professor and Chair, Department disorders and stroke, particularly in populations with health disparities.
of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director, Circadian Rhythm and
Sleep Disorders Program
Accelerating the Path from Nerve Cell
to Community
Those involved in creating the institute included then-MSM President Dr. Louis Sullivan,
Peter MacLeish, Ph.D., the institute’s first and current director, and many others who
sought to redress the problem of the national dearth of biomedical scientists, especially
neuroscientists from underrepresented minority groups. Under the visionary leadership
of Dr. MacLeish, the institute has expanded to 15 investigators who investigate circadian
rhythms, sleep disorders and acute brain injury (i.e., stroke, traumatic brain injury,
and epilepsy).
“We are conducting neuroscience research at the highest levels and not compromising on
adhering to excellence; this is the environment in which we are training students,”
said Dr. MacLeish. “Our investigators are competitive with investigators
at much larger universities in areas such as sleep disorders and stroke,
which affect the populations MSM serves.”
“We want to understand more about protecting the brain
from diseases and disorders. We have some very exciting
work in this domain that could be a game changer in Translational
understanding the brain.”
Dr. Peter MacLeish Programs in Stroke
This program was established
“The Neuroscience Institute, under the leadership of in 2012 with the overall goals
Dr. MacLeish, has become a critical focus at Morehouse to advance our understanding
School of Medicine for the high-quality, fundamental of how the brain responds
research that underpins medical advances,” said Zach Hall, to stroke and to use gene
Ph.D., former director of the NINDS. “Through its scientific and protein expression
accomplishments and through its training of young scientists, in blood to predict stroke
the Neuroscience Institute plays a vital role in developing the severity and outcome. Recent
medicine of tomorrow.”
groundbreaking work from
this research team has
discovered that the only
Bachelor of Science/ Master of Science in Neuroscience Federal Drug Administration
Degree Program (FDA) approved treatment
for ischemic stroke (tissue
To support this focus, the NINDS awarded the Neuroscience Institute with a plasminogen activator, tTPA)
Specialized Neuroscience Research Program grant, now in its fifth cycle of funding, is less effective in African
to establish a new B.S./M.S. degree program in collaboration with AUC schools to American women, a result
promote and assist underrepresented populations in their endeavors in neuroscience that will influence treatment
research. Students complete requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree granted by in that population. “The use
their undergraduate institution and a Master of Neuroscience degree by Morehouse of blood transcriptomics will
School of Medicine, after spending a fifth year at MSM’s Neuroscience Institute. change how we monitor and
treat brain injuries in the
“We want to be on the vanguard of bringing this research and commitment to the future,” said Roger Simon,
populations we serve. The Neuroscience Institute is enormously committed to M.D., Professor of Medicine
contributing to advancing health equity in underserved communities.” and Director, Translational
Programs in Stroke.
Building Bridges Between
Health Care and Health
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Clinical Care
Morehouse Healthcare #6
Provides Excellent Quality and
Multidisciplinary Health Care physician
to the Community group
Morehouse Healthcare (MHC) is committed to creating and leading a practice in
global platform for health and to helping people, particularly those in Atlanta
underserved populations, achieve equitable and optimal health outcomes.
in 2015
Drawing on its excellence in primary care and a wide range of specialties,
MHC is a critical source for patient wellness, healthy living, and
preventive health education. Morehouse Healthcare was recognized by
the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the #6 physician group practice in the
publication’s 2015 ranking of Atlanta’s top 25 physician group practices, 2
demonstrating the potential impact that MHC has in the industry as a
leading, multispecialty health care service provider.
health care
clinics
MHC’s mission to create a competitive, value-driven health
system focused on delivery of culturally sensitive, high-quality
16
clinical services to patients.
More than 200 MHC physicians, MSM faculty members and residents
are the cornerstone of Morehouse Healthcare, building bridges between medical
health care and health. Helping patients realize their optimum health and
developing good health habits is a major component of MHC physicians' specialties
interaction with patients. MHC plays a critical role in leading innovation
and change in the communities it serves.
MHC’s success in impacting health outcomes in its patient population
continued notably throughout fiscal year 2015 as the practice strengthened 30 %
operations and developed strategic partnerships to help lead innovation in
a dynamic healthcare environment.
increase
in patient
services
in 2015
Engaging the Community
to Provide Enhanced
Quality Care
A Patient-Centered Medical Home
MHC is capitalizing on a $1.2 million grant
and in-kind support from the United Health
Foundation and Optum awarded to MSM to
help develop its Patient Centered Medical Home
(PCMH) and Neighborhood Project. MHC plans
to integrate the program into the Quality and
Clinical Care Coordination programs, which will
cover all MHC patients as well as Grady Memorial
Hospital and non-Grady ambulatory clinic and
hospital sites.
Ambulatory Census and
Provider Productivity
There were 3,944 more patient services at MHC’s
Howell Mill Road office in FY2015 compared to
the previous year, representing a 30% increase.
New patients’ visits continue to increase and
total approximately 4,500 over the past 12
months for both the Howell Mill Road site and
Comprehensive Family Healthcare Center site.
New patients are being added at 300 per month
at the Howell Mill Road office and totaled nearly
1,000 more than 2014.
Expansion of Services
The plastic and reconstructive surgical service
continues to grow the Howell Mill Road office.
Expanded or additional services at the site include
complementary medicine and minimally invasive
surgery/bariatrics, both of which are new, and
expansion in services such as adult medicine,
cardiology, oncology, and nephrology.
Morehouse Healthcare Collaborative Partners
Through excellence in health care, expansions and additions of new services, collaborative partnerships,
community-focused health care and a corps of more than 100 renowned physicians, Morehouse Healthcare is
aligning MSM's care delivery systems to serve the contemporary needs of communities in Georgia.
Atlanta Medical Center Cancer Treatment Centers of America
MHC and Atlanta Medical Center joint recruitment The collaboration added two new services at Cancer
effort yielded the addition of a gynecologic Treatment Centers of America, gynecologic oncology and
oncologist. The collaboration added two new services surgical oncology on-call and clinic coverage.
at the medical center, gynecologic oncology and
primary care/family medicine at Willie J. Freeman DeKalb Medical Center
Neighborhood Health Center. MHC finalized negotiations with DeKalb Medical Center to
extend primary care services on its campus, along with select
Atlanta University Center specialty services. The new service of family medicine was
MHC continued to expand its student health services also added.
at the AUC through expanding services to include
sports medicine coverage in addition to student Grady Health System/Grady Memorial Hospital
health clinic coverage at Clark Atlanta University and Expanded services at the hospital and Grady East
Morehouse College. Point neighborhood clinic included the addition of an
interventional cardiologist and gynecologic oncology
Atlanta VA Medical Center services expansion. New services include plastic surgery
The collaboration between MHC and the Atlanta VA and orthopedic hand surgery. Additional expanded services
Medical Center continued to expand in FY2015 and include nephrology, gastroenterology, trauma critical care,
added resident rotations with cardiovascular surgery hematology/oncology and psychiatry. Vascular surgery was a
and attending surgeon coverage of the critical care replacement service in FY2015.
unit at the medical center.
Community and Hospital Affiliates
Community Hospitals
AID Atlanta Atlanta Medical Centers (TENET)
Clark Atlanta University Student Health Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Clayton State University Student Health Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Crestview Nursing Home DeKalb Medical Center
Grady East Point Emory University Hospital Midtown
Morehouse College Student Health Grady Memorial Hospital
Spelman College Student Health Northside Hospital
St. Joseph's Mercy Care Services, Inc. Piedmont Hospital
Willie J. Freeman Neighborhood Health Center Atlanta VA Medical Center
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Reach One
Each One
(ROEO)
A collaboration of Grady
Health System, Morehouse
School of Medicine, and
Emory School of Medicine,
the program is designed
to introduce and expose
high-performing students
from underrepresented
backgrounds who are
interested in pursuing
medical careers to various
specialties during an intensive
10-week course. The program
culminates with a graduation
ceremony in December.
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MSM in the
Community
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 34
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Community partnerships are vital and
critical to achieving our mission.
MSM understands that health status and health behaviors are determined by personal, institutional,
environmental, and policy influences. Educational and community-based programs over the next decade
will continue to contribute to improving health outcomes in the United States. We recognized years ago
that education and community-based programs must reach out to people outside of traditional health care
facilities. That is why we have trained over 75 community-based physicians to participate in clinical research,
and why we have one of the first mobile research vans that actually serves the community.
Our community-based approach encompasses creating communities free of adverse conditions that affect
health, safety, and well-being. We believe that building close relationships with communities is a key factor in
ensuring that health equity is not bound by geography, age, socio-economic standing, educational attainment,
race, ethnicity or cultural background.
MSM and the Stellenbosch The 19th Annual HeLa
University Faculty of Medicine Women’s Health Conference
and Science Partner launch first and Community
Area Health Education Centers Engagement Day
Program outside the U.S.
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
MSM established the AHEC Program in 1985 to serve at MSM hosted the day long 19th Annual HeLa
as a medicine/health professions “pipeline” that recruits Women’s Health Conference in September, which
youth (grades 7-11) from medically underserved convened on campus and drew practitioners,
communities into the health professions. The MSM researchers, public policy, health advocates and
Prevention Research Center (PRC) and its partner students interested in learning relevant practices
Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and that specifically address cervical cancer.
Science established a program in Cape Town, South
Africa, launching the first AHEC Program outside Conference participants were drawn to
of the United States in 2015. PRC faculty and staff information presented at the conference
traveled to Cape Town to engage more than 130 AHEC including treatment approaches where individual
youth and parents at three geographically dispersed variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle
communities. were taken in account to achieve health equity,
especially in women's health.
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 36
Living the Mission with "Morehouse School of Medicine
E. L. Connally provides STEAM exposure and
mentoring opportunities for
Elementary School students from elementary through
post-undergraduate levels. MSM
The 2015 GME retreat, "Living the Mission strives to enrich the minds of
with E.L. Connally Elementary School”
included a community engagement project students from communities that are
where each of the 23 classrooms at the underrepresented in medicine and the
school had at least one physician and one biomedical sciences. Our hands-on
administrator who led a project for the experiences invoke a lasting impact
children to complete prior to the end of that encourages students to explore
the event. The project was a great success a future in the health professions and
and included all 371 children at the school. biomedical research workforce."
MSM had 54 physicians and administrators
participate in the school-wide activity.
Rita Finley, Ph.D.,
Assistant Dean, Office for Educational
Outreach & Health Careers
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 37
Taking the MSM Social
Mission to Haiti
In 2015, a group of 10 MSM M.D. students
organized a trip to the Central Plateau of Haiti to
help in health clinics where health disparities are
widespread and pervasive. Under the leadership
of Project Medishare for Haiti, MSM students
worked with local Haiti health care professionals
and saw patients who frequently wait in line
for long periods to be seen in mobile clinics.
The students, who paid for the trip themselves,
experienced community health and outreach in
a country with dire health care needs.
Transforming Health in
High-Risk Communities
The Transforming Metropolitan Atlanta
Communities through Prevention, Primary
Care Linkages and Policy Change Project
addresses the deleterious impact of diabetes and
cardiovascular disease in high-risk communities
in Atlanta. The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Community
Health selected the project as a health equity
model of excellence at a recent Racial and Ethnic
Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
meeting bringing together grantees from across
the nation.
300+ Over Over
communities 4,500 200
served by MSM
initiatives and Children Atlanta
programs Impacted Community
Partners
Voices of the Underserved Reducing Chronic Disease and
Health Disparities in Fulton
Community Voices: Healthcare for the
Underserved, a division of MSM’s Satcher County, GA
Health Leadership Institute in conjunction with
The Center Helping Obesity in Children End MSM’s PRC and its partner Fulton County Department
Successfully, Inc., engaged with community of Health and Wellness evaluated the county’s Partnership
members, parents and youth in the design, for Improving Community Health project to lead Atlanta’s
implementation and evaluation of childhood public health efforts in reducing chronic diseases, promoting
obesity-focused programming targeting healthier lifestyles, reducing health disparities and
overweight African-American girls. The Sisters controlling health care spending. MSM PRC is a part of a
Living in the Lite Empowered health education network of 26 academic research centers funded by the CDC
program recruited 70 overweight young women to achieve local and national health objectives for solving the
to participate. nation’s obstinate health problems.
Addressing Chronic Disease in the Community
The Adaptation, Education and Motivation: Improving Chronic Disease Self-Management
and Prevention (iADAPT) 2.0 Project is a key component of the MSM REACH grant funded
to the PRC by the CDC. Through the Clinical and Community Linkages Core, the iADAPT
2.0 utilizes community health workers (CHWs) to improve chronic disease self-management
and prevention.
CHW’s educate
community
residents on the
importance of
self-management
and prevention
of diabetes, heart
disease and
mental health
disorders.
7 mission
trips
conducted to service
the citizens of Haiti
since 2008
INVESTING IN MSM
foundations, and individuals in record numbers.
Morehouse School of Medicine is deeply invested Increased giving by the donor community and the
in meaningful, collaborative partnerships that yield impact of increased philanthropy were overarching
globally beneficial outcomes for our institution, themes in fiscal year 2015. Overall fundraising
our partners and people whose lives are affected by in fiscal year 2015 significantly increased over
disease, suffering and health disparities. previous years.
We seek to expand public and private partnerships Philanthropic support enables MSM to continue
that create win-win scenarios to improve patient to train the next generation of health care
outcomes and will continue to integrate and partner professionals and to conduct groundbreaking
with systems committed to health equity. Without translational research that meets the pressing
our deep roots in partnerships, we would be unable to health care needs of our nation. We gratefully
fulfill our social mission. acknowledge the generous support of the many
individuals, corporations, organizations, and
Morehouse School of Medicine’s outstanding foundations that made contributions to the
accomplishments in education, research, and patient institution from July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015.
care are being supported through corporations,
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 40
29
%
increase in
the total
number of
gifts from
previous
year
%
113
increase in
new donors
We do not have to look far to find partners who share our The incredible
collective vision, such as the National Institute of Health; Emory rate of investing
University School of Medicine; Grady Memorial Hospital;
UnitedHealthcare; Georgia Power Company; Northside Hospital; in MSM is a huge
Piedmont Hospital; Atlanta VA Medical Center; DeKalb (County) indicator of the
Medical Center; Atlanta Medical Centers; Morehouse College; strong confidence
Spelman College; Clark Atlanta University; AID Atlanta; and
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. that the donor
community places
Gifts raised (cash, pledges and gifts in-kind) total $8,070,979 for
fiscal year 2015 (FY15). This represents a 73% increase over the in the institution
total of $5,219,317 that was raised during fiscal year 2014.
We will continue to forge new partnerships with those who are as
passionate as we are and who recognize that investments in people,
processes, and technology are required for our mutual successes.
Morehouse School of Medicine’s donors We are not only empowered
are inspiring new vision. by the extraordinary growth
in philanthropic gifts from
alumni, faculty, staff and
friends of MSM, we are
MSM’s donor base is more vibrant, generous and deeply inspired by their
committed than ever. investment in our mission.
Our donors challenge us
MSM benefitted from a record number of donors that gave at a major gift level to think bigger and bolder.
of $25,000 or greater. The growth in public support represents a high level of Our donors challenge us
confidence in the institution’s ability to fulfill its mission and impact the health to be good stewards. Our
of people in communities throughout Georgia. In FY15, we experienced a 29% donors challenge us in the
increase in the total number of gifts from previous year. New donors had a tough times to remember
that we are joined by
significant impact on the increase; FY14 (400) to FY15 (851), representing an individuals, corporations,
increase of 113% increase in the number of major gifts to the school. and foundations that
support MSM leading the
There were 51 major gifts in FY15 compared to 24 major gifts in FY14. MSM’s transformative change
major gift commitments increased by 200% over during the last five years, a of health disparities to
level of growth exceeding that of most institutions. global health equity.
Giving Growth in Major Gifts
by Source 60 ($25K and above)
FY15 51
50
Individuals 40
$2,086,762.90 27
Corporations 30 23 24
$5,984,216.23 20 17
FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
$9,000,000
$8,000,000
Total Gifts $7,000,000 1000 New Donors
Raised 851
Comparison $6,000,000 800
$5,000,000 578
FY2011 600 504
452
FY2012 $4,000,000 400
FY2013 400
FY2014 $3,000,000
FY2015
$2,000,000 $2,817,175.79 $4,013,223.23 $2,680,860.08 $5,219,317.37 $8,070,979.13 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
$1,000,000
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 42
The following Grants of Note exemplify the growing
investment in MSM by foundations and corporations and
the tremendous impact that increased funding is having on
the institution’s mission to lead underserved populations in
achieving their optimum state of health.
The Kennedy Forum The Power of Scholarship
$2.5 million from The Kennedy Forum with a $2.5 million A significant component of individual
matching endowment from the National Institute of Health giving by donors support Direct
to establish and launch the Kennedy Center of Mental Health Scholarships and the Presidential
Policy and Research. Scholarship, both of which address the
issue of the debt associated with a medical
school education, as this is a significant
Optum/United Health Foundation financial investment for MSM students.
$1.3 million in grant funding and in-kind support by the
United Health Foundation and Optum to help support the The Presidential Scholarship initiative has
Patient Centered Medical Home and Neighborhood project, attracted unprecedented support since
an innovative primary-care delivery model and a series of its inception in FY14, and succeeded
community engagement programs to improve health in and in securing support from nearly 660
around Atlanta’s East Point area, a largely African-American first-time donors. Fundraising for the
community with high rates of poverty and complex chronic Presidential Scholarship Initiative was a
diseases. major influence on recruiting new donors
to the school.
HealthCare Foundation of Georgia The Scholarship exceeded its original
FY14 goal of $1 million and raised more
$125,000 to support the launch of Morehouse School of than $3 million. The impact of this
Medicine’s Alumni Learning Community, a vehicle for phenomenal growth is MSM’s ability
sustainable alumni engagement, recruitment and retention of to assist students and encourage them
students into health professions, increased workforce diversity to pursue primary care and family
and promotion of health literacy in underserved communities.
medicine. As a result of the last two years
of increased scholarship fundraising, we
awarded $2,059,529 in scholarships to
Georgia Power Company 253 students. We anticipate continuing
$250,000 from the Georgia Power Company to support the momentum and awarding even more
pipeline programs and alumni learning communities for scholarships in the coming year.
Georgia’s youth. The gift will be used to help stimulate
intellectual growth, increase skills in STEAM and create career
opportunities for the next generation of medical professionals.
253
Total number of
scholarships awarded
in FY2015
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Fiscal Year 2015
Financial Overview
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 44
Morehouse School of Medicine | Annual Report | 2015 45
Message from the Senior Vice
President of Operations and
Chief Financial Officer
F. John Case, Ed.D.
At Morehouse School of Medicine, the financial results for Fiscal Year
2015 continued to demonstrate the implementation of best practices, an
emphasis on building a strong balance sheet, and the need to invest in
education, research and clinical services. The finance organization and
other operational areas continued the emphasis on three themes: people,
process and technology. The themes drive our investments and priorities
as we support the mission areas. Our continued effort to implement
technology that creates efficiencies in our administrative, finance and
operational areas determine the priorities and efforts of all staff members.
These activities contributed to implementing a balanced budget, utilizing
financial reporting tools to monitor monthly results and implementing
policies and procedures to increase internal controls in all functional
Looking forward to areas of the organization.
FY16, we are investing
over $8M to renovate The fiscal year was highlighted by:
current campus facilities
and build our newest • In October 2015, the annual audit was presented and approved by the
educational facility, Board of Trustees, within the required timeframe.
the Billye Suber Aaron
Pavilion. The pavilion • Based on the annual A-133 audit, Morehouse School of Medicine
will enhance the received a clean (unmodified) opinion on its consolidated financial
educational experience statements and its affiliates (Morehouse Healthcare) in accordance with
for our students and generally accepted accounting principles.
will be completed in • A net operating margin of 3.0% on total revenues of $147M. This
December 2016. included a loss on disposal of property, plant, and equipment of $872K
(based on a physical audit).
As an organization, • An 8% increase in the student body, resulted in a 16.6% increase in
our commitment to tuition revenue. This increase is consistent with our academic expansion
operational excellence goal over the next two years.
will help MSM strive • The total endowment for MSM increased by $4.2M (4.6%) in FY15 due
for sound financial
policy and practices to to federal, corporate and individual contributions to fund research,
produce results that will scholarships and other mission activities.
benefit the faculty, staff, • The balance sheet reflected continuous improvements in the following
students and patients. critical areas – increases in cash/accounts receivable, investments, as
well as pledges receivable; and a reduction to long-term debt and capital
leases payable.
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