For-profit medical schools—A flexnerian legacy upended
EY Adashi, GR Krishna, PA Gruppuso - JAMA, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
On August 29, 2007, a century of exclusively notfor-profit undergraduate medical education
in the United States ended, with the provisional accreditation of investor-owned Rocky Vista
University College of Osteopathic Medicine. 1 On September 5, 2014, in a first for allopathic
medicine, the Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine, a 35-year-old not-
forprofit institution in financial distress, was acquired by Arist Medical Sciences University, a
for-profit public benefit corporation. 2 More recently, investor-owned California Northstate …
in the United States ended, with the provisional accreditation of investor-owned Rocky Vista
University College of Osteopathic Medicine. 1 On September 5, 2014, in a first for allopathic
medicine, the Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine, a 35-year-old not-
forprofit institution in financial distress, was acquired by Arist Medical Sciences University, a
for-profit public benefit corporation. 2 More recently, investor-owned California Northstate …