University of Medicine and Health Sciences


The University of Medicine and Health Sciences is a private, for-profit medical school located in Basseterre, Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. UMHS confers upon its graduates the Doctor of Medicine degree. The university also has a 5th semester campus in Portland, Maine and an administrative office in New York, New York.

History

UMHS was founded in 2007 by Dr. Robert Ross, the founder and former owner of Ross University School of Medicine. The university had its inaugural class in May 2008, and held its first graduation in June 2012 at the United Nations building in New York City. UMHS is owned and operated by the Ross family, with Dr. Ross's son Warren acting as President.
Since March 2011, students at UMHS have participated in residency matches every year, placing them into a variety of specialties across the United States and Canada.

Curriculum

The MD program at UMHS is a 10 semester course of study that consists of three semesters per calendar year. Semesters 1-4 are basic sciences semesters that are completed at the university's Saint Kitts campus. Semester 5 is completed at the university's campus in Portland, Maine. Semesters 6-10 consist of 78 weeks of clinical clerkships that are completed at affiliated hospitals in the United States.

Accreditation

UMHS is chartered in Saint Kitts and accredited by the Accreditation Board of Saint Kitts and Nevis, a recognized accrediting agency listed in the FAIMER Directory of Organizations that Recognize/Accredit Medical Schools. The school's charter was signed on August 24, 2007. UMHS is also listed in the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory.
UMHS received its 6-year accreditation from the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine in May 2015. ACCM is an international accrediting body listed by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation, part of the US Department of Education, as "found to use standards to accredit their medical schools that are comparable to the standards used to accredit medical schools in the United States."
In addition to its accreditations, UMHS entered an articulation agreement with Georgia University in 2015 and has obtained a provisional license by the state of Florida in 2018.

Student life

Student organizations include: