The Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is marking its 10-year anniversary, celebrating a decade of homegrown health care in pursuit of a healthier Washington for all.
Founded to expand medical education and health care access statewide, Washington’s first community-based medical school has graduated 248 medical doctors among more than 900 health care providers, including speech-language pathologists, registered dietitian nutritionists, and others.
WSU’s medical school was established in 2015 after the state legislature amended a nearly century-old law that had given the University of Washington the exclusive right to confer medical degrees in the state. The new college was named after Floyd following his passing from colon cancer later that year.
The college will celebrate its fifth commencement this year, now with classes of 80 future physicians per year.
