The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine is an LCME accredited medical school, co-located in Orange County's cities of Irvine on the University of California, Irvine campus and Orange at the UC Irvine Medical Center. Of the medical schools evaluated for its 2013 edition , U.S News & World Report ranked the school 44th in Research and 86th in Primary Care. The school was founded in 1896 by A.C. Moore and is the oldest continually operating medical school in the greater Los Angeles area. UC Irvine School of Medicine is renowned for patient care, education and research, under... the motto of ‘Discover, Teach Heal.’ In 2010, UC Irvine opened its $40.5 million, 65,000-square-foot on-campus medical education building that provides an innovative simulation training center along with clinical laboratories and telemedicine stations. The medical education building plays an important part in supporting new initiatives and technologies in teaching and health care delivery and is home to the Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community .
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| Location: | Irvine, California
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| Founded: | 1896 |
| School type: | Land-grant university, Public university, Research institute |
| Total enrollment: | 440 |
| Colors: | Gold, Blue |