VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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IMPACT

2001

Charter established for the College. VCOM is founded in Blacksburg, VA

VCOM History

First VCOM campus opens to the Inaugural Class of 2007 in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center under a public/private partnership between VCOM and Virginia Tech. 2003

2004

College adds research facilities in a new building in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. VCOM is recognized by the Virginia Governor as a Public/Private Partnership Success.

2006-07

The first year-round permanent VCOM Clinic opens in Verón, Dominican Republic in 2006. Partnerships in El Salvador and Honduras are established.

2010

Second campus VCOM-Carolinas in Spartanburg, South Carolina, breaks ground. VCOM collaborates with Spartanburg Regional Health System including research partnership with Gibbs Cancer Center. First Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program class is accepted at VCOM-Virginia. 2012 Auburn University administration learned of the success of the VCOM/VT collaboration and formed a public/private collaboration with VCOM to open a medical school campus at Auburn University.

VCOM-Virginia Tech Sports Medicine Fellowship begins.

2011

Inaugural class begins at VCOM-Carolinas, built on the site of the historic Spartan Mill. VCOM-Virginia’s Inaugural Class of 2007 completes their residencies.

The first class at VCOM-Auburn matriculates to its campus in Auburn Research Park. The Inaugural class at VCOM-Carolinas graduates 154 physicians. 2015

2018

A collaborative public/private partnership agreement with University of Louisiana Monroe is signed. Ground broken for VCOM-Louisiana site.

VCOM-Carolinas alumni are beginning to establish medical practices in the state.

2019

First class graduates 154 students at VCOM-Auburn.

VCOM-Louisiana accepts 150 students and is set to open to inaugural class of students. First virtual graduation is held across three campuses due to COVID-19 restrictions. 2020

2021

VCOM partners with SOUTHCOM, sending military scholarship students and faculty aboard the USNS Comfort for humanitarian missions.

2022

The Master of Health Science in Anesthesia program launches at VCOM-Auburn.

2024

VCOM-Louisiana inaugural class graduates with 139 new physicians.

2025

The Master of Health Science in Anesthesia program launches at VCOM-Carolinas.