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Centers of Excellence

The Centers of Excellence (COE) Program is designed to strengthen the national capacity to train underrepresented minority (URM) students in the health professions. COE supports programs at certain Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as Hispanic and American Indian COEs at health professions schools (schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other public and nonprofit or educational entities and graduate programs in mental or behavioral health) that train a significant number of the targeted minority students. COE also supports "Other" Minority Health Professions Education programs at health professions schools having enrollments of underrepresented minorities above the national average.

ALABAMA
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
School of Veterinary Medicine
Office of the Dean Tuskegee, AL 36088
Alfonza Atkinson, D. V. M., Ph. D., M. P. H. (334) 727-8174
FAX (334) 727-8177 atkinson@acd.tusk.edu   

ARIZONA
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
College of Medicine/ Mexican American Studies & Research Center
1501 North Campbell
P. O. Box 24501 
Tucson, AZ 85724
James E. Dalen, M. D., M. P. H. (520) 626-7383
FAX (520) 626-7382 jdalen@u.arizona.edu 

CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA @ SAN DIEGO
School of Medicine
9500 Gillman Drive 
La Jolla, CA 92093-0621
Sandra P. Daley, M. D. (858) 534-0764
FAX (858) 534-1513 sdaley@ucsd.edu 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
School of Medicine
851 Welch Road, Room 115 
Stanford, CA 94304-5740
Fernando S. Mendoza, M. D. (650) 725-0403
FAX (650) 725-5538 fernando.mendoza@leland.stanford.edu 

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UCLA
School of Medicine
P. O. Box 951722 
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Gerald S. Levey, M. D. (310) 825-5687
FAX (310) 206-5046 glevy@mednet.ucla.edu 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences
6th and Bryant Street, NW, Annex #2
Washington, DC 20059 
Pedro J. Lecca, Ph. D. (202) 806-5431
FAX (202) 667-5694

FLORIDA
FLORIDA A& M UNIVERSITY
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tallahassee, FL 32307 
R. Renee Reams -Brown, Ph. D.
(850) 561-2183 FAX (850) 599-3347
reams@nettally.com  

GEORGIA
MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
720 Westview Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30310 
Angela L. Franklin, Ph. D.
(404) 752-1651 FAX (404) 752-1512
franklin@msm.edu
  

HAWAII
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII @ MANOA 
John A. Burns School of Medicine
1960 East-West Road Biomed T101 
Honolulu, HI 96822
Benjamin B. C. Young, M. D. (808) 956-6435
FAX (808) 956-6588 tanakak@hawaii.edu 

ILLINOIS
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 
College of Medicine
1853 W Polk Street, #151 CMW 
Chicago, IL 60612
Jorge A. Girotti, Ph. D. (312) 996-4493
FAX (312) 996-3548 jorgeg@uic.edu 

KANSAS
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER 
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160-7120 
Iral D. Porter, M. B. A.
(913) 588-1236 FAX (913) 588-1399
iporter@kumc.edu
 

LOUISIANA
XAVIER UNIVERSITY 
College of Pharmacy
7325 Palmetto Street 
New Orleans, LA 70125
Robert L. Thomas, Pharm. D.
(504) 483-7421 FAX (504) 485-7930
rthomas@xula.edu
  

MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 
College of Human Medicine
A236 Life Sciences Building East 
Lansing, MI 48824
Wanda D. Lipscomb, Ph. D. (517) 353-7140
FAX (517) 432-1051 lipscom3@pilot.msu.edu  

MINNESOTA
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
School of Medicine
Center of American Indian & Minority Health 
2221 University Avenue, S. E., Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55414 
Johanna G. Clevenger, M. D.
(612) 626-2075 FAX (612) 624-0820
jcleveng@d.umn.edu
  

NEW JERSEY
UMDNJ-NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL 
Office of Special Programs
Hispanic Center of Excellence 
185 South Orange Avenue, MSB, A-550
Newark, NJ   07103-2714 
Maria Soto-Greene, M. D.
(973) 972-3762/ 3763 FAX (973) 972-3768
sotogrml@umdnj.edu
   

NEW MEXICO
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER 
School Of Medicine
BMSB, Room 106 
Albuquerque, NM 87131-5171
Steven R. Padilla, M. D., M. B. A. (505) 272-6000
FAX (505) 272-6003 rspadilla@salud.unm.edu 

OHIO
OHIO UNIVERSITY
College of Osteopathic Medicine 
030 Grosvenor Hall
Athens, OH 45701 
Bruce D. Dubin, D. O.
(740) 593-2365 FAX (740) 593-0892
dubin@exchange.oucom.ohiou.edu
  

OKLAHOMA
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 
P. O. Box 26901/ BMSB-357
Oklahoma City, OK 73190 
Philip A. McHale, Ph. D.
(405) 271-2316 FAX (405) 271-3032
philip-mchale@ouhsc.edu
 

PENNSYLVANIA
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 
University City Science Center
3508 Market Street, Suite 234 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3357
Jerry Johnson, M. D.
(215) 898-3892 FAX (215) 573-2793 
jcjohnso@mail.med.upenn.edu 

PUERTO RICO

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO 
School of Medicine
Medical Sciences Campus 
Office # A-865 P. O. Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067 
América Facundo, Ph. D
(787) 756-6343 FAX (787) 756-8475
afacundo@rcm.upr.edu
 

TENNESSEE
MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE 
School of Dentistry
1005 DB Todd Boulevard 
Nashville, TN 37208
William B. Butler, D. D. S., M. S. (615) 327-6207
FAX (615) 327-6213 wbutler@mmc.edu 

MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE 
School of Medicine
1005 DB Todd Boulevard 
Nashville, TN 37208
Anna Cherrie Epps, Ph. D. (615) 327-6204
FAX (615) 327-6568 acepps@mmc.edu 

TEXAS
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO 
School of Medicine
7703 Floyd Curl Drive 
San Antonio, TX 78284-7745
Martha A. Medrano, M. D., M. P. H. (210) 567-7781
FAX (210) 567-7772 medranom@uthscsa.edu 

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH @ GALVESTON 
School of Medicine
301 University Boulevard 
Galveston, TX 77555
Stanley M. Lemon, M. D. (409) 772-4793
FAX (409) 772-2684 smlemon@utmb.edu 

WASHINGTON

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 
School of Medicine
Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMCA) 
Box 357430, T-545 HSC
Seattle, WA 98195 
D. Daniel Hunt, M. D.
(206) 685-2489 FAX (206) 543-9063
dhunt@u.washington.edu
 

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