Since granting its first Doctor of Medicine degrees in 1975, the Warren Alpert Medical School has become a national leader in medical education and biomedical research. By attracting first-class physicians and researchers to Rhode Island over the past three decades, the Medical School and its seven affiliated teaching hospitals have radically improved the state’s health care environment, from health care policy to patient care.

Students are admitted to the School through a variety of pathways. The Medical School awards approximately 100 MD degrees each year.

The Medical School is a component of Brown’s Division of Biology and Medicine, which also includes the Program in Biology. Together with Brown’s seven affiliated teaching hospitals, the collective research enterprise in the life and health sciences attracts $169 million in sponsored research funding per year.