The Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSUCHM) is an academic division of Michigan State University (MSU) that grants the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree, emphasizing patient-centered care and a biopsychosocial approach to caring for patients.
From 1959–61, several reports demonstrated the need for a third medical school in Michigan focused on serving the state's population through direct involvement in community health care.
[8] Michigan State University appointed Andrew D. Hunt, MD as the first dean of the College of Human Medicine in 1964.
In 2006, Marsha D. Rappley, M.D., became the first graduate of the College of Human Medicine to become dean of the medical school.
[8] In October 2007, MSU Board of Trustees voted to approve a $90 million project to build a new educational facility in downtown Grand Rapids.
[11] MSU alumnus and philanthropist Peter F. Secchia is the namesake for the facility, following his $10 million donation to the university.
[12] In September 2010, the college's headquarters moved from Fee Hall in East Lansing to the newly built Secchia Center in Grand Rapids.
[16] In October 2019, Dr. Norman Beauchamp was promoted as the Executive Vice President of Health Sciences at MSU.
The Upper Peninsula campus, based in Marquette, provides an environment for training physicians in rural medicine.