Comprehensive training

The OHSU MD/PhD program considers applicants nationally without geographical preference. Oregon residents and non-Oregon residents are considered equally.

Our program offers superb training in a wide range of scientific disciplines and laboratories, and also includes a structured exposure to clinical and translational research through our NIH-funded Clinical Translational Science Award. In addition to four years of study in our MD Program, students may choose to pursue graduate level research training in a variety of fields including Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, and Quantitative Biosciences &  Biomedical Engineering.  

MD/PhD Curriculum
Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute

Information sessions

Monthly information sessions are held for prospective MD/PhD students on select Thursdays. Please review our Admissions page for more information and upcoming dates! Feel free to contact us with any other questions. 

Admissions Information Sessions
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Program highlights

Expanding the Program

Read the 96,00 Square Miles blog post about OHSU expanding the MD/PhD program and highlighting the 2019 incoming class.

Driven to practice and to advance medicine

Awards

The OHSU MD/PhD program requires students to submit a F30 award, with an over 80% success rate. The most recent success rate was calculated in 2020 for those who have applied and received their F awards for cohorts who graduated in the last 10 years.
A 2010 OHSU News article highlights this accomplishment 

Residency Match

OHSU MD/PhD graduates match at residencies across the nation

2023 Matches

  • Boston Children's Hospital, Pediatrics
  • Johns Hopkins, Internal Medicine
  • OHSU, Anesthesiology
  • OHSU, Radiation Oncology
  • OHSU, General Surgery
  • Stanford University, Medicine-Anesthesiology
  • University of Pittsburgh, Psychiatry

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Program News

Zoe Beach (far left) is an MD/PhD student being awarded grant funding ffrom the Friends of Doernbecher for her project, “Evaluating Efficacy of Targeted Therapies in PDGFRA Altered Pediatric Brain Tumors".

Zoe Beach

Zoe is in her 3rd PhD year in the MD/PhD Program and was awarded funding with a Friends of Doernbecher grant. This grant went towards funding her project, “Evaluating Efficacy of Targeted Therapies in PDGFRA Altered Pediatric Brain Tumors".

Tetiana Korzun

Originally from Ukraine and currently in her 3rd PhD year in the MD/PhD program, Tetiana interviewed by Oregon Public Broadcasting to reflect on family and friends at risk of Russian invasion. The early 2022 interview touches on what her life is like right now and what she is hearing from family and friends back home.

Funding

OHSU's MD/PhD program is a fully funded program covering tuition, fees, and health insurance, and providing stipends to all enrolled students. 

Funding is provided by the OHSU School of Medicine, endowed funds, and by the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5T32GM109835 "Medical Scientist Training Program of Oregon Health & Science University." 
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OHSU in the fast lane

Nature Index places OHSU as one of nine high performing, young universities.
The Knight Cancer Institute's work on AML treatment is a major focus.

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diverse group of scientists

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