Distinguishing Characteristics

• Boonshoft School of Medicine, its medical student education and research enterprise, its faculty practice plan (Wright State Physicians) and the resident training and research enterprise of its affiliated hospitals contributed $850.5 million to Ohio’s economy in 2007, according to a recent study commissioned by the Ohio Council of Medical Deans. During the same period, they generated $24 million in state government revenue and were responsible for supporting 13,334 jobs. See: "The Economic Impact of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine."
• From their first week of classes, our students participate in clinical care. See: About Our Curriculum.
• Our school is a national leader in community-based education, providing clinical training at more than 30 Miami Valley health care facilities. See: Clinical Affiliations.
• Seven major teaching hospitals provide diverse clinical training in primary, secondary, and tertiary patient care. Two of these institutions are premier federal hospitals and another one operates the busiest emergency department in the state of Ohio. See: Our Clinical Site Map.
• Over the past several years, 83 percent of our graduates who entered residencies were rated as "very good," "superior," or "among the best" by their residency program directors.
• Wright State has become a national leader in generalist education although our graduates enter the full spectrum of medical specialties. See: Where Our Students Match.
• Wright State has the longest running civilian training program for doctors specializing in medicine related to air and space travel. Since 1978, Wright State's Aerospace Medicine Program has provided NASA with a steady supply of flight surgeons and also has trained the medical leadership for start-up space programs in a dozen other nations.
• Boonshoft School of Medicine has undertaken several joint research initiatives, technology transfer agreements and shared faculty with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
• The Department of Community Health ranks 10th out of 129 accredited M.D.-granting U.S. medical schools for the total amount of total research funding it has received from the National Institutes of Health in the area of "Public Health and Preventive Medicine."

White Hall

Ramesh K. and Saroj Gandhi Auditorium in White Hall

White Hall Lounge