School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

An Extraordinary Educational Opportunity.

Combining outstanding scientific training with state-of-the-art clinical medicine.

About the Program

The MD/PhD program at the Wayne State University School of Medicine is aimed at a few highly motivated individuals! Our program combines outstanding scientific training with state-of-the-art clinical medicine to train individuals as physician-scientists, excelling in careers in research and education. Our program is uniquely structured to integrate clinical and scientific experiences through all years of training.
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Student Achievements

Welcome to our new matriculants for the 2010-2011 year:
  • Christopher McHugh
  • Michael Lisieski
  • Jeremy Llaniguez
  • Asra Shaik

Congratulations to our first two MD/PhD program graduates!

Anna Valina-Toth, Ph.D.: Case Western/MetroHealth Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

Alison Van Dyke, Ph.D.: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Pathology, New Haven, Connecticut


Congratulations to the following students who have been granted national awards or fellowships.

  • Jesse Veenstra, NIH F30 Individual Fellowship 2010
  • Nicholas Mischel, NIH F30 Individual Fellowship award 2010
  • David Bissig, NIH F30 Individual Fellowship award 2010
  • Jeffrey Szymanski, NIH F30 fellowship award 2009
  • Doug Atchison, 5 year NIH F30 fellowship award 2009

Congratulations to Erik Brown, awarded the 2012 Asselin Award from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences for his First-Author paper!


Congratulations to the following students who were recognized for their research at the 2011  campus-wide Graduate Exhibition!

  • Amy Buth, 1st place
  • Erik Brown, 3rd Place