Naval Medical Schools

National Naval Medical Center

• The National Naval Medical Center, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is a full-scale medical center that has been serving the needs of military personnel and their families for over 65 years. The medical center is also responsible for serving the medical needs of the President of the United States and his family. For medical students wanting to pursue graduate level research, the center operates the Graduate Education and Research Center (GEAR), which is devoted to military relevant research and offers a cancer screening initiative, nursing research and a simulation center that allows students to train in a safe virtual environment. Medical residencies include 28 different specialty areas including cardiology and anesthesiology. The center also operates an on-site dental school.

  National Naval Medical Center
  8901 Rockville Pike
  Bethesda, MD 20889-5600
  (301) 295-4611
  bethesda.med.navy.mil

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Also located in Bethesda, Maryland, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is a medical school that works in conjunction with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Public Health Service. The school offers a year-round curriculum and requires nearly 700 more hours of curriculum work than most other traditional medical schools. The program offers students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary research as part of its joint degree program in biomedical research and public health. Potential students need not be commissioned by the military, but must make a commitment upon interviewing with the school. Research specialties include infectious diseases, trauma medicine, health maintenance, and cancer (usuhs.mil/research.html).

  F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine
  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  4301 Jones Bridge Road, Room A1041
  Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799
  (800) 772-1743
  usuhs.mil/medschool/fehsom.html

U.S. Navy Medical Corps

• Outside of the National Naval Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, there are no other naval medical schools, but this does not limit your opportunity to go to medical school with naval funding. Both current students and residents can receive funding from the Navy to pay for their medical education. Current physicians can even receive sign-on bonuses to help offset the cost of their own medical education. The Navy offers similar opportunities for specialists, nurses and dentists as well.

  navy.com/healthcareopportunities/medicalcorps/