Becker's Healthcare June 25, 2024
Prem Reddy, MD, founder, chairman and CEO of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, founded a medical school in 2015 to address the physician shortage and serve underserved communities. Since then, the California University of Science and Medicine, based in Colton, has experienced significant growth, graduating its inaugural class in 2022 and its largest class in May.
“Medicine gives you a unique and sacred opportunity to be a part of another’s life — often in times of greatest need. As you embark on one of the most honorable professions, always remember the humanity at the core of medicine,” Dr. Reddy, who also is chairman of the board of CUSM, told more than 170 physicians and biomedical graduates during their commencement ceremony in...