Strategic Planning for Colleges and Universities
Strategic Planning for Hospitals and Health Systems
Feasibility Studies and Strategic Planning for New Medical Schools

Feasibility Studies and Strategic Planning
for New Medical Schools

Tripp Umbach is the national leader in planning new medical schools. Tripp Umbach has successfully helped move new medical school projects from "Ideas to Action" in all regions of the United State and within every medical school model (university based, hospital based, community based). Services provided by Tripp Umbach include market analysis; community health needs assessment, program analysis, strategic planning, financial analysis, and economic impact analysis.

Each new medical school assignment is customized to the needs of our clients who are at every stage in the development of their new medical school – either allopathic or osteopathic. We work closely with nationally recognized former medical school deans who provide accreditation and operational consultation and with leading architectural and land planning firms.

Tripp Umbach has conducted economic analysis and strategic planning
for the following new medical schools:

  • University of Arizona and Arizona State University
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Florida International University
    Miami, FL
  • Medical Education Development Consortium (MED-C)
    Scranton, PA
  • Medical College of Georgia
    Augusta, GA
  • Michigan State University
    Grand Rapids, MI
  • University of California - Merced
    Merced, CA

Our consultation for new medical schools is deeply rooted in Tripp Umbach’s extensive national experience for established academic medical centers. For ten years, Tripp Umbach has conducted economic impact research for all 125 allopathic medical schools on behalf of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Additionally, Tripp Umbach has worked for 50 of the top 100 hospitals on the US News & World Report List of Best Hospitals. Our academic medical center clients include: Penn Medicine, UPMC, Harvard University Hospitals, and The Ohio State Medical Center.

In addition to consulting for new medical schools, Tripp Umbach offers a wide range of customized strategic planning and economic analysis services. Since 1990 Tripp Umbach has completed more than 1,000 assignments for leading clients in healthcare, higher education, government, and industry.