As part of “Good News Week at UPEI,” the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Prince Edward Island is excited to officially launch its $10-million fund- and friend-raising campaign.

Recently, a few members of the Faculty of Medicine team attended the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM) in Vancouver, which is the premier Canadian meeting for medical schools and medical education with over 1,250 participants. It was fun being one of the new kids on the block, and attendees were very interested in and enthusiastic about what is happening at UPEI. 

UPEI has a unique opportunity and duty as the provincial university to be part of the long-term solution to improve the current health-care system. Twenty undergraduate medical learners will begin their studies at UPEI in August 2025 as part of a regional campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Faculty of Medicine. The timeline for this initiative mirrors that of other regional campuses being developed across the country.

UPEI and Health PEI have released the findings of the health system capacity report that was commissioned to understand and catalogue the health care system’s capacity to successfully integrate medical learners from the UPEI Faculty of Medicine into the PEI health system.

UPEI has secured space at 155 Belvedere Avenue, Suite 202 (the former Island Coastal location) to house the Faculty of Medicine faculty and staff while the new Faculty of Medicine and Interprofessional Health Training Centre building is under construction at the north end of campus.

UPEI welcomes Dr. Preston Smith as the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Smith's appointment begins April 1, 2024.

The University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce alumnus Dr. Aleisha Murnaghan as the Medical Program Development Consultant for the University’s new Faculty of Medicine, effective September 12, 2023.

Atlantic Business Magazine recently named Paul Young, UPEI's Chief Operating Officer of the Faculty of Medicine, as a Top 50 CEO in Atlantic Canada.

Read the UPEI news release with details of a message sent by President Keefe to the University community and UPEI Faculty of Medicine stakeholders, with an update on the development of the joint medical degree program with Memorial University of Newfoundland.

In this message to UPEI faculty, staff, and stakeholders, President Keefe updates the community on the UPEI Faculty of Medicine and first intake date for the joint medical degree program.