Over 200 Military Medical Students to Graduate Early to Support Pandemic Response

A medical professional, supported by New York Army National Guard members, collects swabs to test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in New Rochelle, New York, on March 15, 2020. Senior Airman Sean Madden/U.S. Air National Guard/Handout via Reuters

More than 200 military doctors and nurses are permitted to graduate early from the Defense Department’s premiere medical school to assist the U.S. military’s effort against the ongoing pandemic.

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), which is based in Bethesda, Maryland, announced Thursday that it will award degrees to its fourth-year medical school students and graduate-level nurses on April 1, six weeks ahead of their normal graduation date.