Davao Medical School Foundation

The college of Medicine of Davao Medical School Foundation, Inc. was established in July 1976 in response to the need for doctors in the rural as well as urban communities of Mindanao. Thus, the College of Medicine became the first school of medicine in Mindanao.

A consortium made up of Ateneo de Davao University, Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, Development of Peoples Foundation, San Pedro College and the San Pedro Hospital, the school operates as a non-stock, non-profit organization duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and approved by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). In addition to the College of Medicine, the foundation operates the College of Dentistry, the College of Nursing, the Institute of Primary Health Care, the DMSF Hospital and the Institute of Primary Health Care, the DMSF Hospital and the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research.

The College of Medicine is located on a 6.18 acre (2.5 hectare) land near the commercial