Loma Linda University
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{{Infobox University
|name = Loma Linda University
|image = [[Image:Llumc.gif|180px|Loma Linda University and Medical Center]]
|motto = ''To make man whole''|
established = [[1905]]
|type = [[Private school|Private]]
|president= [[Richard H. Hart]]
|chancellor = [[Richard H. Hart]]
|city = [[Loma Linda, California|Loma Linda]]
|state = [[California|CA]]
|country = [[United States|USA]]
|campus = [[Suburban]]
|undergrad = 960
|postgrad = 2,467
|staff= 1,068
|endowment= [[United States dollar|U.S. $]]245.3 [[1000000 (number)|million]]<ref>[http://www.nacubo.org/Images/All%20Institutions%20Listed%20by%20FY%202007%20Market%20Value%20of%20Endowment%20Assets_2007%20NES.pdf NACUBO Endowment Study 2007]</ref>
|free = 6 Intramurals Sports|
website= [http://www.llu.edu/ www.llu.edu]
}}
Founded in [[1905]], '''Loma Linda University''' (LLU) is a [[private school|private]], [[Christian]], [[coeducational]], [[health sciences]] [[university]] located in [[Southern California]] 60 miles east of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] close to [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]]. LLU is part of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]'s system of higher education. As such it provides an environment for learning that emphasizes individual commitment to [[Christ]], personal integrity, intellectual development, and community service. Eight schools and the Faculty of Graduate Studies comprise the University organization. More than 100 certificate and degree programs are offered by the schools of [[Allied health professions|Allied Health Professions]], [[Dentistry]], [[Medicine]], [[Nursing]], [[Pharmacy]], [[Public Health]], Religion, and [[Science]] and [[Technology]]. Curricula offered range from certificates of completion and associate in science degrees to [[doctor of philosophy]] and [[professional]] [[doctoral]] degrees. Students from more than 80 countries around the world and virtually every state in the nation are represented in Loma Linda University's student body. LLU also offers distance education. The University is accredited by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]] (WASC). [[Loma Linda Academy]], a Seventh-day Adventist K-12 school, is located nearby.
The university also hosts a branch office of the [[Ellen G. White Estate]].
==Mission statement==
Loma Linda University, a Seventh-day Adventist Christian health sciences institution, seeks to further the healing and teaching ministry of Jesus Christ "to make man whole" by:
*'''Educating''' ethical and proficient Christian health professionals and scholars through instruction, example, and the pursuit of truth;
*'''Expanding''' knowledge through research in the biological, behavioral, physical, and environmental sciences and applying this knowledge to health and disease;
*'''Providing''' comprehensive, competent, and compassionate health care for the whole person through faculty, students, and alumni.
==History==
[[Image:Loma Linda Sanitarium.jpg|thumb|right|''Early Postcard of Loma Linda Sanitarium'']]
'''Loma Linda University''' was founded in 1905 as a [[sanatorium|sanitarium]], called the '''College of Medical Evangelists,''' by [[John Burden]] and [[Ellen G. White]].
From 1913 to 1962, the university taught basic sciences in [[Loma Linda, California|Loma Linda]], but sent its students to [[Los Angeles]] for [[Clinic|clinical experience]]. In 1961 the college was upgraded to [[university]] status and renamed after the city. All its [[Biomedical research|science]] and [[Medicine|clinical]] faculty were consolidated within the city by 1962. On [[July 9]], [[1967]], the university opened the [[Loma Linda University Medical Center]] with more than 125 patients from the old community hospital.<ref name= "Stacia">{{cite news |last=Glenn | first=Stacia | title= Loma Linda University: From humble beginnings to world renown | url= http://www.sbsun.com/empireday1/ci_7334088 | publisher= [[San Bernardino Sun]] | date= [[October 31]], [[2007]] | accessdate= 2007-11-15}}</ref> The university also operated the Seventh-day Adventist [[liberal arts college]] in [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] from [[1967]] to [[1990]], which is now known as [[La Sierra University]].
In 1980, the state designated LLU the only [[Level I trauma center]] in [[San Bernardino County, California|San Bernardino]], [[Riverside County, California| Riverside]], [[Inyo County, California |Inyo]] and [[Mono County, California|Mono]] counties, which comprise more than a fourth of the state's land mass. About 1,600 emergency helicopters land there each year.<ref name= "Stacia">{{cite news |last=Glenn | first=Stacia | title= Loma Linda University: From humble beginnings to world renown | url= http://www.sbsun.com/empireday1/ci_7334088 | publisher= [[San Bernardino Sun]] | date= [[October 31]], [[2007]] | accessdate= 2007-11-15}}</ref> In 1991, B. Lyn Behrens became the first female president of LLU. Serving until March 2008, she was succeeded by Richard Hart, who had previously served as LLU's chancellor.
Loma Linda University expects the completion of its new 150,000-square-foot Centennial complex in spring 2009. The complex will include new classrooms, two 100-seat amphitheaters and more than 100 workstations with labs for dental, medical, physical therapy and graduate students. Highly advanced technology will allow the university to link to several areas around the globe along with new simulation labs where students can practice their medical skills on live actors and mannequins. The complex is expected to bump up the university's growth by 25 percent from its current enrollment of 4,000 students to 5,000 students by 2010. <ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy-Ross | first=Selicia | title= What's in the future for I. E. universities? | url= http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_7342616?IADID=Search-www.sbsun.com-www.sbsun.com | publisher= [[San Bernardino Sun]] | date= [[October 17]], [[2007]] | accessdate= 2007-10-20}}</ref>
Loma Linda Mayor Bob Christman said, "The city wouldn't even be here if the university and medical center weren't here. It's had a significant, beneficial impact on the city. In fact, in my opinion, it's had a significant, beneficial impact on the entire Inland Empire."<ref name= "Stacia">{{cite news |last=Glenn | first=Stacia | title= Loma Linda University: From humble beginnings to world renown | url= http://www.sbsun.com/empireday1/ci_7334088 | publisher= [[San Bernardino Sun]] | date= [[October 31]], [[2007]] | accessdate= 2007-11-15}}</ref>
==Controversies==
===Religious Discrimination===
As a wholly owned subsidiary of the [[Seventh-day Adventist]] church and status as a non-profit religious organization, Loma Linda University practices religious discrimination in student selection, employee selection, and employee termination.
*'''Loma Linda University''' has fired employees for becoming pregnant without being married. In 1992 a non-Adventist employee sued Loma Linda University for discrimination based on gender, marital status, and pregnancy, which led to her being fired, stating that this violated the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) section 12900. Arriaga, who at the time was unmarried, became pregnant. The University terminated Arriaga's employment because of her engagement in extramarital sex. The court ruled that Loma Linda University is excluded under FEHA because it is a nonprofit religious corporation<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/publications/religionbased_employment/arriaga.html
|title=USC Legal Watch
|website=[[usc.edu]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
*'''Loma Linda University''' openly discriminates against applicants who are not Seventh-day Adventist.<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://lomalindahealth.org/services/security/
|title=Loma Linda University Affirmative Action Statement
|website=[[llu.edu]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
===Medicare Fraud===
Loma Linda University has been involved in several federal [[Medicare fraud]] lawsuits.
*Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center, part of LLUHSC, paid $2.1 million dollars to settle a federal lawsuit that the organization had fraudulently over billed federal health insurance programs. The lawsuit alleged that the center had worked with its billing service to prepare two different cost reports, one for internal use and an inflated one to bill Medicare.<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/settlements/07861/medicare-fraud-whistleblower.html
|title=Loma Linda Behavioral Medicine Center Medicare Fraud Whistleblower
|website=[[Lawyersandsettlements.com]]
|date=[[April 25]], [[2005]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
*The Loma Linda Pathology Group, part of the university's residency program, paid $2.2 million dollars to settle a federal lawsuit over fraudulent Medicare billings. The lawsuit alleged that the hospital had been billing Medicare for procedures done by residents and interns as if they had been done by the attending physicians.
<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.taf.org/total2005.html
|title=2005 False Claims Act Settlements
|website=[[taf.org]]
|date=[[October 7]], [[2005]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
===McDonald's French Fry Scandal===
Loma Linda University is one of the 12 organizations named as a recipient of the McDonald's vegetarian french fry lawsuit, and received $250,000, later increased to $300,000<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.hinduismtoday.com/press_releases/mcdonalds/
|title=VegeSource.com
|website=[[vegesource.com]]
|date=[[December 11]], [[2002]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}</ref>, from ruling despite not being a plaintiff. Loma Linda said it would use the money to to "expand circulation of the Vegetarian Nutrition and Health" newsletter, and "to develop a website." Many vegetarian organizations and renown vegetarians, such as nutritionist [[T. Colin Campbell]], opposed Loma Linda's part in this award since is not an entity with vegetarian goals. <ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.vegsource.com/event/campbell.htm
|title=Hinduism Today Received McDonald's Settlement
|website=[[hinduismtoday.com]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>Some have pointed out that the proximity of a Ronald McDonald house to the university played a part in its receipt of the funds.<ref>
{{citation
|url=llrmh.com
|title=Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House
|website=[[llrmh.com]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
===Relationship with Representative Jerry Lewis===
Loma Linda University has accepted large amounts of monies considered [[congressional pork]] by government watchdogs, most of which has been facilitated by its close relationship with representative Jerry Lewis, R-San Bernardino, who is listed as one of the 22 most corrupt members of congress by [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] (CREW). From 1998-2003 Loma Linda has received $167.2 million in congressional earmarks, the number one academic recipient in the country getting nearly $60 million more than the runner up, the [[University of South Florida.]]<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/metro/housewatch/stories/PE_News_Local_D_schools09.d2c08d.html
|title=Pork? Funds for Collages Raise Objections
|website=[[pe.com]]
|date=[[July 9]], [[2006]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref> In 2000, it was the single largest recipient of higher education pork at $36,000,000, largely brought in by Mr Lewis who sits on the defense appropriations subcommittee. Several grants were from the department of defense including $5,000,000 from NASA for space radiation research. Critic's also point out that Mr. Lewis's brother is employed by Loma Linda University.<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/2006/061124nytimes.asp
|title=New Democrats Leaders Love Pork Barrel Spending
|website=[[conservative.org]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref> In 2008, Loma Linda University received nearly $9,500,000 of which $5,000,000 came from the defense department. <ref>
{{citation
|url=http://chronicle.com/stats/pork/index.php?sort=state&offset=180
|title=Congressional Earmarks for Higher Education, 2008
|website=[[chronicle.com]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
===Anti Competitive===
Following a long public relations campaign, which included television/newspaper adds, petitions, and employee rallies, Loma Linda University squelched a proposed private surgical center from opening nearby. This was accomplished by purchasing it at a $27.5 million premium with an unsolicited bid of $80 million. The university feared that this center would compete with them for the best candidates for surgery. This purchase resulted in a large loss of revenue for the city of Loma Linda, since the center would have paid taxes, but Loma Linda University does not have to since it is a non-profit organization.<ref>
{{citation
|url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/healthcare/stories/PE_News_Local_D_hospital01.39cade0.html
|title=Press Free-Enterprse
|website=[[pe.com]]
|date=[[May 1]], [[2008]]
|accessdate=2008-06-29
}}
</ref>
==Academic Programs==
As of [[2004]], Loma Linda University offered 109 degrees and certificate programs in the following academic programs:
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/fr/ School of Religion]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/grad/ Faculty of Graduate Studies]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/sahp/ School of Allied Health Professions]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/dentistry/ School of Dentistry]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/medicine/ School of Medicine]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/nursing/ School of Nursing]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/sps/ School of Pharmacy]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/sph/ School of Public Health]
*[http://www.llu.edu/llu/sst/ School of Science and Technology]
==Loma Linda University School of Public Health==
The Loma Linda University School of Public Health was founded in 1967. The school is an accredited member of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH).<ref>{{cite web | title =Association of Schools of Public Health Accreditation | url =http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=200}}</ref> The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is offered with the following concentrations:<ref>{{cite web | title =LLU School of Public Health Departments | url =http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=203&school_Id=13}}</ref>
===MPH Concentrations===
* Biomedical Data Management
* Biostatistics
* Distance Learning
* Environmental & Occupational Health
* Epidemiology
* Global Health
* Health Policy and Leadership(Also offered as [[MBA]] program in Health Administration)
* Health Education/Behavioral Sciences
* Health Geographics
* International Health
* Maternal and Child Health
* Nutrition
* Peace Corps program
* Preventive care
* Public Health Practice
===Additional Degrees Offered===
The School of Public Health also offers a Master of Science [[MS]], Master of Business Administration [[MBA]], Doctor of Public Health [[DrPH]], and Certificates in various programs.<ref>{{cite web | title =School of Public Health Degrees | url =http://www.llu.edu/llu/sph/programs/index.html}}</ref>
===Demographics at Loma Linda University School of Public Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
! width="16.65%" | Number of Students:
! width="16.65%" | Distribution by Gender:
! width="23.3%" | Distribution by Status:
! width="38.3%" | Distribution by Race:
! width="5%" | Ref:
|- valign="top"
| align="center" | 421
| align="center" | Male: 32% | Female: 68%
| align="center" | Full Time: 57.5% | Part Time: 42.5%
| align="center" | Caucasian: 50.6% | Asian: 23.4% | Hispanic: 12.3% | African American: 13.3% | Native American: 0.4%
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=203&school_Id=13 | title = Loma Linda University School of Public Health Demographics | publisher = [[ASPH]] | accessdate = 2007-07-20 }}</ref>
|}
==The Medical Center==
{{main|Loma Linda University Medical Center}}
The Loma Linda University Medical Center, in [[Loma Linda, California]], admits more than 30,000 patients per year.<ref>{{cite web | title =Loma Linda University Medical Center | url =http://www.llu.edu/llumc/about.html}}</ref> LLUMC, as it is commonly known, also houses the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Proton Treatment Center, Transplantation Institute & Liver Center, and Loma Linda International Heart Institute.<ref>{{cite web | title =LLUMC Departments | url =http://www.llu.edu/llumc/departments.html}}</ref>
==List of Loma Linda University Notable Alumni==
===School of Medicine===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
! width="15%" | Name
! width="*" | Class of
! width="32%" | Notability
! width="22%" | Residency
! width="31%" | Fellowships
! width="*" | Ref.
|- valign="top"
| Frank Jobe, [[M.D.]]
| align="center" | 1956
| A world renowned [[Orthopedic Surgery|Orthopedic Surgeon]] and Professor of Orothopedics at the [[Keck School of Medicine of USC]]. Orthopaedic Consultant for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] baseball team,[[PGA Tour]] & [[Senior PGA Tour]],
[[Los Angeles Lakers]] basketball team,[[Los Angeles Kings]] hockey team, [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim]] baseball team
|Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles County Hospital in Los Angeles, California
|
|- valign="top"
| [[T.R.M. Howard]], [[M.D.]]
| align="center" | 1935
| Nationally known civil rights leader, entrepreneur, mentor to [[Medgar Evers]], key figure in the investigation of the lynching of [[Emmett Till]], President of the [[National Medical Association]] and Chief Surgeon of the [[Taborian Hospital]] of [[Mound Bayou, Mississippi]]|
|City Hospital, Number Two, in St. Louis, Missouri
|
|- valign="top"
| Leo P. Krall, [[M.D.]]
| align="center" | 1943
| A world renowned leader in the field of [[diabetes]], one of the original founders of Joslin Diabetes Center, Joslin International Fellows and director of Joslin’s Education Division. Chaired annual [[Harvard]]-Joslin course and lectured at [[Harvard Medical School]]. In 1985, elected president of the International Diabetes Federation.
|U.S. Marine Hospital in [[Staten Island, NY]] and [[San Francisco, CA]]; as well as the New England Deaconess Hospital in [[Boston, MA]].
|
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/02.07/11-krall.html | title = Leo P. Krall, a founder of Joslin Diabetes Center, dies at 87| publisher = Harvard Gazette | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.llu.edu/news/scope/aut00/grad2.htm#alumni | title = University Alumni of the Year | publisher = Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|[[Jerry_Yang_%28poker_player%29|Jerry Yang]]
| align="center" | 19??
| Poker player and winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event.
|- valign="top"
| Bernd W. Scheithauer, [[M.D.]]
| align="center" | 1973
| A world renowned [[Neuropathologist]] and Professor of Pathology at the [[Mayo Clinic College of Medicine]]
| Neuropathology and Anatomic Pathology [[Stanford University Medical Center]]
| Surgical Pathology [[Stanford University Medical Center]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/scheithauer_bw.cfm | title = Mayo Clinic Research | publisher = [[Mayo Clinic]] | accessdate = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| William J Sandborn, [[M.D.]]
| align="center" | 1987
| Head of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Professor of Medicine at the [[Mayo Clinic College of Medicine]]
| Internal Medicine, [[Loma Linda University Medical Center]]
| Gastroenterology, [[Mayo Clinic]], Rochester, Minn.
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/sandborn_wj.cfm | title = Mayo Clinic Research | publisher = [[Mayo Clinic]] | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itvisus.com/programs/cemr/episode_crohnsdisease.asp | title = Cutting Edge Medical Report | publisher = Information Television Network | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|}
===School of Public Health===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
! width="15%" | Name
! width="*" | Class of
! width="85%" | Notability
! width="*" | Ref.
|- valign="top"
| Floyd Peterson, [[M.P.H.]]
| align="center" | 1976
| Assistant Professor of [[Biostatistics]] at Loma Linda University Schools of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing. [[City Council]] (1990), Mayor pro tempore (1992-1996) and [[Mayor]] (1996-2004) for the City of [[Loma Linda, California]].
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sbdairport.com/our_organization/profiles/peterson.htm | title = Board Member Profiles | publisher = [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]] International Airport | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| David Williams, Ph.D., M.Div., [[M.P.H.]]
| align="center" | 19??
| Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health in the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at [[Harvard University]] School of Public Health. Prior HSPH, Williams was the Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, a senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Research, and an associate professor of [[sociology]] at the School of [[Public Health]] at the [[University of Michigan]].
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/09.28/05-williams.html | title = Williams joins Department of Society, Human Development, and Health| publisher = Harvard Gazette | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| Lars D. Houmann, [[Master of Health Administration|M.H.A.]]
| align="center" | 1981
| President and Chief Executive Officer of [[Florida Hospital]] and [[Adventist Health System]]’s Florida Division which includes 17 hospitals.
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ahss.org/AHSExecutiveTeam/tabid/143/Default.aspx | title = AHS Executive Team | publisher = [[Adventist Health System]] | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2006/02/27/daily20.html | title = Lars Houmann tapped for Florida Hospital's top job| publisher = [[Orlando Biz Journal]] | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| Paul Wangai Jr., Ph.D., MD, [[MPH]], MRSH, FICA, FACPM
| align="center" | 1985
| Medical Director of New Life Home Trust, Director of Medicare Wellness Centre, Consultant Physician of [[Aga Kahn]] Hospital, Chairman/Consultant Physician of [[Nairobi]] Women’s Hospital, Medical Advisor to the [[Shell Group]] of Companies of East Africa, and Consultant Advisor to the [[World Health Organization]] & the [[UICC]] (International Union Against Cancer).
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web | url = http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/D17E7CE1B8B21CBC85256F4F00760614 | title = Achieving excellence in AIDS programs in Africa | publisher = Center for International Development at Harvard University | access date = 2007-04-11 }}</ref>
|}
Dr. Lee Berk
==See also==
*[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
*[[List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities]]
*[[Loma Linda Broadcasting Network]]
*[[Loma Linda, California]]
*[[Loma Linda Academy]]
*[[Loma Linda University Medical Center]]
*[[La Sierra University]]
==External links==
*[http://www.llu.edu/ Loma Linda University Website]
*[http://heritage.llu.edu/ Loma Linda University Heritage Room]
*[http://www.llbn.vdc.com Loma Linda Broadcasting Network live streaming broadcast]
*[http://www.dotaichi.com/SouthernCaliforniaClasses.htm#Loma%20Linda Tai Chi Chuan At the LLU Drayson Center]
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