College of Medicine Peoria

College of Medicine Peoria is the University of Illinois medical school in Peoria, founded in 1970 by local physicians and community leaders to train doctors who would stay in central Illinois. It enrolls about 262 MD students and more than 300 residents and fellows each year, and its faculty conduct clinical, basic science and outcomes research, including work through a Cancer Research Center and a Center for Wellbeing.

The school also provides clinical care to more than 45,000 patients a year. Its Positive Health Solutions clinic in downtown Peoria offers HIV testing, PrEP and case management, and the college also runs a Pediatric Resource Center and a Midlife and Menopause Clinic. Patients can call the clinic directly for appointments.