College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS)
The CAHS was chartered by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in October of 2016 after receiving the endorsement of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Board of Regents. Congress authorized undergraduate study at USU in section 724 of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed by the President of the United States in December of 2016. The CAHS commenced initial operations on April 24th, 2017. The CAHS exists to serve the ever-increasing education and training requirements that are prerequisite to professional practice within the Military Health System (MHS) of the Department of Defense (DoD). An added benefit of meeting these requirements is that these competencies and credentials translate directly to the civilian sector.
The USU provides oversight of the CAHS consistent with the advisement of the USU Board of Regents (BoR) in the form of governance and administrative support just as it does for the other schools and colleges of the University. The DoD Instruction 5105.45, Subject: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, defines the governance, organization, and management of the USU, allows leadership to strategically identify evolving educational requirements, and clarifies their university’s position within the DoD. The USU provides administrative oversight of the CAHS from its well-established Southern Region offices at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Fort Sam Houston, which are located about a half of a mile from the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC) Headquarters within Joint Base San Antonio.
The mission of the USU CAHS is to educate highly competent and ready allied health professionals who are dedicated to serving the needs of the uniformed services and providing operational support to units around the world. We support the attainment of higher education degrees, professional certifications, credentials, licensing, and accreditation across DoD and with America’s men and women in uniform.
- Admission Process
- General Education
- Advanced Tactical Provider, B.S.H.S
- Cardiovascular Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic, A.S.H.S.
- Education and Training Administration and Leadership, A.S.H.S.
- Health Physics Technician, A.S.H.S
- Histology Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Hospital Corpsman Basic, Certificate
- Independent Duty Corpsman - Submarine, B.S.H.S
- Independent Duty Corpsman - Surface, B.S.H.S
- Medical Laboratory Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Neurodiagnostic Technologist, A.S.H.S.
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist, B.S.H.S
- Nutrition Science, Certificate
- Occupational Therapy Assistant, A.S.H.S.
- Ophthalmic Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Opticianry, A.S.H.S.
- Pharmacy Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Public Health Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Radiation Health Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Radiologic Technologist, A.S.H.S.
- Respiratory Care Practitioner, A.S.H.S.
- Respiratory Therapy Technician, A.S.H.S.
- Urology Technician, A.S.H.S.