__INDEX__ Gurnick Academy is an private for-profit higher-education institution in California providing nursing, imaging and allied health programs. The school’s corporate office is located in San Mateo, California, and it operates six campuses, in San Mateo, Concord, Modesto, Fresno, Sacramento and Los Angeles as well as offering distance education online. The Academy is operated and owned by the Limited Liability Company Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, LLC, with Konstantin Gourji serving as the Chief Executive Officer.
History
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts was established in February 2004 in San Mateo. This campus remains the Academy’s main campus and the site of the corporate office. As of December, 2019, Gurnick Academy operates six campuses in addition to online distance-learning programs and courses.Los Angeles' school site in Van Nuys was the sixth campus approved by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools in September, 2019.
Academics
Gurnick Academy provides a variety of courses from continuing education certificates to diplomas and degree programs, combining theoretical training with practical and clinical components. There are over 1,600 students enrolled full-time across 6 campuses at any given moment. Gurnick Academy has more than 300 faculty staff members with a student/faculty ratio of 8:1.
Accreditations and Memberships
As of 2019, Gurnick Academy holds the following accreditations and memberships:
Approved as an eligible institution to train Veterans and eligible persons, enabling Veterans and their eligible dependents/spouses to utilize their G. I. Bill benefits to train to become Career Healthcare Professionals;
In addition, individual programs offered by the Gurnick Academy have received accreditation or recognition from the other governmental regulatory bodies and organizations including Nursing B.S. Degree, Vocational Nurse Program and the Psychiatric Technician Program Nurse Assistant Program, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Program, Ultrasound Technology Program, Radiologic Technology Program and more.
Facilities
In addition to classrooms, the facilities available on the campuses of Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts include:
Imaging labs, equipped with ultrasound scanners with 3D and color-flow imaging capacity;
Patient-care labs, equipped with hospital beds, anatomical models and interactive simulation mannequins
Medical Assistant labs, complete with scales, EKG machines, urine and blood testing equipment;
Physical Therapy labs, equipped with hi-lo treatment tables and exercise equipment;
Phlebotomy lab, with anatomical charts and models in addition to specimen collection equipment and supplies;
Energized Radiologic Technology lab, equipped with stationary and portable radiography units and a digital image receptor system;
Student life and community service
Gurnick Academy has a recorded history of community service, with students, faculty, and staff participating in charity events such as fundraising and volunteering including Salvation Army assistance, partnering with city authorities on aid to the seniors and more.
