The University of the Philippines College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of the Philippines Manila, one of the constituent universities of the University of the Philippines System. The Philippine Medical School was founded in 1905 in Manila. It was incorporated later to the University of the Philippines as the U.P. College of Medicine and Surgery. The name was later shortened to the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Its first dean was Dr. Paul Freer; Dr. Fernando Calderon, an alumnus of the prestigious University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, became the first Filipino dean of the college. The University of the Philippines Health Sciences Center was established in 1967. The Center was established by law to provide training and research in the various health sciences. It became an autonomous member of the University of the Philippines System in 1979. The Center was further renamed University of the Philippines Manila in 1982. In 1983, UP Manila was reorganized to conform to the other autonomous universities of the UP System.