List of Phi Chi chapters explained

Phi Chi, one of the oldest medical fraternities in the world, was established on March 5, 1905.^[1] It was formed by the merger of two professional medical fraternities with the same name. Phi Chi Society (Phi Chi East) was founded on March 31, 1889, at the University of Vermont. Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Phi Chi South) was founded on October 26, 1894, at the Louisville Medical College. These two organizations did not know they shared a similar name when they were founded.

On March 5, 1905, in Burlington, Vermont, Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc., were consolidated taking the name Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc. Phi Chi East had five active chapters at the time of the merger. Phi Chi South had eighteen active chapters at the time of the merger. Phi Chi also merged with the Pi Mu Honor Society on October 7, 1922, acquiring a new chapter and absorbing six chapters.

Chapters

When the Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity combined in 1905, it was decided that when the names of any two chapters conflicted, the chapter with precedence would retain its single-letter name and the chapter with the later chapter date would duplicate its name. The result was retaining the Alpha chapter (1889) at the University of Vermont as named, and renaming the former Alpha chapter of Louisville (1894) as Alpha Alpha chapter, and so forth.

Following is a list of chapters.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	– 1967	University of Vermont College of Medicine	Burlington, Vermont	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	– 1908	Louisville Medical College	Louisville, Kentucky	Inactive
Beta Beta (see Pi Sigma)	–1913	Baltimore Medical College, University of Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	Consolidated
Beta First (see Gamma)	– 1909	Kentucky School of Medicine	Louisville, Kentucky	Consolidated, Reissued
Gamma First (see Gamma Epsilon)	– 1907	University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Consolidated, Reissued
Delta First	– 1908	Hospital College of Medicine	Louisville, Kentucky	Reissued
Epsilon First (see Gamma Epsilon)	– 1907	Kentucky University Medical Department	Lexington, Kentucky	Consolidated, Reissued
Theta	– 1913	University College of Medicine	Richmond, Virginia	Consolidated
Gamma Gamma	– June 30, 1921	Bowdoin Medical College (Medical College of Maine)	Brunswick, Maine	Inactive
Delta Delta (see Beta Delta)	– 1915	University College of Physicians and Surgeons	Baltimore, Maryland	Consolidated
Eta Second	– 1913	Medical College of Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	Consolidated
Kappa	– 1971	Georgetown University School of Medicine	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Omicron		Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine	New Orleans, Louisiana	Active
Theta Theta (see Pi Sigma)	– 1907	Maryland Medical College	Baltimore, Maryland	Consolidated
Mu	– 1975	Purdue University School of Medicine	Indianapolis, Indiana	Consolidated
Nu (see Iota)	– June 1, 1913	Birmingham Medical College	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Consolidated
Zeta		University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston, Texas	Active
Chi			Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Iota	– 19xx ?; – 1963	University of Alabama School of Medicine	Birmingham, Alabama	Inactive
Phi	– 1978	George Washington University Medical School	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Lambda	– June 1, 1911	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Pi	– 1976	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Nashville, Tennessee	Inactive
Rho	– 1944	Rush Medical College	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Sigma (see Upsilon)	– 1973	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive
Sigma Theta	– 1965	University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Inactive
Tau (see Sigma Kappa)	– June 1, 1924	Medical College of the State of South Carolina	Charleston, South Carolina	Reestablished
Psi		University of Michigan Medical School	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Upsilon (see Sigma)	– 1917	Atlanta School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Consolidated
Alpha Theta	– 1941	Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Inactive
Sigma Mu Chi	– June 1, 1910	Chattanooga Medical College	Chattanooga, Tennessee	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon (see Gamma and Epsilon)	– 1909	University of Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky	Inactive
Pi Sigma (see Beta Delta)	– 1915	University of Maryland	College Park, Maryland	Consolidated
Xi First	– December 10, 1919	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, Texas	Moved
Phi Sigma	– 1973; 1985–1989	Stritch School of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Chi Theta (see Upsilon Pi)	– October 1, 1917	Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Consolidated
Alpha Delta	1908–1909	Louisville and Hospital College	Louisville, Kentucky	Inactive
Kappa Psi (see Phi Rho)	– 1911		St. Louis, Missouri	Consolidated
Upsilon Pi	– 1969	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Pi Delta Phi First	– Fall 1911	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Moved
Phi Beta (see Upsilon Iota)	– 1916	University of Illinois	Chicago, Illinois	Consolidated
Psi Rho Sigma (see Kappa Rho)	– 1913	Northwestern University School of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Reestablished
Iota Pi (see Delta Phi)	– June 1, 1920	University of Southern California School of Medicine	Los Angeles, California	Reestablished
Kappa Delta	– 1967	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Alpha Mu (see Mu)	– 1917	Indiana University School of Medicine	Bloomington, Indiana	Consolidated
Theta Upsilon	– 1971	Temple University School of Medicine	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Phi Rho (see Kappa Psi and Kappa Upsilon)	–2014	Saint Louis University School of Medicine	Saint Louis, Missouri	Inactive
Pi Delta Phi Second	– 1967	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Inactive
Theta Eta	–1977	Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine	Richmond, Virginia	Inactive
Sigma Upsilon	– 1937	Stanford University School of Medicine	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Gamma Second	–1962	Ohio State University College of Medicine	Columbus, Ohio	Inactive
Delta Second	– 1957	Tufts University School of Medicine	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Beta Second	– 19xx ?; –1931	University of Oregon Medical School	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Epsilon Second	– 19xx ?; – 1942	Wayne State University School of Medicine	Detroit, Michigan	Inactive
Alpha Beta		University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Memphis, Tennessee	Active
Lambda Rho	– 19xx ?; – 1968	University of Arkansas College of Medicine	Little Rock, Arkansas	Inactive
Kappa Upsilon (see Phi Rho)	– 1954	University of Kansas Medical Center	Lawrence, Kansas	Consolidated
Beta Delta	1915 – 1950	University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Chi Upsilon		Creighton University School of Medicine	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
Upsilon Nu		University of Nebraska Medical School	Omaha, Nebraska	Active
Upsilon Zeta	– 1971	University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Upsilon Iota (see Phi Beta)	– 1952	University of Illinois School of Medicine	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Xi Second	– 192x ?	Baylor College of Medicine	Dallas, Texas	Reissused, Reestablished
Kappa Rho (see Psi Rho Sigma)	– 1971	Northwestern University Medical School	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Delta Pi	– 1945	University of Utah School of Medicine	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Kappa Chi	– 1974; 1981	University of Minnesota Medical School	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active
Upsilon Sigma	– 1958	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons	New York, New York	Inactive
Epsilon Chi	– 19xx ?	Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Inactive
Rho Delta	– 1956	Cornell University Medical School	New York, New York	Inactive
Beta Chi	– 1937	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Denver, Colorado	Inactive
Tau Beta	– 1974	University of Wisconsin Medical School	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Xi Third	– 1971	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School	Dallas, Texas	Inactive
Sigma Delta	– 1942	University of South Dakota School of Medicine	Vermillion, South Dakota	Inactive
Eta Upsilon	– 1935	Harvard Medical School	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Beta Upsilon	– 1958	Boston University School of Medicine	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Epsilon Delta	– 1939	Washington University School of Medicine	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive
Beta Mu	– 1944	McGill University Faculty of Medicine	Montreal, Canada	Inactive
Pi Mu	– 1972	University of Virginia School of Medicine	Charlottesville, Virginia	Inactive
Omicron Kappa	– 1960	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Inactive
Gamma Sigma	– 1943	Yale School of Medicine	New Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Tau Omicron	– 1969	University of Toronto Medical School	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Inactive
Mu Gamma	– 1951	University of Iowa College of Medicine	Iowa City, Iowa	Inactive
Theta Pi	1926–1976	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Jackson, Mississippi	Inactive
Sigma Kappa (see Tau)			Charleston, South Carolina	Inactive
Nu Sigma	1928–2009	Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Inactive
Delta Phi (see Iota Pi)	1929–1970	University of Southern California School of Medicine	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Theta Beta Pi	1929–1944	Syracuse University College of Medicine	Syracuse, New York	Inactive
Delta Kappa Upsilon	1929–1940	University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City, Kansas	Inactive
Delta Upsilon	1930–1978	Duke University School of Medicine	Durham, North Carolina	Inactive
Alpha Phi Sigma	1931–1978	Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, Georgia	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	1932–1975	Louisiana State University Medical Center	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Gamma Chi	1933–1966	West Virginia University School of Medicine	Morgantown, West Virginia	Inactive
Omega Upsilon Phi	1934–1973	University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
Tau Kappa	1935–1969	Wake Forest School of Medicine	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Inactive
Alpha Mu	1938–1960	The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn	Brooklyn, New York	Inactive
Xi Chi (see Xi Second)	1943–1975	Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Phi Alpha	1948–1978	New York Medical College	Valhalla, New York	Inactive
Phi Alpha Gamma	1948–1964	Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Epsilon Kappa		University of Washington School of Medicine	Seattle, Washington	Active
Epsilon Beta	1952–1967		Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Beta Alpha	1953–1974	University of Miami School of Medicine	Miami, Florida	Inactive
Mu Sigma	1955–1967	University of Missouri School of Medicine	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Omega	1960–1968	University of Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	Inactive
Upsilon Beta Second	1962–1972	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Inactive
Phi Sigma Gamma	1963–1967	University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Upsilon Tau	1970–1973	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Upsilon Alpha	1981–1985	University of Arizona College of Medicine	Tucson, Arizona	Inactive
Sigma Chi Mu		American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine	St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles	Active
Sigma Tau Chi	2002–2010	St. Christopher College of Medicine	Luton, England	Inactive
Iota Mu	2007	St. George's University	Grenada West Indies	Active
Mu Alpha	2011	Medical University of the Americas	Charlestown, Nevis	Active
Sigma Omega	2013	St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine	Willemstad, Curaçao	Active
Mu Delta	2014	Avalon University School of Medicine	Willemstad, Curaçao	Active
Rho Epsilon Omega		Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus		Active
Alpha Tau		Saint James School of Medicine St. Vincent	Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Active
Delta Kappa		Saint James School of Medicine Anguilla	Anguilla	Active

References

• Book: Cannon, Daniel H. . The History of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc. Centennial Edition 1889-1989 . Phi Chi Quarterly Office . 1989.
• Cannon . Daniel H. . 2005 . Phi Chi Chronicles . Chapters . 11 . 1 .
• Cannon . Daniel H. . 2009 . Chapters . Phi Chi Chronicles . 13 . 1 .

Notes and References

1. Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 419-421. – via Google Books.
2. Book: Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities . The College Fraternity Publishing Co. . 1915 . Baird . William . 8 . New York.
3. Web site: Active Chapters . 2024-01-28 . Phi Chi . en.
4. Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 479-480.
5. Book: The Phi Chi Directory . 1925 . Central Office of Phi Chi / George Banta Publishing Company . Pearson . Theodore B. . 3rd . Menasha, Wisconsin . en . Google Books.