According to the charter, it initiates the activities of the "Medical School Juan N. Corpas" on February 3, 1971, a work conceived by its founder, Dr. Jorge PIÑEROS CORPAS in December 1970 as a social welfare project where the common welfare, equal rights without any discrimination and respect for life are considered pillars. The March 29, 1974, the Ministry of National Education, ICFES after approval, granted the legal status as a University Institution of Higher Education, through Resolution No. 2105. In 1976 HOSPITAL CLINIC Juan N. Corpas is created with the to project his teaching work and care practice in a clinical institution and ensure the quality of training of future physicians. "In 1984, within the institutional concept of relevant research, legally it constituted the Laboratory of Pharmacology Plant LABFARVE Foundation in order to materialize the idea of the Founder to investigate and exploit the country's natural resources and the benefits of medicinal plants. In order to offer patients therapeutic alternatives other efficient and inexpensive, a unit of the clinic, UNIMED, which has as its object the study and application of so-called alternative therapies, recognized worldwide in Medicine was established as resources valuable therapeutic support. In an effort to stimulate the intellectual output of teachers and pupils and to disseminate the results of research, was established in July 1987, the University Publishing Fund FEDICOR to date has over thirty publications."