Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston,Massachusetts. Founded in 1782,HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States,and provides patient care,medical education,and research training through its 15 clinical affiliates and research institutes,including Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),Boston Children's Hospital,Dana–Farber Cancer Institute,Brigham and Women's Hospital,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Mount Auburn Hospital,McLean Hospital,Cambridge Health Alliance,The Baker Center for Children and Families,Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,and others
Doctor of Medicine is a medical degree,the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States,and some other countries,the M.D. denotes a professional degree. This generally arose because many in 18th-century medical professions trained in Scotland,which used the M.D. degree nomenclature. In England,however,Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) was used:in the 19th century,it became the standard in Scotland too. Thus,in the United Kingdom,Ireland and other countries,the M.D. is a research doctorate,honorary doctorate or applied clinical degree restricted to those who already hold a professional degree (Bachelor's/Master's/Doctoral) in medicine. In those countries,the equivalent professional degree to the North American,and some others' usage of M.D. is still typically titled Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of Surgery.
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution,professional school,or forms a part of such an institution,that teaches medicine,and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine,Bachelor of Surgery,Master of Medicine,Doctor of Medicine (MD),or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO). Many medical schools offer additional degrees,such as a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD),master's degree (MSc) or other post-secondary education.
The Warren Alpert Medical School is the medical school of Brown University,located in Providence,Rhode Island. Originally established in 1811,it was the third medical school to be founded in New England after only Harvard and Dartmouth. However,the original program was suspended in 1827,and the four-year medical program was re-established almost 150 years later in 1972,granting the first MD degrees in 1975.
The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is the graduate medical school of Dartmouth College in Hanover,New Hampshire. The fourth oldest medical school in the United States,it was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith. It is one of the seven Ivy League medical schools.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is a health science university and professional school of the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad as uniformed health professionals,scientists and leaders;by conducting cutting-edge,military-relevant research;by leading the Military Health System in key functional and intellectual areas;and by providing operational support to units around the world.
The Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) is the dental school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston,Massachusetts. In addition to the DMD degree,HSDM offers specialty training programs,advanced training programs,and a PhD program through the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program considers dentistry a specialty of medicine. Therefore,all students at HSDM experience dual citizenship between Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School. Today,HSDM is the smallest school at Harvard University with a total student body of 280.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University. It was established in 1829 after the Montreal Medical Institution was incorporated into McGill College as the college's first faculty;it was the first medical faculty to be established in Canada. The Faculty awarded McGill's first degree,and Canada's first medical degree to William Leslie Logie in 1833.
Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland is located on the eastern edge of North America and is one of two medical schools in Atlantic Canada. It was founded in 1967 and is the academic core of health research in the province.
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is a public medical school in Syracuse,New York. Founded in 1834,Upstate is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States and is the only medical school in Central New York. The university is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Boston University Chobanian &Avedisian School of Medicine (CAMED),formerly known as Boston University School of Medicine,is the medical school of Boston University,a private research university in Boston. It was founded in 1848. The medical school was the first institution in the world to formally educate female physicians. Originally known as the New England Female Medical College,it was subsequently renamed Boston University School of Medicine in 1873,then Chobanian &Avedisian School of Medicine in 2022. In 1864,it became the first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman.
Medical school in the United States is a graduate program with the purpose of educating physicians in the undifferentiated field of medicine. Such schools provide a major part of the medical education in the United States. Most medical schools in the US confer upon graduates a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree,while some confer a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree. Most schools follow a similar pattern of education,with two years of classroom and laboratory based education,followed by two years of clinical rotations in a teaching hospital where students see patients in a variety of specialties. After completion,graduates must complete a residency before becoming licensed to practice medicine.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine –Tucson,located in Tucson,Arizona,is one of three MD granting medical schools in the state of Arizona,affiliated with the University of Arizona. The University of Arizona College of Medicine –Phoenix was initially established as a branch campus in 2007,but became an independent medical school in 2012. The College of Medicine –Tucson campus is located at the University of Arizona Health Sciences (UAHS) center on the campus of the University of Arizona and is governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. Traditionally,the college accepted Arizona residents exclusively. However,beginning the 2009–2010 incoming class,the school changed its policy to allow for admission of "highly-qualified," non-residents.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is the medical school of Case Western Reserve University,a private research university in Cleveland,Ohio. It is the largest biomedical research center in Ohio. CWRU SOM is primarily affiliated with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center,Cleveland Clinic,and the MetroHealth System.
Joseph Boyd Martin is a Canadian physician who is the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor Emeritus of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Prior to that,he served as the Dean of Harvard Medical School from 1997 before stepping down on June 30,2007.
The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine,known as the McMaster University School of Medicine prior to 2004,is the medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario,Canada. It is operated by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. It is one of two medical programs in Canada,along with the University of Calgary,that operates on an accelerated 3-year MD program,instead of the traditional 4-year MD program.
The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is a public medical school in Brooklyn,New York City. The university includes the College of Medicine,College of Nursing,School of Health Professions,School of Graduate Studies and School of Public Health.
Oceania University of Medicine (OUM) is an Independent Samoa-based medical school established in 2002 and operated through a public-private partnership between the Government of Samoa and e-Medical Education,LLC,a Florida-based medical education management company. Its hybrid curriculum of distance-learning preclinicals and face-to-face clinical rotations enrolls 333 students,as of March 2024,and 215 graduates are currently in residency/internship training or practicing medicine in numerous global locations,primarily Australia,Canada,New Zealand,Samoa,and the US.
Irving M. London was a hematologist and geneticist. He was an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons when he was selected to be the founding chair of the department of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1955. He was recruited to become the founding director of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology in 1970. Dr. London was the first professor to hold dual roles at both Harvard and MIT.
Daniel David Federman,was an American endocrinologist and the Carl W. Walter Distinguished Professor of Medicine and the dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School. He helped change medical education at through its New Pathway curriculum around the early 1990s,and his work helped create the field of genetic endocrinology. Federman also worked for over thirty years at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital,a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area.
