The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a public academic health science center in Dallas,Texas. With approximately 23,000 employees,more than 3,000 full-time faculty,and nearly 4 million outpatient visits per year,UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the State of Texas.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington,D.C. that was established in 1876. It represents medical schools,teaching hospitals,and academic and scientific societies,while providing services to its member institutions that include data from medical,education,and health studies,as well as consulting. The AAMC administers the Medical College Admission Test and operates the American Medical College Application Service and the Electronic Residency Application Service. Along with the American Medical Association (AMA),the AAMC co-sponsors the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME),the accrediting body for all U.S. MD-granting medical education programs.
The Flexner Report is a book-length landmark report of medical education in the United States and Canada,written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation. Flexner not only described the state of medical education in North America,but he also gave detailed descriptions of the medical schools that were operating at the time. He provided both criticisms and recommendations for improvements of medical education in the United States.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University,a private research university in Baltimore,Maryland. Founded in 1893,the School of Medicine shares a campus with Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Children's Center,established in 1889.
The Ohio State University College of Medicine is the medical school at Ohio State University. It is located in Columbus,Ohio. The college is nationally recognized as a top institution in both education and research,as reflected by rankings in U.S. News &World Report,Tier 1 in Best Medical Schools:Research. In 2023,its two primary teaching hospitals were ranked as one of the best hospitals in the US in 9 and 10 different specialties,respectively;and Nationwide Children's Hospital was named to U.S. News &World Report's select honor roll of US Best Children's hospitals.
Medical education in the United States includes educational activities involved in the education and training of physicians in the country,with the overall process going from entry-level training efforts through to the continuing education of qualified specialists.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine,is a private medical school in New York City,New York,United States. The school is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sinai Health System,which manages eight hospital campuses in the New York metropolitan area,including Mount Sinai Hospital and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
David Jan Skorton is an American physician and academic. He has been president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) since July 15,2019. Prior to the AAMC,he led the Smithsonian Institution,as its 13th Secretary from July 2015 to June 2019. A cardiologist,he was president of Cornell University from 2006 to 2015. Before arriving at Cornell,he served as president of the University of Iowa,where he had been a longtime professor and then vice president. He began his career as a professor of medicine and engineering. He was the first physician to serve as president of the Smithsonian Institution.
Weill Cornell Medicine,formally the Joan &Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University,is the biomedical research and medical school of Cornell University. It is located on the Upper East Side of New York City.
The Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) is an academic division of Howard University that grants the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.),Ph.D.,M.S.,and the M.PH. HUCM is located at the Howard University Health Sciences Center in Washington,D.C.,and it was founded in 1868 in response to the growing population of the city.
The Medical College Admission Test is a computer-based standardized examination for prospective medical students in the United States,Australia,Canada,and the Caribbean Islands. It is designed to assess problem solving,critical thinking,written analysis and knowledge of scientific concepts and principles. Before 2007,the exam was a paper-and-pencil test;since 2007,all administrations of the exam have been computer-based.
Beth Cindy Levine was an American microbiologist. She was an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI),Professor of Internal Medicine and Microbiology,Director of the Center for Autophagy Research and Charles Cameron Sprague Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She specialized in the field of autophagy;more specifically in its regulation and its role in diverse diseases,including cancer and infectious diseases. Levine was described as a pioneer in the field of modern mammalian autophagy.
Tejas M. Patel is a cardiologist from Ahmedabad,India and chairman and chief interventional cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute,Ahmedabad. Patel,who has received the Dr. B. C. Roy Award,the highest Indian medical award,was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with the Padma Shri,the fourth-highest Indian civilian award. In 2024,he was further recognized with the Padma Bhushan,the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India,for his outstanding contributions to cardiology.
Elazer R. Edelman is an American engineer,scientist and cardiologist. He is the Edward J. Poitras Professor in Medical Engineering and Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH),and a practicing cardiologist at BWH. He is the director of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES),the Harvard-MIT Biomedical Engineering Center,and the MIT Clinical Research Center. He is also the Program Director of the MIT Graduate Education in Medical Sciences program within the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.
Kim Allan Williams Sr. is an American cardiologist. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and served as its president from 2015 to 2016. He is currently a trustee of the organization.
Joan Y. Reede is an American physician. She is Harvard Medical School's inaugural dean for diversity and community partnership in the Office of Diversity,Inclusion,and Community Partnership. She is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine. She is known for creating programs that mentor and support minority physicians and female physicians. Alumni of her programs have created a 501(c)(3) organization called The Reede Scholars in her honor.
Mark Edwin Silverman was an American cardiologist,medical historian,medical educator and author of more than 200 medical articles and a number of books,who founded the cardiology program at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta,Georgia.
Rosemarie Louise Lucianin Fisher,is an American gastroenterologist. She is the Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Yale University.
Michelle Asha Albert is an American physician who is the Walter A. Haas Lucie-Stern Endowed Chair in Cardiology and professor of medicine at the University of California,San Francisco. Albert is director of the UCSF Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease. She is president of the American Heart Association. She served as the president of the Association of Black Cardiologists in 2020–2022 and as president of the Association of University Cardiologists (2021–2022). Albert is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine,the American Society of Clinical Investigators and the Association of American Physicians.
Robert David Simari is a retired American educator,physician,and eighth executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center serving from 2018 to 2024. Prior to becoming the executive vice chancellor,he was the executive dean University of Kansas School of Medicine,a position he held from 2014 to 2019. Prior to returning to his alma mater,Simari served as a professor in cardiology among other roles,at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
