Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville,Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College,it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. This region had the highest proportion of this ethnicity,but they were excluded from many public and private segregated institutions of higher education,particularly after the end of Reconstruction.
The University of New England (UNE) is a private research university in Maine with campuses in Portland and Biddeford,as well as a study abroad campus in Tangier,Morocco. During the 2020 academic year,7,208 students were enrolled in UNE's campus-based and online programs. It traces it historical origins to 1831 when Westbrook Seminary opened on what is now the UNE Portland Campus.
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is a medical school and research center in Houston,Texas,within the Texas Medical Center,the world's largest medical center. BCM is composed of four academic components:the School of Medicine,the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences;the School of Health Professions,and the National School of Tropical Medicine.
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is a public medical school in Charleston,South Carolina. It opened in 1824 as a small private college aimed at training physicians and has since established hospitals and medical facilities across the state. It is one of the oldest continually operating schools of medicine in the United States and the oldest in the Deep South.
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is a health science university 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.
Oregon Health &Science University (OHSU) is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus,including two hospitals,in Portland,Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School. In 1974,the campus became an independent,self-governed institution called the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center,combining state dentistry,medicine,nursing,and public health programs into a single center. It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001,as part of a merger with the Oregon Graduate Institute (OGI),in Hillsboro. The university has several partnership programs including a joint PharmD Pharmacy program with Oregon State University in Corvallis.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is a public academic health science center in Fort Worth,Texas. It is part of the University of North Texas System and was founded in 1966 as the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine,with its first cohort admitted in 1970. UNT Health Science Center consists of six schools with a total enrollment of 2,329 students (2020–21).
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is a private medical school with its main campus in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,and additional locations in Suwanee,Georgia and Moultrie,Georgia.
Narrative Medicine is the discipline of applying the skills used in analyzing literature to interviewing patients. The premise of narrative medicine is that how a patient speaks about his or her illness or complaint is analogous to how literature offers a plot with characters and is filled with metaphors,and that becoming conversant with the elements of literature facilitates understanding the stories that patients bring. Narrative Medicine is a diagnostic and comprehensive approach that utilizes patients' narratives in clinical practice,research,and education to promote healing. Beyond attempts to reach accurate diagnoses,it aims to address the relational and psychological dimensions that occur in tandem with physical illness. Narrative medicine aims not only to validate the experience of the patient,it also encourages creativity and self-reflection in the physician.
Kansas City University (KCU) is a private medical school with its main campus in Kansas City,Missouri and an additional campus in Joplin,Missouri. Founded in 1916,KCU is one of the original osteopathic medical schools in the United States. It consists of both a College of Osteopathic Medicine and a College of Biosciences. KCU is one of the largest medical schools in the nation by enrollment.
A.T. Still University (ATSU) is a private medical school based in Kirksville,Missouri,with a second campus in Arizona and third campus in Santa Maria,California. It was founded in 1892 by Andrew Taylor Still and was the world's first osteopathic medical school. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. ATSU includes three campuses on 200 acres with seven schools and colleges.
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is a private medical school in Yakima,Washington. Founded in 2005,the university's inaugural program was the first new medical school to open in the Pacific Northwest in sixty years. PNWU grants the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and graduated its first class of physicians in May 2012. It is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.
The Robert Larner College of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Vermont,a public research university in Burlington,Vermont. Established in 1822,it is the nation's seventh oldest medical school. The primary teaching hospital for the Larner College of Medicine is the UVM Medical Center in Burlington.
The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) is a private medical school in Biddeford,Maine. Founded in 1978,the college is part of the University of New England and grants two degrees:the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree and a Master of Medical Education Leadership. According to U.S. News &World Report,UNECOM graduates the 6th most physicians of any U.S. medical school that go on to practice in a primary care specialty.
Barbara Ross-Lee,D.O. is an American physician,academic,and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school;she is also known as the sister of global music sensation Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross,and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross. She majored in biology and chemistry at Wayne State University,graduating in 1965. Then,in 1969,she entered Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine. Ross-Lee then went on to open her own private family practice,teach as a professor,and hold other positions within the medical community. In 1993,she was elected as the first woman dean of a medical school,at Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has earned several awards and honors for her work and accomplishments.
Edmund Claxton Jr. is an American physician and Democratic politician from Maine. He serves in the Maine Senate representing District 20,which includes Auburn,Mechanic Falls,Minot,New Gloucester,and Poland. Claxton was born in Massachusetts and attended Princeton University,the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine,and the University of Minnesota where he completed his family medicine residency. He then moved to Maine and co-founded a private practice in Auburn where he worked for several decades. Claxton was first elected to the Maine Senate in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020 for a second two-year term.
The Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine,located in Houston,Texas,is the graduate medical school of the University of Houston. The school enrolled its first class of 30 students in 2020.
Janice Fitzgerald ONL is a Canadian family physician. Since September 2019,she currently serves as Newfoundland and Labrador's Chief Medical Officer of Health,and has provided public health guidance to lead the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Lisa Thomas is an American politician and psychiatrist serving as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Elected in November 2020 from district 124,she assumed office on January 6,2021. After redistricting in 2022,she was reelected from district 123.
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