UC Health (University of Cincinnati Health) is the healthcare system of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. It trains health care professionals and provides research and patient care. The system is affiliated with the University via the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center (AHC).
Most of the system's facilities are spread among three major campuses in the Cincinnati metropolitan area: the Clifton campus, home to the flagship University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the Galbraith Campus, and the West Chester campus.[2]
History
Physician Daniel Drake founded the Medical College of Ohio, the precursor to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, in 1819. Originally located in a room above a drugstore, the college graduated its first class of 24 students in 1821. It was the first medical school west of the Allegheny Mountains.[3]
A municipally owned college for most of its history, the University of Cincinnati became a state university on July 1, 1977.[4] In 1982, its teaching hospital, which had been known as the General Hospital and in its present location since 1915, was renamed the University of Cincinnati Hospital.[5] It was later renamed University Hospital, and in 2012 was renamed again as University of Cincinnati Medical Center.[6]
The medical school and health colleges had been referred to as the "University of Cincinnati Medical Center" from the early 1980s until 2005.[6] In 2000 a fourth College, the College of Allied Health Sciences joined the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. In 2005, the name was changed from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center to the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center.[6] In 2010, the Academic Health Center (AHC) became part of the newly formed UC Health organization.
AHC's national reputation for biomedical research includes the development of the first live, attenuated polio vaccine by Albert Sabin, who worked on the project at both the University of Cincinnati and the affiliated Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.[7] Other achievements include definitive studies of the health effects of lead in children and development of the popular antihistamineBenadryl by George Rieveschl, who was working in the chemistry department at the time of his discovery.[8]
In 1967, the College of Pharmacy became a unit of the AHC. On June 6, 2007, the College of Pharmacy changed its name to the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. The college is only the second in UC's history to be named.
UC Health was formed after the dissolution of the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, which had operated the University of Cincinnati Medical Center from 1994 to 2010 and also operated West Chester Hospital starting in 2009. The 2010 dissolution of the alliance left the University with 100% ownership so the alliance was renamed to UC Health and placed under a parent company named UC Healthcare System.[9]
Facilities
The CARE/Crawley Building (constructed in 2008), along with the adjacent Medical Sciences Building, houses the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
UC Health has locations throughout Cincinnati, West Chester, and Northern Kentucky, many of which are in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Locations include:
7759 University Drive
7777 University Drive
7798 Discovery Drive
Anderson Building
Barrett Building, home to the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
Blood Cancer Healing Center
Bridgeway Pointe
Clifton Physicians Office Building
Dental Center
Drake Center
East Building
Elizabeth Place
Florence Building
Holmes Building
Hoxworth Center
Liberty Township Building
Lindner Center of HOPE
Mason Building
Midtown Building
Milford Building
Montgomery Building
North Building
Proton Therapy Center
Radiotherapy
Ridgeway Tower
Rookwood Tower
Sleep Medicine Center
South Building
Surgical Center
Trenton Building
Tri-County Building
University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute
UC Medical Center
UC Medical Center Emergency Department
Varsity Village Imaging Center
West Building
West Chester Hospital
West Chester Hospital Emergency Center
White Oak Building
Wyoming Primary Care
Academic Health Center
The AHC includes four colleges, as well as specialized centers:
College of Allied Health Sciences
College of Medicine
College of Nursing
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
Hoxworth Blood Center
Metabolic Diseases Institute
Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center
UC Cancer Institute
UC Neuroscience Institute
UC Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute
Partners and affiliates
AHC partners with many other health care institutions.
The College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) provides education for allied health and health science professionals. CAHS became a college at the University of Cincinnati in March 1998. Its programs originated from various colleges at the University of Cincinnati.
The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, designed and built by Frank Gehry in collaboration with the BHDP Architecture company, houses the research facilities for several departments.
The College of Medicine was established by Daniel Drake in 1819 as the Medical College of Ohio, which was the first college of medicine established in the state of Ohio. It became a part of the University of Cincinnati in 1896 and is considered by some historians to be the oldest medical school west of the Allegheny Mountains.[citation needed] It is supposedly the second-oldest public college of medicine in the United States.[citation needed]
Ranked in the top one-third of American medical schools[citation needed], the college attracts students from across the United States. In 2008, it became the first medical college in the country to implement the multiple mini interview system pioneered in Canada to better predict candidates with exceptional interpersonal skills, professionalism and ethical judgment.[12][13][14] Other medical schools have since adopted the process.[15] In addition to the usual application pathways, the University of Cincinnati offers a dual-admissions program known as Connections to high school students applying for undergraduate studies at the university where students are guaranteed admission to the school if they acquire the required grade point average and MCAT scores.[16] The college attracts many undergraduate students to its summer research fellowships.
A curriculum revision effort involving more clinical instruction in the first two years of medical school was unveiled for the entering class of 2011[citation needed].
In conjunction with the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the college also sponsors 56 accredited residency and fellowship training programs through the Office of Graduate Medical Education[citation needed].
Departments
Anesthesiology
Biomedical Informatics
Cancer and Cell Biology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Environmental and Public Health Sciences
Family and Community Medicine
Internal Medicine
Medical Education
Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology
Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedic Surgery
Otolaryngology-Head, and Neck Surgery
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Pharmacology and Systems Physiology
Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Surgery
Degree options
Medical Doctor
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Combined/Dual Degrees
MD/PhD (MSTP – Medical Scientist Training Program)
MD/MBA Program
MD/MS in Nutrition Dual Degree Program
Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences Early Medical School Acceptance
BS/MD (Connections Dual Admissions)
ROSE (Research, Observation, Service, Education) Internship
Certificate Programs
Clinical & Translational Research (Environmental Health)
Hazardous Substances
Graduate Degrees (PhD, MS, MPH)
Biomedical Informatics (PhD)
Biostatistics – Environmental Health (MS, PhD)
Cancer and Cell Biology (PhD)
Clinical and Translational Research (MS)
Epidemiology (MS, PhD)
Genetic Counseling (MS)
Immunobiology (MS, PhD)
Industrial Hygiene (MS, PhD)
Molecular and Developmental Biology (PhD)
Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology (MS, PhD)
Molecular, Cellular and Biochemical Pharmacology (PhD)
In 2022 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine as tied for 42nd best medical school nationally in research and (also tied) 59th in primary care. In addition, the College of Medicine had the third best pediatrics program in the country according to the same report.[17]
Notable alumni and faculty
John Shaw Billings - began process to organize world's medical literature, now PubMed
Gerald Buckberg - an American physician whose research interests centered in the area of myocardial protection and led to the introduction of blood cardioplegia
Tommy Casanova - American physician, football player and politician
M. H. Cleary - American lawyer, physician and activist
Robin T. Cotton - English physician who is well known for his work in pediatric otolaryngology
Jack Horsley - American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist
Frank F. Ledford Jr. an American orthopedic surgeon who served as the 37th Surgeon General of the United States Army
Jeanne Lusher - an American physician, pediatric hematologist/oncologist, and a researcher in the field of bleeding disorders of childhood
Anna Ornstein - Auschwitz survivor, psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, author, speaker, and scholar
Scott L. Pomeroy - the Bronson Crothers Professor of Neurology and Director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center of Harvard Medical School
James B. Preston - an American born neurophysiologist whose research was fundamental to discovering how our brains control movement
Established in 1889, the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing was the first school to offer a baccalaureate degree in nursing in 1916. In 1942, the college became a charter member of the National League for Nursing. In 2002 the college was the first nursing school to offer cooperative education in addition to clinical time, and in 2010 it began a Doctorate of Nursing Practice. Successes include awarding over $1.0 million in scholarships and graduate assistantship stipends for the 2008 – 2009 academic year, ranking in the top 10 percent of American nursing programs, receiving over $2.6 million in extramural research awards during the 2009 fiscal year and developing partnerships with over 300 clinical sites.
In 1982, the college was one of eleven nursing schools that received the Robert Wood Johnson Teaching Nursing Home Project Grant. In 1987, IBM chose the college as one of fifteen to develop computer-assisted interactive video for health sciences. A nursing doctoral program and nurse anesthetist master's program were established in 1990. In 1992, the college established a joint master's degree (MSN/MBA) with the Lindner College of Business.
Centers
Aging with Dignity
Wedbush Centre
CATER
Nightingale Awards
Institute for Nursing Research and Scholarship
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
The College of Pharmacy is one of the oldest in the United States, and the oldest west of the Allegheny Mountains. It offers PharmD, MS and PhD degrees, including some online programs. Its graduates have a 100% placement rate prior to graduation. It is ranked in the top 25% of pharmacy programs in the US.[18]
History
The Cincinnati College of Pharmacy was chartered by the Ohio Legislature in 1850 and it was the first pharmacy school west of the Allegheny Mountains. It operated as a private college until July 1954 when it became an integral part of the University of Cincinnati.
The college is named based on Jim Winkle's pledge of $10 million from his estate or trust. A Hamilton, Ohio, resident who graduated from the college in 1958.[19]
The college occupies newly remodeled research space in the Medical Sciences Building and was renovated in 2017.[18] That space includes new classrooms, teaching labs, student club meeting space, faculty and staff offices, conference rooms and an IT help desk.
Programs
The college offers multiple degree curricula, including Masters, PhD, and PharmD. It also offers online MS degree or certificate programs in cosmetic science, drug development and pharmacy leadership. Postgraduate residency (PGY-1) training opportunities in community pharmacy for PharmD graduates are available. A vibrant continuing education program exists to help enhance the skills of practicing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
The Doctor of Pharmacy Degree is the only entry-level professional degree offered by the college. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Graduates are eligible to sit for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX). Approximately 97 students are enrolled into each class.
The Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum is divided into the following:
At least three years of Pre-Pharmacy Education
Four years of Professional Pharmacy Education
The PharmD professional degree program has been recognized by ACPE (Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education) with special commendation in the areas of student affairs, curricular development and assessment and clinical experiential education.
Full-time MS/PHD programs
Students interested in obtaining a full-time research-based MS or PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences generate innovative research findings under the guidance of a program training faculty with funded research activities.
Applicant selection is competitive. MS and PhD research programs focus on one of three areas: biomembrane science, experimental therapeutics, and health outcomes.
Graduate programs in drug development
The MS program with drug development specialization (MSDD) is a two-year, online degree program in global pharmaceutical development (drugs/biologicals, drug products and devices). Tailored to meet the aspirations of working professionals, the program can be completed on a part-time basis with coursework offered on-site in the evening on weekdays or via distance learning.
A collaboration between academia, industry, and government, MSDD provides cross-disciplinary training in the scientific, regulatory and business aspects of drug development.
Graduate programs in cosmetic science
The interdisciplinary cosmetic science programs provide opportunities to develop professional skills and fundamental concepts driving cosmetic science.
Started in 1973, the college's MS in Cosmetic Science is one of the oldest such graduate programs in the world.[20] The Graduate programs in cosmetic science are as follows:
Capstone Project MS degree: MS degree in pharmaceutical sciences with emphasis in cosmetic science (30 credit hours)
Graduate Certificate (GC) in Cosmetic Science: 12 credit hours covering skin and hair science as well as formulation science
MS and PhD degrees: intensive research-based MS and PhD degrees in pharmaceutical science with emphasis in cosmetic science (on-site at Cincinnati)
Courses for non-matriculated students: Online courses are available to non-matriculated students who have not applied for acceptance into the GC or MS Programs (a maximum of six (6) semester credit hours may be transferred to either program upon matriculation).
The graduate programs in cosmetic science grew from 17 students in 2013 to 96 students in 2017.
Master's degree and Graduate Certificate Programs in Pharmacy Leadership
In 2016, the college became the first pharmacy school in the US to offer an online MS degree program and graduate certificate in pharmacy leadership.[21]
These programs combine leadership and professional development in health care business and management courses.
These are the first programs at the university to be a partnership between three difference colleges:
James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy
Linder College of Business - Masters in Business Administration
College of Allied Health - Masters in Health Administration
The programs are organized as preparation for leadership in settings such as independent and chain community pharmacies, health-system inpatient, outpatient and clinical pharmacies, clinical coordinator roles, managed care, industry, long-term care.
Growth
From 2014 to 2016, the college completed the largest hire of new faculty in the history of the college. Many of these new hires were in partnerships with healthcare organizations in the greater Cincinnati area.[22] Research funding at the college increased, with 51% growth from 2015 to 2016 reaching a total of $8.9 million in 2016[18]
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