Yale School of Medicine
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Yale University School of Medicine | |
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| Established | 1810 |
| Type | Private |
| Faculty | 1,557 full time; 1,637 voluntary |
| Students | 558
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| Postgraduates | 537 |
| Location | Template:Country data USA New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Dean | Robert J. Alpern |
| Website | http://info.med.yale.edu/ysm |
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Overview
The Yale School of Medicine at Yale University is a private medical school located in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. It was founded in 1810 as The Medical Institution of Yale College, and formally opened in 1813.
The primary teaching hospital for the school is Yale-New Haven Hospital. The school is home to the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, one of the largest modern medical libraries, also known for its historical collections. The faculty includes 25 National Academy of Sciences members and 24 Institute of Medicine investigators.[1]
Education
The School of Medicine offers a medical degree (M.D.) and a physician associate (PA) degree (M.M.S.). Public Health degrees are administered through the Yale School of Public Health. There are also joint degree programs with other disciplines at Yale including law (M.D/J.D.), business (M.D./M.B.A.), public health (M.D/M.P.H.) and science/engineering (M.D./Ph.D.). Students pursuing a tuition-free fifth year of research are eligible for the Master of Health Science degree. There is even a joint program in divinity (M.D./M.Div).
The M.D. program is notable for its assessment of student achievement. In particular, the school employs the so-called "Yale System", established by Dean Winternitz in the 1920s, wherein first- and second-year students are not graded or ranked among their classmates. In addition, course examinations are anonymous, and are intended only for students' self-evaluation. Student performance is thus based on seminar participation, clinical clerkship evaluations, and the USMLE. Prior to graduation, students are required to submit a thesis based on original research.
History
In 18th century America, credentials were not needed to practice medicine. Prior to the founding of the medical school, Yale graduates would train through an apprenticeship in order to become physicians. Yale president Ezra Stiles conceived the idea of training physicians at Yale and ultimately, his successor Timothy Dwight IV helped to found the medical school. The school was chartered in 1810 and opened in New Haven in 1813. Nathan Smith (medicine and surgery) and Benjamin Silliman (pharmacology) were the first faculty members. Silliman was a professor of chemistry and taught at both Yale College and the Medical School. The other two founding faculty were Jonathan Knight, anatomy, physiology and surgery and Eli Ives, pediatrics.[2]
The original building (at Grove and Prospect) later became Sheffield Hall, part of the Sheffield Scientific School (razed in 1931). In 1860, the school moved to Medical Hall on York Street, near Chapel (this building was razed in 1957). In 1925, the school moved to its current campus, neighboring the hospital.
Deans
Before 1845, there was no dean. Nathan Smith, followed by Jonathan Knight, provided leadership in the early years.[2]
- Charles Hooker (1845-1863), Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. His practice included surgery, obstetrics, and practical medicine.
- Charles Augustus Lindsley (1863-1885), Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; later of the Theory and Practice of Medicine.
- Herbert Eugene Smith (1885-1910), physician and chemist
- George Blumer (1910-1920)
- Milton Winternitz (1920-1935), pathologist
- Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1935-1940), physician and bacteriologist
- Francis Gilman Blake (1940-1947)
- Cyril Norman Hugh Long (1947-1952), physician and biochemist
- Vernon W. Lippard (1952-1967)
- Frederick Carl Redlich (1967-1972), psychiatrist
- Lewis Thomas (1972-1973), physician and author
- Robert Berliner (1973-1984)
- Leon Rosenberg (1984-1991)
- Robert M. Donaldson (acting) (1991-1992)
- Gerard N. Burrow (1992-1997)
- David Aaron Kessler (1997-2003), pediatrician, lawyer and former commissioner of the FDA
- Dennis Spencer (acting) (2003-2004), neurosurgeon
- Robert Alpern (2004-present), nephrologist
Notable faculty
- Harvey Cushing
- Russell Henry Chittenden
- Arnold Gesell
- Orvan Hess
- Lafayette Mendel
- Nathan Smith
- Stephen Fleck
- Theodore Lidz
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 School of Medicine Vital Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Founding of the Medical Institution at Yale College
External links
- Official site
- Medicine at Yale 1701-1901
- Medicine at Yale 1901-1951
- Medicine at Yale 1951-2001
- Institute of Medicine member list
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
