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 Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University,a private research university in New Haven,Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813.
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a medical provider with multiple hospitals in Nashville,Tennessee,as well as clinics and facilities throughout Middle Tennessee. VUMC is an independent non-profit organization,but maintains academic affiliations with Vanderbilt University. As of 2022,the health system had more than 3 million patient visits a year,a workforce of 40,000,and 1,709 licensed hospital beds.
The Duke University School of Medicine,commonly known as Duke Med,is the medical school of Duke University. It is located in the Collegiate Gothic-style West Campus of Duke University in Durham,North Carolina. The School of Medicine,along with the Duke University School of Nursing,Duke University Hospital,Duke Regional Hospital,Duke Children's Hospital,Duke Raleigh Hospital,and other affiliated hospitals,clinics,and laboratories,make up the Duke University Health System. Established in 1925 by James B. Duke,the School of Medicine has earned its reputation as an integral part of one of the world's foremost patient care and biomedical research institutions.
Robert William Schrier was founding editor-in-chief of the magazine Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology. Schrier was formerly Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine for 26 years,and Head of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension for 20 years. At the time of his death,he was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He died in Potomac,Maryland.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is a graduate medical school of Vanderbilt University located in Nashville,Tennessee. Located in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center on the southeastern side of the Vanderbilt University campus,the School of Medicine claims several Nobel laureates in the field of medicine. Through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network,VUSM is affiliated with over 60 hospitals and 5,000 clinicians across Tennessee and five neighboring states,managing more than 2 million patient visits each year. It is considered one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States and is the primary resource for specialty and primary care in hundreds of adult and pediatric specialties for patients throughout the Mid-South.
Jeffrey R. Balser is the president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM). Balser is a 1990 graduate of the Vanderbilt M.D./Ph.D. program in pharmacology and subsequently completed residency training in anesthesiology and fellowship training in critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins. He continued to work at Johns Hopkins as a cardiac anesthesiologist and ICU physician before returning to Vanderbilt University and joining VUMC in 1998. Balser was appointed dean of the VUSM in 2008 and,the following year,was appointed the vice chancellor for health affairs at Vanderbilt,in charge of the medical center. He became president and CEO of VUMC in 2016 when the medical center became a financially distinct non-profit organization.
The Creighton University School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Creighton University in Omaha,Nebraska,United States,and grants the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. It was founded in 1892. A satellite campus opened in 2012 at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix,Arizona,becoming the first Jesuit medical program west of Omaha. All matriculating students complete preclinical coursework in Omaha,and 42 third-year students complete their clinical rotations in Phoenix,with elective options at both campuses during their fourth year.
The Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine is the medical school of Virginia Commonwealth University,a public research university in Richmond,Virginia. It is the largest and oldest continuously operating medical school in Virginia. The school traces its beginnings to the 1838 opening of the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College,which in 1854 became an independent institution known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). In 1968,MCV joined with the Richmond Professional Institute to form Virginia Commonwealth University. The School of Medicine is one of five schools within the VCU Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU.
The University of California,Riverside (UCR),School of Medicine is the graduate medical school of the University of California,Riverside,acting as one of six University of California medical schools. It enrolled its first class in 2013,with the first class of 40 medical students receiving their degrees on June 9,2017.
David Charles is an American neurologist,professor and vice-chair of neurology,and the medical director of Telehealth at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Consuelo H. Wilkins is an American physician,biomedical researcher,and health equity expert. She is Senior Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine,Division of Geriatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and has a joint appointment at Meharry Medical College. She additionally serves as one of the principal investigators of the Vanderbilt Clinical and Translational Science Award,Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core (CTSA) and as vice president for Health Equity at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Paul Kieran Whelton is an Irish-born American physician and scientist who has contributed to the fields of hypertension and kidney disease epidemiology. He also mentored several public health leaders including the deans of the schools of public health at Johns Hopkins and Columbia. He currently serves as the Show Chwan Health Care System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is the founding director of the Welch Center for Prevention,Epidemiology,and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University.
Nancy E. Davidson is the executive director and president of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance,senior vice president,director of clinical oncology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and head of the Division of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She focuses her research on breast cancer treatments and the genes that are mutated in various forms of breast cancer. She was president of American Association for Cancer Research from 2015 to 2016 and president of American Society of Clinical Oncology from 2007 to 2008.
Dr. Joann G. Elmore is a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, professor of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Director of the UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program, the endowed chair in Health Care Delivery for The Rosalind and Arthur Gilbert Foundation,and a practicing physician . She publishes studies on diagnostic accuracy of cancer screening and medical tests in addition to AI/machine learning,using computer-aided tools to aid in the early detection process of high-risk cancers Previously,she held faculty and leadership positions at the University of Washington,Fred Hutchinson Research Center,Group Health Research Institute,Yale University and was the Associate Director and member of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale and University of Washington. Elmore received her medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine,residency training in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital,with advanced epidemiology training from the Yale School of Epidemiology and Public Health and the RWJF Clinical Scholars Program. In addition,she was a RWJF generalist physician faculty scholar. Elmore is board certified in internal medicine and serves on many national and international committees. She is Editor in Chief for Adult Primary Care at Up-To-Date and enjoys seeing patients as a primary care internist and teaching clinical medicine to students and residents.
Erica S. Spatz is an American general cardiologist. She is an associate professor and clinical investigator at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Marie R. Griffin is an American vaccine researcher. She is a Professor of Medicine and holds the Endowed Directorship in Public Health Research and Education at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Alissa Margaret Weaver is an American oncologist. In 2017,she was promoted to the Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology and Pathology,Microbiology and Immunology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
W. Kimryn Rathmell is an American physician-scientist whose work focuses on the research and treatment of patients with kidney cancers. She is the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC),and Physician-in-Chief for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics in Nashville,Tennessee.
