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HarvardMedicalSchool
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HarvardMedicalSchool(HMS)isthegraduate
medicalschoolofHarvardUniversity.Itislocatedin
theLongwoodMedicalAreaoftheMissionHill
neighborhoodofBoston,Massachusetts.Ithasbeen
rankedthe#1researchmedicalschoolintheUnited
StatesbyU.S.News&WorldReporteveryyearsince
themagazinebeganpublishingmedicalschool
rankings.[2]
Theschoolhasalargeanddistinguishedfacultyto
supportitsmissionsofeducation,research,and
clinicalcare.Thesefacultyholdappointmentsinthe
basicsciencedepartmentsontheHMSQuadrangle,
andintheclinicaldepartmentslocatedinmultiple
HarvardaffiliatedhospitalsandinstitutionsinBoston.
Thereareapproximately2,900fullandparttime
votingfacultymembersconsistingofassistant,
associate,andfullprofessors,andover5,000fullor
parttime,nonvotinginstructors.
ThecurrentdeanofthemedicalschoolisJeffreyS.
Flier,anendocrinologistandtheformerChief
AcademicOfficeroftheBethIsraelDeaconess
MedicalCenter,whosucceededneurologistJosephB.
Martin,M.D.,Ph.DonSeptember1,2007.[3]
HarvardMedicalSchool
Established
1782
Type
Private
Endowment $3.0billion[1]
Dean
JeffreyS.Flier
Academic
staff
10,884
Students
1,563
705MD
147DMD
556PhD
155MDPhD
Location
Boston,Massachusetts,US
Campus
Urban
Website
hms.harvard.edu
(http://hms.harvard.edu/)
Contents
1History
2Teachingaffiliates
3Studentlife
3.1Secondyearshow
3.2Societies
4PartnersHarvardMedicalInternational
5Notablealumni
6Seealso
7References
8Externallinks
History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Medical_School
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