University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
The University of Cincinnati 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]
In 1909, the Medical College of Ohio merged with the Miami Medical College and the combined school became known as the Ohio-Miami College of Medicine as part of the University of Cincinnati. In 1917 the name of the college was changed to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.[1]
The College of Medicine, along with the College of Nursing, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy and College of Allied Health Sciences, comprise the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. Its primary teaching affiliates include UC Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (which is its Department of Pediatrics) and the Veterans Administration Medical Center Cincinnati.
Other accomplishments include the development of the live virus polio vaccine by Albert Sabin, M.D., heart-lung machine, the first medical laser laboratory, the Fogarty heart catheter, the Clark oxygen electrode, and studies of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for the treatment of strokes. The College also established the nation's first residency program in emergency medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation and one of the first family medicine residency programs. The College is noted for its neurosurgical research into degenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Ranked in the top one-third of American medical schools, 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.[2][3][4] Other medical schools have since adopted the process.[5] 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.[6] 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.
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.
Degree options[edit]
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Medical Doctor
Combined/Dual Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Medical Sciences Early Medical School Acceptance
Certificate Programs
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Graduate Degrees (PhD, MS, MPH)
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Rankings[edit]
The 2021 U.S. News and World Report magazine ranked the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine the 44th best medical school nationally in research and 43rd in primary care. In addition, the College of Medicine had the fifth best pediatrics program in the country according to the same report.[1]
Notable Alumni and Faculty[edit]
- John Shaw Billings - began process to organize world's medical literature
- Gerald Buckberg - an American physician whose research interests centered in 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
- William W. Ellsberry - U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Thomas J. Fogarty - an American surgeon and medical device inventor best known for the invention of the embolectomy catheter, or balloon catheter
- Alonzo Garcelon - the 36th Governor of Maine, and a surgeon general of Maine during the American Civil War
- Marilyn Gaston - expert on sickle-cell disease
- 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
- Scott L. Rauch - President and Psychiatrist in Chief of McLean Hospital and Professor at Harvard Medical School
- Clarice Reid - an American pediatrician who led the National Sickle Cell Disease Program at the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health
- Albert Sabin - credited with developing the polio vaccine
- Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado - a molecular biologist, , and Scientific Director of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- Steven Seifert - Medical toxicologist
- Carey A. Trimble - U.S. Representative from Ohio
References[edit]
1. University of Cincinnati Record, 1922-1923, page 250. 2. Castano, Ellie (July 8, 2013). "Illuminating who medical school applicants really are". UMassMedNOW. www.umassmed.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2016. (link) 3. Koenig, Angela (August 17, 2009). "UC College of Medicine Changes Admission Process to Screen for Healers, Not Just Health Care Providers". UC Health News. www.healthnewsuc.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2016. 4. Koenig, Angela (September 8, 2011). "Entrance Into UC Medical School Based on New Guidelines". UC Health News. www.healthnewsuc.edu. Retrieved March 7, 2016. (link) 5. Harris, Gardiner (July 10, 2011). "New for Aspiring Doctors, the People Skills Test". The New York Times. www.nytimes.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2016. Alt URL (link) 6. "University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Connections Dual Admissions Program - ..WB1PRD01W-Med.uc.edu". www.med.uc.edu. (link)
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