Washington University School of Medicine
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Washington University School of Medicine, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is one of the most competitive and highly regarded medical schools and biomedical research institutes in the United States. It is consistently ranked as one of the top five medical schools in research according to US News and World Report. Located on the eastern edge of Forest Park, it is affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital, the St. Louis Veteran's Administration Hospital, and several other community sites.
Founded in 1891, the school of medicine has 1,012 students, of which 588 are pursuing a Medical Degree with or without a combined Doctor of Philosophy. It also offers Ph.D. degrees in biomedical research through Division of Biology and Biological Sciences. The school of medicine also boasts large physical therapy (229 students) and occupational therapy (124 students) programs. There are 1,585 faculty, 555 residents, and 480 fellows. 18 Nobel laureates have been associated with the school.
[edit] Nobel Laurates
Physiology or Medicine
1943: Edward A. Doisy (1893-1986), Faculty of Medicine, 1919-1923
1944: Joseph Erlanger (1874-1965), Chairman, Department of Physiology 1910-1946
1944: Herbert Gasser (1888-1963), Faculty of Medicine, 1916-1931
1947: Carl F. Cori (1896-1984), Faculty of Medicine 1931-1984
1947: Gerty T. Cori (1896-1957), Faculty of Medicine 1931-1957
1959: Arthur Kornberg, Chairman, Department of Microbiology, 1952-1959
1959: Severo Ochoa, Faculty of Medicine 1940-1942
1969: Alfred Hershey (1908-1997), Faculty of Medicine 1934-1950
1971: Earl Sutherland (1915-1974), M.D. 42, Resident in Internal Medicine 1943-1945, Faculty of Medicine, 1945-1953
1974: Christian de Duve, Faculty of Medicine 1946-1947
1978: Daniel Nathans (1928-1999), M.D. 54
1978: Hamilton O. Smith, Washington University Medical Service 1956-1957
1980: George D. Snell, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1933-1934
1986: Stanley Cohen, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 1953-1959
1986: Rita Levi-Montalcini, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 1948-
1992: Edwin G. Krebs, M.D. 43, Resident in Internal Medicine and then a Research Fellow in Biological Chemistry 1945-1948
1998: Robert F. Furchgott, Ph.D. Faculty of Medicine, 1949-1956
Chemistry
1970: Luis F. Leloir, Faculty of Medicine 1944
1980: Paul Berg, Faculty of Medicine 1954-1959
[edit] Other associated hospitals
- Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
- Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
- Christian Hospitals Northeast & Northwest
- Metropolitan St. Louis Psychiatric Center
- Missouri Baptist Medical Center
- St. Louis Shriners Hospital
[edit] External Links
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