University of Louisville School of Medicine information
Medical school in Louisville, Kentucky, US
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Type
Public
Established
1837; 187 years ago (1837)
Parent institution
University of Louisville
Endowment
$480.9 million[citation needed]
Dean
Jeffrey M. Bumpous (interim)
Students
630
Location
Louisville
,
Kentucky
,
U.S.
Campus
Urban
Colors
Red, Black, Yellow, Gray [1]
Website
louisville.edu/medicine
The University of Louisville School of Medicine at the University of Louisville is a medical school located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Opened as the Louisville Medical Institute in 1837, it is one of the oldest medical schools in North America and the 9th oldest in the United States.[2]
University of Louisville researchers achieved the first implantation of the first fully self-contained artificial heart,[3] the first successful hand transplant in the world,[4] the first five hand transplants in the United States and nine hand transplants in eight recipients as of 2008,[citation needed] the first discovery of embryonic-like stem cells in adult human bone marrow,[5] and the first proof that adult nasal stem cells can grow to become other types of cells.[5] In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Louisville School of Medicine #76 in research in its annual list of Best Medical Schools in the United States.[6]
The school offers several dual degree programs including MD/MS, MD/MA, MD/MBA, MD/MPH, and MD/PhD degrees. For the 2017 entering class, 162 students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program.
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^Horine, Emmet Field (July 1933). "A History of the Louisville Medical Institute and of the Establishment of the University of Louisville and Its School of Medicine, 1833–1846". Filson Club History Quarterly. 7 (3): 133–47.
^Altman, Lawrence K. (July 4, 2001). "Self-Contained Mechanical Heart Throbs for First Time in a Human". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^Altman, Lawrence K. (January 26, 1999). "Doctors in Louisville Perform Nation's First Hand Transplant". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^ ab"HSC Master Plan: Background". Archived from the original on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
^"University of Louisville Best Medical Schools". Archived from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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