Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Established:	1843
Type:	Private
Dean:	Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD
Faculty:	11,049
Students:	1,206 616 MD 155 MD-PhD 435 PhD
Location:	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	http://casemed.case.edu

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine (CWRU SOM, CaseMed) is one of the graduate schools of Case Western Reserve University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

The School of Medicine is included as a member of the "13 School Consortium" of elite medical schools. Members of this group include: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Duke University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine (University of Chicago), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Washington University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, and Yale University School of Medicine.

Prospective students have the option of three degree paths leading to a medical degree at the School of Medicine: the "University Program;" the "College Program" at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; and the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP).

Contents 1 History 2 Education 2.1 Major Teaching Affiliates 2.2 Other Teaching Affiliates 2.3 Degree Programs 3 Student life 3.1 Societies 3.2 Doc Opera 4 In Popular Culture 5 Notable Alumni and Faculty 6 See also 7 External links 8 References

[edit] History

[edit] Education

Building on its reputation for innovation in medical education, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine introduced the WR² curriculum with the class entering in 2006. The goal of the new curriculum is to unite the disciplines of medicine and public health. It is designed to emphasize independent study, and scheduling choices, while providing mentored experiences in research during the first 18 months of school. All students are required to complete a dedicated 4 month research block during their second, third, or fourth year of study.

[edit] Major Teaching Affiliates

• University Hospitals Case Medical Center
• Cleveland Clinic
• MetroHealth Medical Center
• Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

[edit] Other Teaching Affiliates

• St. Vincent Charity Hospital
• The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland

[edit] Degree Programs

In addition to the traditional MD degree, students have the option of completing one of several dual degree programs of varying lengths. Currently, the school has dual degree programs that offer:

• MD/PhD
• MD/DMD - Combined Medical Doctor and Doctor of Dental Medicine Program
• MD/MPH - Combined Medical Doctor and Master of Public Health
• MD/MBA - Combined Medical Doctor and Master of Business Administration
• MD/MA in Bioethics
• MD/MS in Applied Anatomy
• MD/MS in Biomedical Investigation
• MD/MS in Biomedical Engineering
• MD/MA or MD/PhD in Anthropology

[edit] Student life

[edit] Societies

Case Medical School is divided into four societies named after famous CaseMed alums. Upon matriculation, students in the University Program are assigned to a society. Each has a Society Dean who serves as an academic adviser to the students. The societies are:

• Frederick C. Robbins Society
• Emily Blackwell Society
• David Satcher Society
• Joseph Wearn Society

Every year, the four societies compete in "ISC Picnic" for the infamous Society Cup in a series of events (e.g. soccer, flag football, relay races etc.) to test physical talents of the students in each society. The Robbins Society currently holds the cup after a marginal win over Blackwell who held the cup since its introduction in 2001.

[edit] Doc Opera

Every year, students at CaseMed write, direct and perform a full length musical parody, lampooning Case, their professors, and themselves. In recent years, the show has been a benefit for the Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland.

[edit] In Popular Culture

[edit] Notable Alumni and Faculty

• Emily Blackwell (1826–1910) - second woman to earn a medical degree at Western Reserve University and the third woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
• H. Jack Geiger - founding member and past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility (which shared the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as part of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) and Physicians for Human Rights (which shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as part of International Campaign to Ban Landmines)
• Julie L. Gerberding - first woman director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Alfred Gilman - co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for co-discovery of G Proteins
• Corneille J.F. Heymans - winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on carotid sinus reflex
• George H. Hitchings - co-winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for research leading to development of drugs to treat leukemia, organ transplant rejection, gout, herpes virus, and AIDS-related bacterial and pulmonary infections
• Paul C. Lauterbur - co-winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discoveries leading to creation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• John J.R. Macleod - co-winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for discovery of insulin
• Ferid Murad - co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for role in the discovery of nitric oxide in cardiovascular signaling
• Amit Patel - stem cell surgeon who demonstrated stem cell transplantation can treat congestive heart failure.
• M. Scott Peck - psychiatrist and author of The Road Less Traveled
• Frederick C. Robbins - co-winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for work on polio virus, which led to development of polio vaccines; past president of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences
• David Satcher - U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton, and first African-American director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Tom Shutt - current professor working on the detection of WIMPs
• Jesse Leonard Steinfeld - U.S. Surgeon General (1969 to 1973), most noted for achieving widespread fluoridation of water, requiring prescription drugs to be effective, and strengthening the Surgeon General's Warning on cigarettes
• Earl W. Sutherland - winner of 1971 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for establishing identity and importance of cyclic AMP in regulation of cell metabolism
• Peter Tippit - developer of the first anti-virus software, "Vaccine" (later sold and renamed Norton AntiVirus)

[edit] See also

• List of Case Western people
• Case School of Dental Medicine

[edit] External links

• CWRU School of Medicine
• Doc Opera
• The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
• St Vincent Charity Hospital

[edit] References