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The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences is a
medical school affiliated with the
University of Toledo
The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...
, a
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...
located in
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
, United States. The College is located on the University of Toledo's Health Science Campus in south Toledo.
History
Founded in 1964 as the Medical College of Ohio (MCO), its first class of medical students began their studies in 1969.
On March 31, 2006, Ohio Governor
Bob Taft
Robert Alphonso Taft III (born January 8, 1942) is an American politician and attorney, who served as the 67th governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007 as a member of the Republican Party.
A member of the Taft political dynasty, Taft served first in ...
signed
House Bill 478, which merged the
University of Toledo
The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...
with what was then known as the Medical University of Ohio (MUO), effective July 1, 2006.
Upon completion of the merger, the University of Toledo became the third largest member of the
University System of Ohio
The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. It is governed by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
The system includes all of Ohio's public institutions of higher education: 14 four-year research unive ...
in terms of
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, as well as one of only 17 public universities in the United States having colleges of
business administration,
education
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,
engineering
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,
law
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,
medicine
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and
pharmacy.
Academic Affiliation
In 2016, The University of Toledo began an affiliation with Toledo-based health system
ProMedica
ProMedica is a non-profit health care system with locations in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. The system includes a health education and research center, the health maintenance organization Paramount Health Care, nursing homes, a local ...
. The partnership establishes a 50-year affiliation between the College and the health system to "attract and retain good medical talent in Toledo."
Academic and Clinical Departments
Notable alumni
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Karin J. Blakemore, medical geneticist
*
Jerri Nielsen
Jerri Lin Nielsen ( Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she ...
(née Cahill), Antarctic physician
Notes and references
External links
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life SciencesAcademic Affiliation with ProMedica websiteUT and MUO merger website
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Medical schools in Ohio
Buildings and structures in Toledo, Ohio
Education in Toledo, Ohio
Educational institutions established in 1964
1964 establishments in Ohio