Wuhan University School of Medicine (, also commonly known as Faculty of Medical Sciences) is located in

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, China, and is administered by the

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of the

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. Formerly known as Hubei Medical University (HBMU), the medical school was founded in 1943 and merged with

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in 2000.

History

* In 1906,

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founded in

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the Hubei Army's Military Medical Academy. The school was closed in 1909 and reopened in 1913 as the Hubei Medical School. * In 1926, the school was incorporated into the National Wuchang Zhongshan University, the forerunner of Wuhan University. * In 1928, National Wuhan University discontinued medical education for lack of funding. A new medical school was set up as the Hubei Provincial Medical School. * In 1938, the school moved to Enshi due to the

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. * In 1945, the school moved back to

and changed its name to the Wuchang Provincial Medical School. * In 1957, the school moved to its current site in Wuhan. * In 1993, the school was renamed as Hubei Medical University. * In 2000, the school merged with Wuhan University.

Education

Wuhan University School of Medicine has a full-time faculty of nearly 1,200 people; it has 4,700 full-time students, including more than 2,000 graduate students. The school's national ranking rose from 19 to 11 after the merger.2013 Chinese Medical School Ranking
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Institutions

Currently, the Faculty/School of Medicine was constituted by eight colleges, three institutes, and three affiliated hospitals. * Colleges (8): Wuhan University School of Basic Medical School, First Clinical College, Second Clinical College, School of Stomatology,

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, School of Public Health, HOPE School of Nursing, and Vocational and Technical Medical College. * Research Institutes (3): Institute of Medical Virology, Medical Structural Biology Research Center, and Animal Center. * Affiliated Hospitals (3): People's Hospital (tertiary level), Zhongnan Hospital (tertiary level), and Stomatological Hospital (tertiary level). In addition, the Faculty of Medicine is also involved in the formation of the State Key Laboratory of Virology (Wuhan University, Chinese Academy of Sciences,

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Association), Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering (jointly with

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Famous alumni

Teachers

* Xia Liangcai, graduated from Sichuan Huaxi University teeth Institute and the United States

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, a member of the American College of Surgeons, the famous oral medicine educator, Chinese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, one of the founders. * Gui Xien

Students

Li Wenliang Li Wenliang (; 12 October 1986 – 7 February 2020) was a Chinese ophthalmologist who warned his colleagues about early COVID-19 infections in Wuhan. On 30 December 2019, Wuhan CDC issued emergency warnings to local hospitals about a number ...

, a Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the

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. Li graduated from Wuhan University School of Medicine as a clinical medicine student in a seven-year combined bachelor's and master's degree program.

References

External links

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Official web site of Wuhan University School of Medicine (Chinese)An affiliated hospital of WSM
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