The University of Maryland School of Medicine (abbreviated UMSOM), located in

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, U.S., is the

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of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and

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. Established in 1807 as the

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, it is the first public and the fifth oldest medical school in the United States. UMB SOM's campus includes

Davidge Hall The College of Medicine of Maryland, or also known since 1959 as Davidge Hall, is a historic domed structure in Baltimore, Maryland. It has been in continuous use for medical education since 1813, the oldest such structure in the United States. A ...

, which was built in 1812, and is the oldest building in continuous use for medical education in the Northern Hemisphere. In addition to an degree, the UMB SOM offers PhD programs through the Graduate Program in Life Sciences. It also offers several joint degree programs: a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) MD/PhD, a joint MD/DDS ( Doctor of Dental Surgery), the MD/MPH (

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) program, and the PhD/DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy). The University of Maryland School of Medicine was ranked 15th in '' U.S. News & World Report''s 2023 rankings of "Best Medical Schools: Primary Care", and 29th in "Best Medical Schools: Research". , the school offered admission to 6.3% of applicants. Since August 1, 2022, the Dean of Medicine has been Dr. Mark T. Gladwin, MD.

History

Chartered as the College of Medicine of Maryland in December 1807, the University of Maryland School of Medicine was the founding school of the University System of Maryland and the only public medical school in the U.S. at the time. It is the fifth oldest medical school in the country after the medicals schools at Columbia University (established May 1807), Dartmouth College (1798), Harvard University (1782), and the University of Pennsylvania (1765). Its founding by Nathaniel Potter and John Beale Davidge was part of an influx of professionals to Baltimore and the rapid urban development that immediately followed the American Revolution. By the late 1780s, there was public discussion about the need for "medical reform and suppression of quackery". A group of physicians made several short-lived attempts at starting medical schools around the turn of the 19th century, and were finally successful in 1807 when the Maryland state legislature passed the Medical College Bill, authorizing the formation the College of Medicine of Maryland. In 1812 it was rechartered as the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

, built in 1812 and still in use today, is the original building of the College of Medicine of Maryland. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest building in continuous use for medical education in the United States. In the 1950s, the building was named after John Beale Davidge, one of the founders and the first dean of the College of Medicine of Maryland.

Research

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made several milestone discoveries in the field of biomedical research and therapeutics. Recent discoveries include the development of aromatase inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer by the lab of

Angela Brodie Angela Hartley Brodie (28 September 1934 – 7 June 2017) was a British biochemist who pioneered development of steroidal aromatase inhibitors in cancer research. Born in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), Brodie studied chemical patholo ...

, and the discovery of calcium sparks as drivers of

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by the lab of Jonathan Lederer. The School of Medicine is a research-focused academic institution, with $537 million in extramural research funding in 2018. A large portion of that research funding comes from the federal government of the United States. , over $148 million in research grants from the NIH were attributed to the parent university of the School of Medicine. Focus areas of the University of Maryland School of Medicine's research include cancer research, organ transplant research, cardiovascular research, neuroscience, and virology. The School of Medicine has extensive operations in research education. Together with the Graduate Program in Life Sciences, the school provides research teaching and oversees the award of Ph.D. degrees across multiple research tracks. The School of Medicine is one of only 50 medical institutions in the United States to offer a Medical Scientist Training Program. The School of Medicine has launched several research centers and institutes dedicated to specific fields of research:

The Institute of Human Virology

The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) was formed in 1996 as a research institute of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, headed and co-founded by Robert Gallo, the only recipient of two

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for the discovery of the first human

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, and the discovery of HIV as the cause of

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. IHV operates in a dedicated building on the UMSOM campus next to the University of Maryland Medical Center as a partnership between the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, the University System of Maryland and the University of Maryland Medical System.

The Institute for Genome Sciences

Launched in 2007, the Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) is a genomics research center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. IGS investigators use genomic and bioinformatic tools to research genome function in health and diseases and work in interdisciplinary collaborations with biomedical investigators. IGS is led by Dr. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett. Research areas include: Bioinformatics, Cancer Genomics, Functional Genomics, Human Genetic Variation, Infectious Diseases, Organismal Diversity and Evolution, Human Microbiome Project, Plant Genomics, and Microbial Community Ecology. Investigators at IGS work on Disease Ontology research, the Data Analysis and Coordination Center (DACC) for HMP, and other grants. IGS is one of the Genome Sequencing Center for Infectious Diseases (GSCID) centers designated by NIAID.

The Institute for Global Health

The Institute for Global Health (IGH) was established in 2015. The IGH develops new and improved ways of diagnosing, preventing, treating, controlling and eradicating diseases of global impact. Such diseases include malaria, Ebola and vaccine-preventable infectious diseases such as measles. The IGH includes the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and the Division of Malaria Research.

Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

The MPRC was established on the grounds of Spring Grove Hospital as a result of public interest in the research pioneered there on the use of the psychedelic compound LSD in Schizophrenia research. The first of this series of experiments, which came to be known as the

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, began in 1955 in cottage 13 of the hospital grounds. The study was largely conducted by the members of the Research Unit of Spring Grove State Hospital, and became the largest study on psychedelic drugs in psychiatric research. After the study gained media publicity, research funding was made available and a new building was constructed on the north side of the hospital grounds to house MPRC, a division of the department of Psychiatry of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Currently, MPRC hosts over 20 clinical and basic research faculty that form its core research program into psychiatric disease. MPRC is also the editorial seat for the Schizophrenia Bulletin, a

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dedicated to schizophrenia research.

Departments

Clinical

* Anesthesiology * Dermatology * Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine * Emergency Medicine * Epidemiology and Public Health * Family and Community Medicine * Medicine * Neurology * Neurosurgery * Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences * Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences * Orthopaedics * Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery * Palliative Medicine * Pathology * Pediatrics * Psychiatry * Radiation Oncology * Surgery

Basic Research

* Anatomy and Neurobiology * Biochemistry and Molecular Biology * Microbiology and Immunology * Pharmacology * Physiology

Allied Health

* The Department of Medical and Research Technology (DMRT) offers a graduate program and a categorical certificate program and the School of Medicine's only undergraduate program. It is the largest accredited

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program in the state of Maryland. * The Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS) department, established in 1956, offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree, which is a 3-year program, a PhD in rehabilitation sciences and a dual DPT/PhD program. physical therapy school rankings, UMB PTRS ranked 15th in the nation.

Notable faculty

Edward Brandt Jr. Edward Newman Brandt Jr. MD (July 3, 1933 – August 26, 2007) was an American physician, mathematician, and public health administrator. He was appointed acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1981 to 1982, and served as the United Sta ...

, Professor (1981-1989), served as

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. * Angela Hartley Brodie, Professor in the Department of Pharmacology (1979-2017), pioneered the development of steroidal aromatase inhibitors. *

Robert Dorsey Coale Robert Dorsey Coale was an American Colonel of the Spanish–American War, commanding the 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was also known as the Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology as well as the Dean of the Physics Faculty at the ...

, Professor and Dean (1857-1915) at chemistry and toxicology. Also volunteered in the Spanish–American War * R Adams Cowley, Professor of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, founded the world's first

Shock Trauma Center R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (also referred to simply as Shock Trauma) is a free-standing Physical trauma, trauma hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and is part of the University of Maryland Medical Center. It was the first facility in the worl ...

at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. * Robley Dunglison, Chair of materia medica, therapeutics, hygiene and medical jurisprudence (1833-1836), Thomas Jefferson's personal physician *

William A. Hammond William Alexander Hammond (28 August 1828 – 5 January 1900) was an American military physician and neurologist. During the American Civil War he was the eleventh Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) and the founder of the Ar ...

, Chair of Anatomy and Physiology (1828-1900), the first American physician to devote himself entirely to neurology,

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during the American civil war. *

Paul Fiset Paul Fiset (English pronunciation: ''Fih-ZAY''; November 7, 1922 – February 27, 2001) was a Canadian-American microbiologist and virologist. His research helped to develop one of the first successful Q fever vaccines, noted by ''The New York ...

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and developer of the

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* Robert Gallo, Professor in the Department of Medicine (1996-), discovered the first human

, and that HIV was the cause of

. He is the only scientist to be awarded the Lasker Award twice. * Hans Kuypers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy (1955-1962), neurologist famous for his work in neuroanatomy. *

Walle Nauta Walle Jetze Harinx Nauta (June 8, 1916 – March 24, 1994) was a leading Dutch-American neuroanatomist, and one of the founders of the field of neuroscience. Nauta is best known for his silver staining, which helped to revolutionize neuroscience. He ...

, Professor in the Department of Anatomy (1955-1964), considered one of the founders of the field of neuroscience. *

Robert R. Redfield Robert Ray Redfield Jr. (born July 10, 1951) is an American virologist who served as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry from 2018 to 202 ...

, Professor in Translational Medicine (1996-2005), served as

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. *

Theodore Woodward Theodore Englar Woodward (March 22, 1914 – July 11, 2005) was an American medical researcher in the field of medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. In 1948, he received a Nobel Prize nomination for his role in finding cures for typh ...

, Professor of Medicine (1948-1981), received a Nobel Prize nomination for his role in finding cures for typhus and typhoid fever.

Affiliated Hospitals

* University of Maryland Medical Center * R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center *

University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center The University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) is a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center located in Baltimore, Maryland. Overview The UMGCCC is located on the me ...

* Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland) *

Spring Grove Hospital Center Spring Grove Hospital Center, formerly known as Spring Grove State Hospital, is a psychiatric hospital located in the Baltimore, Maryland, suburb of Catonsville. Founded in 1797 as a general medical and psychiatric retreat, Spring Grove Mental ...

* University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center *

University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center (also known as UM Charles Regional Medical Center and UM CRMC) is a hospital located in Charles County, in southern Maryland. It was formerly called Physicians Memorial Hospital and, until rec ...

University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute is a rehabilitation hospital located along the border of the Forest Park neighborhood of northwest Baltimore City and Woodlawn in Maryland. It lies on and is incorporated into the histo ...

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center is a 300-bed regional medical center in Towson, Maryland formerly operated by Catholic Health Initiatives. On December 1, 2012, University of Maryland Medical System acquired all the assets of St. Jo ...

* University of Maryland Shore Medical Center *

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* Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital (jointly with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)

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