Stanford University School of Medicine
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Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Originally based in San Francisco, California as Cooper Medical College, the medical school moved to the Stanford Campus in 1959. Stanford is now well known for its small class size and pass/fail grading system. The school tries to encourage competition against disease rather than each other.
In the 2006 U.S. News and World Report graduate school rankings, Stanford was ranked No. 8 in the U.S. for research.
Although Stanford University is renowned as a major research center, it also provide excellent facilities for clinical training. As of 2005, there are two free clinics operated by students and physicians that offer services to underserved areas. Rotations occur not only at the Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard's Children hospital, but at other locations such as Kaiser, Santa Clara Valley Hospital and the Palo Alto VA which serve very distinct patient populations and increase diversity of patients and healthcare settings that students learn in. Stanford is a cutting-edge center for translational and biomedical research (both basic science and clinical) and this emphasis on novel methods, discoveries and interventions is brought into its curriculum.
Notable Research/Achievements
- 1957 - Arthur Kornberg (then at Washington University) discovers the first DNA polymerase.
- 1968 - first heart transplant in the USA by Norman Shumway.
- 1970 - Leonard Herzenberg develops the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) which revolutionizes the study of cancer cells and will be essential for purification of adult stem cells
- 1973 - Berg and Cohen (and Boyer at UCSF) essentially starts the biotechnology era with developments in methods of DNA cloning
- 1996 - Matt Scott identifies gene for basal cell carcinoma
Notable Alumni
- Irving Weissman- Leading Stem Cell Biologist. Founder of Systemix and Stem Cells Inc.
- Peter Kim - President of Merck Research Laboratories
Notable Faculty Members
- Paul Berg - Biochemist. Nobel Laureate.
- Patrick Brown - Developer of the microarray for the masses.
- Arthur Kornberg - Nobel Laureate.
- Donald Laub - Founder of Interplast, Inc.
- Joshua Lederberg - Nobel Laureate.
- Roger Kornberg - Discoverer of nucleosome and transcriptional Mediator. Member of National Academy of Sciences.
- Norman Shumway - Heart transplant pioneer.
- Irving Weissman - Leading Stem Cell Biologist. Founder of Systemix and Stem Cells Inc.
External links
- [Stanford School of Medicine Official Website]
- [Stanford School of Medicine History]
- [2003 Residency Match]
- [Pictures of the Clark Center and CCSR (glass buildings)]
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