Wayne State University School of Medicine
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The Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM) is the medical school of Wayne State University, a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It enrolls more than 1,500 students in undergraduate medical education, master's degree, Ph.D., and M.D.-Ph.D.[1] WSUSOM traces its roots through four predecessor institutions since its founding in 1868.
The school's faculty consists of numerous local physicians, many who are members of the Wayne State University Physician Group, and provide care at eleven affiliated hospitals, clinics and training sites throughout the area. Although the school's faculty offer expertise in virtually all medical fields, the institution's areas of research emphasis include cancer, women's and children's health, neuroscience and population studies.
History
The Detroit Medical College was founded in 1868 in a building on
Professors at the school provided the "first evidence that glucose is a major stimulant on insulin secretion and, while an increase in the concentration of blood glucose stimulates the secretion of insulin, a decrease inhibits it and, in addition, stimulates the secretion of a blood-sugar raising factor (glucagon) by the pancreas." Subsequent experiments contributed substantially to the establishment of glucagon as a "second pancreatic hormone."[3]
The first successful open heart surgery was performed at the
Wayne State University School of Medicine is the academic affiliate of the
Community care
The school has strong ties to the local community. Wayne State University has a stated mission to improve the overall health of the community. As part of this mission, the School of Medicine has established with the help of a $6 million NIH grant the Center for Urban and African American Health to seek new ways to redress health disparities by identifying preventive strategies and therapeutic approaches to chronic diseases that plague this population, namely obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. More than 500 students annually serve at more than 70 clinical sites and nearly 100 community-based mentoring and outreach locations, and participate in a growing number of public health policy and advocacy opportunities. Year 1 and 2 students volunteer more than 34,000 hours of community service annually.[7]
Perhaps the most significant contribution the school provides to the community is care to area residents who are under- or uninsured. Along with the Detroit Medical Center, WSU faculty physicians provide an average of $150 million in uncompensated care annually.
WSU sponsors a number of community-service and health-awareness programs in southeastern Michigan, including mental-health screenings, Diabetes Day, the Community Health Child Immunization Project, the Detroit Cardiovascular Coalition and Brain Awareness Week. In addition to faculty-sponsored programs, WSU medical students are among the most active in the country for community outreach. The medical students, with supervision, regularly provide free medical care for homeless and unemployed patients at Detroit's Cass Clinic. Student-sponsored outreach programs also include Senior Citizen Outreach Project, Adolescent Substance abuse Prevention Program and Teen Pregnancy Education Program.
Academics
Wayne State University School of Medicine offers many graduate programs[8] including an MD/PhD program, ten Doctor of Philosophy programs, eight Master of Science programs, and four certification programs. It also offers a postbaccalaureate program for pre-medical students that meet its 6 eligibility criteria.
Rankings
Wayne State University School of Medicine is ranked 66th out of 188 in the 2022 edition of the U.S. News & World Report research rankings.[9]
Affiliations
Wayne State University School of Medicine, along with Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine, is affiliated for
Notable alumni
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (September 2019) |
- Rana Awdish, M.D., pulmonary and critical care physician and author.
- Lawrence "Larry" Brilliant, Physician, epidemiologist, technologist, author, and philanthropist. The former director of Google's philanthropic arm Google.org
- Phyllis Harrison-Ross, psychiatrist working with developmentally disabled and mentally ill children[11]
- Ron Krome, first editor-in-chief Annals of Emergency Medicine and former president of American College of Emergency Physicians[12]
- U.S. Air ForceBrigadier General
- United States Navy Medical Corpsand a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.
- Joe Schwarz, former U.S. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district.
Notable faculty
- Flossie Cohen, former professor, pediatric immunologist
- Margo Cohen, former professor and head of Endocrinology and Metabolism; later the founder of Exocell
- Morris Goodman, PhD, member of the National Academy of Science
- David Gorski, associate professor of surgery, blogger on alternative medicine and pseudoscience
- Jerome Horwitz, scientist and researcher who developed AZT, the first anti-retroviral effective on HIV
- Bhanu Pratap Jena, cell biologist & discoverer of Porosomes
- John S. Meyer, M.D., founding professor and Chairman of Neurology in 1957
- Werner Spitz, former Chief Medical Examiner of Wayne County, Michigan
- Gabriel Steiner, former professor of neurology and neuropathology, known for his research of multiple sclerosis.
References
- ^ "Wayne State University 2019-20 Fact Book" (PDF).
- ^ "Historical Timeline". Wayne State University. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ "Piero P. Foà". Dante Alighieri Society—Michigan Chapter. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ American Heart Association (22 October 2002). "The Mechanical Heart celebrates 50 lifesaving years" (Press release). Charitywire.com. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ "50th Anniversary of First Open Heart Surgery" (Press release). Wayne State University. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- PMID 12489911. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ^ "Community Impact - Wayne State University School of Medicine". 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Office of Biomedical Graduate Programs". gradprograms.med.wayne.edu. 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Rankings". grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com.
- ^ "Medical Education". Henryford.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ISBN 9781598841589.
- ^ "ACEP Mourns Loss of EM Pioneer « The Central Line". Thecentralline.org. 2013-05-27. Retrieved 13 November 2014.