Facts & Figures

Tufts University School of Medicine

Established 1893

Dean Harris Berman, M.D.
Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine

Faculty

Total: 3,925
Full-time Faculty: 118
Full-time Clinical Faculty: 1,363
Interns and Residents: 1,023

Howard Hughes Investigators

Andrew Camilli, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Ralph R. Isberg, PhD., Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology

National Academy of Sciences

John M. Coffin, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology, American Cancer Society Research Professor
Ralph R. Isberg, PhD., Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Jane Desforges, M.D., Professor Emerita of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine Tufts Medical Center, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy
Jerome P. Kassirer, M.D., Professor of Medicine, TUSM
Stephen G. Pauker, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Jane G. Schaller, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center

Departments

Basic Science

Anatomy and Cellular Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Neuroscience
Pathology
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Physiology

Clinical

Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Medicine
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery
Pediatrics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Psychiatry
Public Health & Community Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Radiology
Surgery
Urology

Affiliated Hospitals & Research Institutions

Major Academic Affiliates

Tufts Medical Center
Lahey Clinic
Baystate Medical Center
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Newton-Wellesley Hospital Faulkner Hospital

Teaching Affiliates

Brockton Hospital
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge Hospital
Caritas Carney Hospital
Caritas Good Samaritan
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
MetroWest Medical Center
NSMC North Shore Children's Center
NSMC Salem Hospital
South Shore Medical Center
St. Anne's Hospital
VA Boston Healthcare System
Winchester Hospital

TUSM Mission

The mission of Tufts University School of Medicine is to promote human health.
We will fulfill our mission by emphasizing rigorous fundamentals while stimulating innovation as we: educate, in a dynamic learning environment, physicians, scientists, and public health professionals to become leaders in their fields; contribute to the advancement of the sciences basic to medicine through discovery, research, scholarship, and communication; and join with our partner institutions to provide the best care to our patients and communities.

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Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Established 1980
Dean Naomi Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology

Faculty 170

Participating Schools and Colleges

School of Medicine
School of Dental Medicine
School of Veterinary Medicine
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
College of Arts & Sciences
College of Engineering

Graduate Programs

Biochemistry
Clinical Research
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Neuroscience
Integrated Science Program

Centers, Divisions and Institutes

Biotechnology Center
Cancer Center
Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance
Center for Conservation Medicine
Center for Gastroenterology Research on Absorptive and Secretory Processes (GRASP)
Clinical Care Research
International Institute for Prosthetic Rehabilitation of Landmine Survivors (IIPRLS)
Molecular Cardiology Research Institute
Nutrition HIV Project
Tufts Center for Neuroscience Research
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Tufts Center for Vision Research
Tufts Comprehensive Stroke Center at Tufts Medical Center
Tufts Medical Center Otolaryngology Research Center

Nobel Laureates

(2003) Roderick MacKinnon, M'82, Chemistry
Ion channels facilitating the passage of potassium and chloride in the heart

(1979) Allan M. Cormack, Professor of Physics, Physiology or Medicine
Shared with Godfrey N. Hounsfield, for the co-development of the CAT scan.

Buildings on Campus

Arthur M. Sackler Center for Medical Education
Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences
Biomedical Research & Public Health Building - Arnold Wing
Biomedical Research & Public Health Building - M&V Wing
Biomedical Research & Public Health Building - South Cove Wing
Biomedical Research & Public Health Building - Stearns Wing
Posner Hall

Teaching

Sessions: 297
Contact hours: 270
Attendees (curriculum based instruction): 3,745
Databases for Online Services: 379
Electronic textbooks: 218
Electronic journals
access to 16,000 titles including 7,678 Tufts Libraries Subscriptions

Housed in the Hirsh Library

Volumes: 168,167
Monographs: 51,377
Print Serials: 224
Rare books: 598 books and 30 journal titles

Special Collections

The HHSL Special Collections room houses works on the history of science and medicine, imprints prior to 1914, and historical artifacts.

Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase

TUSK is a dynamic multimedia knowledge management system supporting Tufts health sciences faculty and students in teaching and learning. TUSK provides a portal to an integrated body of knowledge and tools to personally organize the vast array of health information through its related applications. TUSK is utilized by partner institutions nationally and internationally and has won several prestigious awards since its inception, including the first CIO Enterprise Value Award given to a university. http://tusk.tufts.edu/