Facts & Figures

Tufts University School of Medicine

Established 1893

Dean Michael Rosenblatt, M.D.
Professor of Physiology and 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

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

Students

MD: 560
MD/ MALD: 6
MD/ MBA: 51
MD/ MPH: 60
MD/MSE: 5
MD/ PhD: 16
MPH: 51
BA/MPH: 6
DVM/MPH: 17
JD/MPH: 10
MS: 44

Males (average 2002-2006): 384
Females (average 2002-2006): 328

First-Year MD Class Entered in 2006

Applicants: 6,694
Matriculants: 96 Men, 75 Women

MD Financial Aid Fiscal Year 2006

Average TUSM scholarship: $12,625
Percentage of students receiving scholarships: 9%
Number of students graduating with loans: 133
Average loan debt on graduation: $171,685
Range of debt: $8,500 - $303,094

Tuition 2006-07: $44,735

Living Alumni over 7,500

Continuing Education

Courses offered: 320
New courses in 2006-7: 40
Attendees: 57,648

Affiliated Hospitals & Research Institutions

Major Academic Affiliates

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

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

Students

Total: 225
PhD: 197
MS: 18
Males (average 2002-2006): 83
Females (average 2002-2006): 142

Class entered in 2006

Applicants: 706
Matriculants: 26 Men, 8 Women

Financial Aid 2006

Tuition 2006-07: $19,325

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.

Finances

Budget Fiscal Year 2006: $97,745,919
Endowment
June 2006: 140,861,707
Professorships: 20

Gifts Fiscal Year 2006: 11,115,650

Research and Training Dollars 2006

$50.3 million (TUSM only, not including affiliate hospitals)

Buildings on Campus

Posner Hall
Arthur M. Sackler Center for Health Communications
Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences
Stearns Research Building
Arnold Building
South Cove Building
Medicine and Veterinary Building

Staff: 556

The Hirsh Health Sciences Library (HHSL)

Users

Electronic requests: 866,332
Visits in person: 282,911

Reference Inquiries

Per day: 65
Per year: 23,878
Electronic (via email or online chat): 322

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/

DID YOU KNOW?
Family Medicine:
50 percent of M'07s will enter a primary care specialty, such as internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, or obstetrics and gynecology. Tufts produces more family medicine doctors than the other three medical schools in Massachusetts, combined.