Dartmouth Medical School
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Dartmouth Medical School is a beacon of learning and discovery, stimulating inquiry and harnessing ingenuity for new solutions and better health. The nation's fourth oldest medical school, it melds the resources of an Ivy League institution and a world class medical center for education, research and service. DMS cultivates leaders and innovators of vision and virtuosity who are expanding knowledge, and using it wisely and collaboratively to transform medicine and patient care.

Faculty

• Faculty and researchers - 2,142 (August 2008)
  • 760 full-time (voting)
  • 1,195 instructors and part-time
  • 187 postdoctoral fellows and research associates
• Endowed professorships - 28

Departments

• Basic Science
  • Anatomy
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology and Immunology
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Physiology
• Clinical
  • Anesthesiology
  • Community and Family Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Radiology
  • Surgery

Centers

• Center for Immunotherapy
• C. Everett Koop Institute
• Dartmouth Center for Clinical and Translational Science
• Dartmouth Lung Biology Center
• Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
• Heart and Vascular Research Center
• Hood Center for Children and Families
• National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth
• New England Center for Emergency Preparedness
• New Hampshire Area Health Education Center
• Norris Cotton Cancer Center
• The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Teaching And Research Sites

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
  • Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, NH
  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, throughout NH and VT
  • VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT
• Clerkships - 75 locations, including
  • Bethel, AK
  • Tuba City, AZ
  • Orange County, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Florida Keys, FL

Libraries

• Dana Biomedical Library
• Matthews-Fuller Health Sciences Library
  • 93,338 books
  • 167,204 serial volumes
  • 4,250 electronic journals
  • $1.8 million for information resources (2008-09)

Community and Global Outreach

• DMS Community Service Committee - 80% of students participate
• Good Neighbor Health Clinic, including Mascoma Clinic - 2,358 patient visits (2008)
• Dartmouth Community Medical School - 706 enrolled (2007)
• Dartmouth Primary Care COOP
• Dartmouth Global Health Initiative with Dickey Center for International Understanding
• Dartmouth International Health Group
• Worldwide projects, including Tanzania, Kosovo, Nicaragua

Students

• Enrolled (fall 2008)
  • 319 MD
  • 313 graduate
  • 30 MD-PhD (included in totals above)
  • 9 MD-MBA (4 now at DMS)
• Entering MD (2009)
  • 5,294 applicants
  • 84 new MD students, including 3 MD-PhD
  • 47 women, 37 men
  • 27% multicultural and/or international
  • 56 undergraduate institutions, 27 states, 22 countries
• Entering graduate (2008) - 110
  • 30 Molecular & Cellular Biology Program
  • 9 Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine
  • 71 Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
    • 2 PhD
    • 54 MPH
    • 15 MS
• DHMC residents and fellows (July 2009) - 370

Graduates

• Degrees awarded (June 2009) - 157
  • 63 MD
  • 34 PhD
  • 47 MPH
  • 13 MS
• Alumni
  • 4,227 DMS (1934-2008)
  • 2,996 Housestaff

Finances

• Research/training awards - $105 million (2008-09)
• Operating expense budget - $237 million (2009-10)
• MD Students
  • Tuition - $45,525 (2009-10)
  • Base loan - $21,800 (2009-10)
  • 84% receive some financial aid

DHMC Facts & Figures

Contact
Dartmouth Medical School
1 Rope Ferry Road
Hanover, NH 03755-1404
Phone: (603) 650-1200
Fax: (603) 650-1202
E-mail: dms.communications@dartmouth.edu

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