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Overview[edit | edit source]

The Yale School of Medicine at Yale University is a private medical school located in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. It was founded in 1810 as The Medical Institution of Yale College, and formally opened in 1813.

The primary teaching hospital for the school is Yale-New Haven Hospital. The school is home to the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, one of the largest modern medical libraries, also known for its historical collections. The faculty includes 25 National Academy of Sciences members and 24 Institute of Medicine investigators.^[1]

Education[edit | edit source]

The School of Medicine offers a medical degree (M.D.) and a physician associate (PA) degree (M.M.S.). Public Health degrees are administered through the Yale School of Public Health. There are also joint degree programs with other disciplines at Yale including law (M.D/J.D.), business (M.D./M.B.A.), public health (M.D/M.P.H.) and science/engineering (M.D./Ph.D.). Students pursuing a tuition-free fifth year of research are eligible for the Master of Health Science degree. There is even a joint program in divinity (M.D./M.Div).

The M.D. program is notable for its assessment of student achievement. In particular, the school employs the so-called "Yale System", established by Dean Winternitz in the 1920s, wherein first- and second-year students are not graded or ranked among their classmates. In addition, course examinations are anonymous, and are intended only for students' self-evaluation. Student performance is thus based on seminar participation, clinical clerkship evaluations, and the USMLE. Prior to graduation, students are required to submit a thesis based on original research.

History[edit | edit source]

In 18th century America, credentials were not needed to practice medicine. Prior to the founding of the medical school, Yale graduates would train through an apprenticeship in order to become physicians. Yale president Ezra Stiles conceived the idea of training physicians at Yale and ultimately, his successor Timothy Dwight IV helped to found the medical school. The school was chartered in 1810 and opened in New Haven in 1813. Nathan Smith (medicine and surgery) and Benjamin Silliman (pharmacology) were the first faculty members. Silliman was a professor of chemistry and taught at both Yale College and the Medical School. The other two founding faculty were Jonathan Knight, anatomy, physiology and surgery and Eli Ives, pediatrics.^[2]

The original building (at Grove and Prospect) later became Sheffield Hall, part of the Sheffield Scientific School (razed in 1931). In 1860, the school moved to Medical Hall on York Street, near Chapel (this building was razed in 1957). In 1925, the school moved to its current campus, neighboring the hospital.

Deans[edit | edit source]

Before 1845, there was no dean. Nathan Smith, followed by Jonathan Knight, provided leadership in the early years.^[2]

Charles Hooker (1845-1863), Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. His practice included surgery, obstetrics, and practical medicine.
Charles Augustus Lindsley (1863-1885), Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; later of the Theory and Practice of Medicine.
Herbert Eugene Smith (1885-1910), physician and chemist
George Blumer (1910-1920)
Milton Winternitz (1920-1935), pathologist
Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1935-1940), physician and bacteriologist
Francis Gilman Blake (1940-1947)
Cyril Norman Hugh Long (1947-1952), physician and biochemist
Vernon W. Lippard (1952-1967)
Frederick Carl Redlich (1967-1972), psychiatrist
Lewis Thomas (1972-1973), physician and author
Robert Berliner (1973-1984)
Leon Rosenberg (1984-1991)
Robert M. Donaldson (acting) (1991-1992)
Gerard N. Burrow (1992-1997)
David Aaron Kessler (1997-2003), pediatrician, lawyer and former commissioner of the FDA
Dennis Spencer (acting) (2003-2004), neurosurgeon
Robert Alpern (2004-present), nephrologist