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| Since its establishment in 1927, the Department of Medicine has been the prototype of a clinically active academic program in general medicine and the subspecialties. The Department is staffed by over 300 full-time faculty members. Because of the diverse interests of the faculty, the Department is organized into the following subspecialty sections with each represented by nationally recognized leaders in their fields: |
| The faculty is supported by nearly 600 full-time staff
members who provide a range of administrative, research, clinical, clerical,
and information systems support. Research Accomplishments: The Department of Medicine has a long tradition of conducting original and rigorous biomedical and clinical research of fundamental sig  nificance.
The Department receives nearly $80 million in total cost research funding
with the vast majority of research dollars derived from the National
Institutes of Health to support its diverse and exciting research initiatives.
In fact, the Department of Medicine ranked #14 in NIH funding for 2006.
Education and Training: The Department of Medicine offers four residency training programs in internal medicine, medicine-pediatrics, emergency medicine and dermatology. The Department also offers twelve subspecialty fellowships in cardiology, clinical medical ethics, dermatopathology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, geriatric-oncology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, nephrology, pulmonary and critical care medicine and rheumatology. Six of these fellowships are supported by NIH training grants and one is supported through private foundation support. The Department of Medicine provides training to approximately 180 residents and 120 fellows each year. Recognition for Patient Care: Department of Medicine received prestigious rankings in the highly regarded U.S. News and World Report, Best Hospitals 2007 edition. GI and Hematology/Oncology ranked in the top ten. Six of our subspecialties placed in the top 25.
The Department of Medicine admits approximately 10,200 patients to
its inpatient services and sees over 250,000 patients in its outpatient
clinics each year. Each section in the Department of Medicine has
its own subspecialty clinic and consultation service. Subspecialty
training and clinical services are distinctive in that the Sections
of Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Hematology-Oncology each operate
discrete inpatient services. The other sections admit patients to
the combined General Medicine Services. The Section of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine directs a 16-bed intensive care unit. |
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