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The Indiana University School of Medicine is a medical school and medical research center connected to Indiana University; its principal research and medical center is on the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis. The medical school awarded the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree to its first class in 1907. With more than 2,000 students in 2013, it is currently the third largest medical school in the United States (the largest is the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine).〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=LECOM )〕 The School offers several joint-degree programs, including an MD/MBA, MD/MA, MD/MPH, and an NIH-designated Medical Scientist Training Program, a highly competitive subset of MD-PhD programs. For the 2012 entering class, there were 335 students enrolled in the MD program. The school is a pioneer in cancer, immunology, alcohol, neuroscience, and diabetes (see section below). Notably, some of its recent research discoveries that have received international acclaim include a curative therapy in testicular cancer made by patient Lance Armstrong, the cardiac ultrasound technology, several genes linked to Alzheimer's, the link between mind and body health, the development of neuronal stem cells, and tautomycetin as a potentially new anti-cancer drug. The School of Medicine possesses an NCI—designated Clinical Cancer Center, the only NIH—funded viral vector production facility for clinical grade therapeutics, and one of three Centers of Excellence in Molecular Hematopoiesis in the nation. In the ''U.S. News & World Report'', rankings, the school ranks 47th in the nation for primary care and 45th for research out of about 150 medical schools. The IU Health system has been ranked among the country's top hospitals by ''U.S. News & World Report'', including being named to its "Honor Roll" for two consecutive years. As of 2013, Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health is home to 21 nationally ranked clinical programs, including Pediatrics, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Urology, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology and Orthopedics. The James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health ranked nationally in all ten designated specialties in the ''U.S. News & World Report.'' The current dean of the medical school is Jay L. Hess, who succeeded D. Craig Brater in 2013. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indiana University School of Medicine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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