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US News and World Report Rankings (2012)

 Each year we graduate:

  • 156 Medical Students
  • 265 Residents and Fellows
  • 80 PhD Scientists
  • 46 Physical Therapists
  • 40 Physician Assistants
 

Four-Year MD Curriculum:

  • Phase I & II:  18 months of integrated basic science, clinical learning, and translational thinking, organized by systems, not by medical subjects
  • Phase III & IV: 28 months of newly integrated clinical rotations, in 12 blocks and 10 months of  Phase IV clinical electives
  • Longitudinal Curriculum
    • Foundations of Doctoring
    • Mentored Scholarly Activities
    • Humanities, Professionalism, and Ethics
    • Medicine and Society
    • Culturally Effective Care
    • Informatics and  Evidence Based Medicine

 

 

Clinical /Medical Care:

US News and World Report Rankings (2011)

  • National Jewish Medical and Research Center. The country’s #1 respiratory hospital for over a decade.
  • Children’s Hospital Colorado – Ranked #5 nationally
  • The University of Colorado Hospital - Four programs ranked among  in the country; ranked 1st in the Denver metro area.
  • Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC) in Aurora is the newest health care campus in the country.
  • Economic impact on Colorado in clinical dollars only: $420 million annually
  • Chances are you will be treated by a University of Colorado trained doctor. Half of the medical school’s graduates practice in Colorado
  • The School of Medicine’s nationally prominent programs treating cancer, diabetes, heart and lung disease, mental health, and obesity, allows you to receive excellent health care in Colorado.

 

Research

  • 35th among all U.S. Medical Schools in US News and World Report rankings
  • Economic impact on colorado in research dollars only: $425 million annually
  • 7th in total federal grants and contracts among public schools; 22nd among all schools

Firsts:

  • Liver transplant in the world
  • Identification of “battered child” syndrome
  • Use of human cell cloning to study genetics and cancer
  • 3-D images of the human body derived from anatomical sections for teaching Anatomy
  • Fetal cell implant for Parkinson’s Disease in the nation
  • Description of Toxic Shock Syndrome
  • Child Health Associate program in the country
  • Nurse Practitioner education program in the country
  • Fetal cell implant for the treatment of Type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes
  • Vaccine for shingles

Pioneering efforts:

  • Led to global eradication of smallpox
  • Development of first classification of numbering system of human chromosomes, now the international standard
  • Amniocentesis for intrauterine diagnosis
  • In fields of Clinical Pathology, immuno-history chemistry, immunology
  • In the role of smokeless tobacco and oral cancer
  • Revolutionized open heart surgery, first successful series of open-heart operations under hypothermia
  • In development of diagnostic ultrasound

 Community Impact & Service:

  • UC Denver has made capital investments of $950 million at Aurora’s Anschutz Medical Campus, a miracle mile of life science that has turned Colorado into one of America’s Top 20 Best Places for Biotech (Genome Technology Magazine)
  • $46 million donated to indigent care in fiscal year 2011
  • For every dollar the school collects from the National Institutes of Health, it returns $2.34 in business activity - the 4th highest return in the country. (Families USA Global Health Initiative)
  • For every dollar the state contributes to the Medical School, the faculty attract another $50 for research and clinical work.
  • The School of Medicine employs nearly 6,000 people with an annual payroll of roughly $387 million
  • Those 6,000 jobs generate another 4,000 jobs outside the medical school
  • The School of Medicine employees pay $17 million a year in state income taxes