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Message from the Dean:
Welcome
to the University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences web site. Training for the ancient profession of
healing, and caring for the ill and infirm, continues to represent
the major mission of medical school which, despite a long
distinguished history, continues to evolve.
This School is now 154 years old and was the founding faculty
of this University. Up until 1962 it was part of a private
University but, in that year, the University at Buffalo became
part of the much larger SUNY system. Throughout this long
period, it has undergone many transformations, partly related
to the changing science of medicine, education principles
and methods, but in large measure reflecting our changing
society and its priorities.
In 1987, the School of Medicine added to its masthead "and
Biomedical Sciences", in recognition of the importance of
the basic biologic science underpinning of medical knowledge,
its importance to the practice of medicine and the obligation
for a modern medical school to continuously contribute to
that body of knowledge. Therefore, in addition to training
future physicians, the School has made a commitment to train
future medical scientists. The combined MD-PhD program is
an important "bridge" training experience focused on developing
a special cadre of academic physicians.
In addition to it commitment to biomedical science, the School
has made an equally firm commitment to train practitioners
of medicine. Our goal is to train an "undifferentiated" graduate,
capable of entering any field of graduate medical education.
That is, our graduates will be able to enter, and to excel,
in virtually any field of medicine that currently exists,
or are likely to develop in the future.
Unlike many other medical schools, the School of Medicine
and Biomedical Sciences does not own or operate its own hospital
facility or clinical practice site. Rather, it has organized
a consortium of affiliated hospitals offering a wide range
of clinical experiences and training opportunities. This provides
a unique opportunity to provide a broad-based learning environment.
Our affiliated
institutions include:
Kaleida Health (Buffalo General Hospital, The Children's Hospital
of Buffalo, DeGraff Memorial Hospital, Millard Fillmore Gates
Circle Hospital and Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital), Erie
County Medical Center, Sister's Hospital, Buffalo VA Hospital,
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research
Institute and the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics
Center for Computational Research.
On this web site, you will find many more opportunities to
learn about our School, its students and faculty and its programs
and activities. Welcome to the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences.
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