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Harvard Medical School

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Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. [1]

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  1. 70 relations: ALS, Alzheimer's disease, Benjamin Waterhouse, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Medical Library, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Broad Institute, Cambridge Health Alliance, Charles William Eliot, Chemotherapy, Childhood leukemia, Coenzyme A, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Daniel Laing Jr., Diabetes, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Elizabeth Blackwell, Geneva College, George Q. Daley, Harriot Kezia Hunt, Harvard Hall, Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard morgue case, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Heart valve, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch, Heraldry of Harvard University, Holden Chapel, Huntington's disease, Isaac H. Snowden, John Warren (surgeon), Joseph Willard, Joslin Diabetes Center, LaShyra Nolen, List of Harvard University people, Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska, Martin Delany, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McLean Hospital, ... Expand index (20 more) »

  2. 1782 establishments in Massachusetts
  3. Harvard University schools
  4. Ivy League medical schools
  5. Medical schools in Massachusetts

ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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Benjamin Waterhouse

Benjamin Waterhouse (March 4, 1754, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations – October 2, 1846, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a physician, co-founder and professor of Harvard Medical School.

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and one of the founding members of Beth Israel Lahey Health.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) is the main pediatric program of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University.

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Boston Medical Library

The Boston Medical Library (est. 1875) of Boston, Massachusetts, was originally organized to alleviate the problem that had emerged due to the scattered distribution of medical texts throughout the city.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH or The Brigham) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Broad Institute

The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (IPA:, pronunciation respelling), often referred to as the Broad Institute, is a biomedical and genomic research center located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

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Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is a healthcare provider in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston's metro-north communities in Massachusetts.

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Charles William Eliot

Charles William Eliot (March 20, 1834 – August 22, 1926) was an American academic who was president of Harvard University from 1869 to 1909, the longest term of any Harvard president.

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Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen.

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Childhood leukemia

Childhood leukemia is leukemia that occurs in a child and is a type of childhood cancer.

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Coenzyme A

Coenzyme A (CoA, SHCoA, CoASH) is a coenzyme, notable for its role in the synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids, and the oxidation of pyruvate in the citric acid cycle.

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Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (officially Columbia University Roy and Diana Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons) is the medical school of Columbia University, located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Harvard Medical School and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons are Ivy League medical schools.

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Dana–Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research institution in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Daniel Laing Jr.

Daniel Laing Jr. (1824 - 1869) was a doctor in the United States and Liberia.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin Medicinae Doctor) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe type of muscular dystrophy predominantly affecting boys.

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Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an Anglo-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the United Kingdom.

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Geneva College

Geneva College is a private Christian college in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

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George Q. Daley

George Quentin Daley is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Caroline Shields Walker Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.

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Harriot Kezia Hunt

Harriot Kezia Hunt (November 9, 1805January 2, 1875) was an American physician and women's rights activist.

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Harvard Hall

Harvard Hall is a Harvard University classroom building in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is the largest of the twelve graduate schools of Harvard University, when measured by the number of degree-seeking students. Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are Harvard University schools.

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Harvard morgue case

In June 2023, Cedric Lodge, his wife and three other individuals were indicted for conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.

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Harvard School of Dental Medicine

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) is the dental school of Harvard University.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology

The Harvard–MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, or HST, is one of the oldest and largest biomedical engineering and physician-scientist training programs in the United States.

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Heart valve

A heart valve is a biological one-way valve that allows blood to flow in one direction through the chambers of the heart.

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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch

Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (August 9, 1808 – January 14, 1892) was an American physician and a prominent Christian abolitionist.

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Heraldry of Harvard University

Harvard University adopted an official seal soon after it was founded in 1636 and named "Harvard College" in 1638; a variant is still used.

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Holden Chapel

Holden Chapel is a small building in Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University.

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Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that is mostly inherited.

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Isaac H. Snowden

Isaac Humphrey Snowden (c. 1826–1869) was one of the first three African American students admitted to Harvard Medical School, in 1850, along with Martin Delany and Daniel Laing, Jr. Snowden and Laing were sponsored by the American Colonization Society in doing so and had previously been connected with the Young Men's Literary Society in Boston.

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John Warren (surgeon)

John Warren (July 27, 1753 – April 4, 1815) was a Continental Army surgeon during the American Revolutionary War, founder of the Harvard Medical School and the younger brother of Dr. Joseph Warren.

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Joseph Willard

Joseph Willard (December 29, 1738 – September 25, 1804) was an American Congregational clergyman and academic.

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Joslin Diabetes Center

Joslin Diabetes Center is the world's largest diabetes research center, diabetes clinic, and provider of diabetes education.

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LaShyra Nolen

LaShyra "Lash" Nolen (born 1995) is an American medical student and science communicator.

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List of Harvard University people

The list of Harvard University alumni includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with Harvard University.

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Longwood Medical and Academic Area

The Longwood Medical and Academic Area, also known as Longwood Medical Area, LMA, or simply Longwood, is a medical campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Marie Elizabeth Zakrzewska

Marie Elisabeth Zakrzewska (6 September 1829 – 12 May 1902) was a Polish-American physician who made her name as a pioneering female doctor in the United States.

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Martin Delany

Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812January 24, 1885) was an American abolitionist, journalist, physician, military officer and writer who was arguably the first proponent of black nationalism.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Massachusetts Eye and Ear (Mass. Eye and Ear, or MEE) is a specialty hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which focuses on ophthalmology (eye), otolaryngology (ear/nose/throat), and related medicine and research.

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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McLean Hospital

McLean Hospital (formerly known as Somerville Asylum and Charlestown Asylum) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.

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Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians.

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Mount Auburn Hospital

Mount Auburn Hospital (MAH) is a community hospital with a patient capacity of about 200 beds in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.

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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The Perelman School of Medicine, commonly known as Penn Med, is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, one of seven Ivy League medical schools in the United States. Harvard Medical School and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are Ivy League medical schools.

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Poliovirus

Poliovirus, the causative agent of polio (also known as poliomyelitis), is a serotype of the species Enterovirus C, in the family of Picornaviridae.

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President and Fellows of Harvard College

The President and Fellows of Harvard College, also called the Harvard Corporation or just the Corporation, is the smaller and more powerful of Harvard University's two governing boards.

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Private university

Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments.

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Radiology

Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide their treatment, within the bodies of humans and other animals.

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Rashi School

The Rashi School is an independent, Reform Jewish private school in Dedham, Massachusetts.

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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is a 132-bed rehabilitation teaching hospital located in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Susan Dimock

Susan Dimock (April 24, 1847May 7, 1875) was an American physician who earned her medical degree from the University of Zurich in 1871 and was subsequently appointed resident physician of the New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1872.

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Tina Young Poussaint

Tina Young Poussaint is a professor of radiology at the Harvard Medical School and a Neuroradiologist at the Boston Children's Hospital.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, M.D. Pa.) is a district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania.

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VA Boston Healthcare System

The VA Boston Healthcare System is a set of hospitals run by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the Greater Boston area.

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Valerie E. Stone

Valerie Ellen Stone (born 1958) is an American physician who is a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School.

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Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism.

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Walter Channing (physician)

Walter Channing (April 15, 1786 – July 27, 1876) was an American physician and professor of medicine.

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Warren Anatomical Museum

The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren, whose personal collection of 160 unusual and instructive anatomical and pathological specimens now forms the nucleus of the museum's 15,000-item collection.

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Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering (pronounced "veese") is a cross-disciplinary research institute at Harvard University focused on bridging the gap between academia and industry (translational medicine) by drawing inspiration from nature's design principles to solve challenges in health care and the environment.

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See also

1782 establishments in Massachusetts

Harvard University schools

Ivy League medical schools

Medical schools in Massachusetts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Medical_School

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