Pritzker School of Medicine
- Pritzker School of Medicine
Infobox University
name = Pritzker School of Medicine
established = 1927
type = Academic unit of the University of Chicago
dean = James L. Madara, MD
faculty =
city = Chicago
state = IL
country = USA
campus = Urban
postgrad = 419
website = [http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/ pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu]
The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D. granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago. It is located on the University's main campus in the Hyde Park portion of Chicago proper, and matriculated its first class in 1927. Its namesake stems from that of the Pritzker family of Chicago (founders of the Hyatt hotel group), whose philantropy towards the University at large caused the School to be renamed in their honor in 1968 [http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/about/] . Ranked 15th amongst research universities for medical education by US News & World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php] , the school is also noted for its strength by the same publication in AIDS research, women’s health and primary care. [http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/students/index.html?content=prospective.html] . Notably, 20% of Pritzker students are involved in a combined degree program with another division on campus, such as the School of Social Service Administration or the Graduate School of Business [http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/about/] . The school's primary teaching hospital is the University of Chicago Medical Center. Eight individuals affiliated with Pritzker have gone on to win the Nobel Prize in the field of ‘Physiology or Medicine.'
External links
* [http://pritzker.bsd.uchicago.edu/ Pritzker School of Medicine]
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