Academic Analytics (2007)
Colorado ranks among the most academically productive in the US in six of the top 10 disciplines (375 institutions surveyed).

Structural Biology
Oncology and Cancer Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Developmental Biology
Human Genetics
Toxicology

Each year we graduate:

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

New 4 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
Cultural Competency and Diversity
Informatics and Evidence Based Medicine

Elective Tracks
- Rural Track: Beginning in 2009, the medical school’s Rural Track program will produce more than a dozen doctors a year to answer a desperate call for rural health care.
- Global Health Track: One of our most popular programs

Clinical /Medical Care:

US News and World Report Rankings (2008)
School of Medicine Teaching Hospitals are Nationally Recognized (2007 ranking)

National Jewish Medical and Research Center. The country’s #1 respiratory hospital for over a decade.
The Children’s Hospital – in the top 10 for more than a decade (#4 in 2007)
The University of Colorado Hospital - Five programs ranked among the top 25 in the country: Respiratory Disorders (7th), Kidney Disease (13th), Endocrinology (18th), Gynecology (21st), Rehabilitation (22nd)
Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC) in Aurora is the largest Academic Health Center between Chicago, Texas and the West Coast.
Our Physicians
- 2007-2008 Best Doctors in America
- 475 School of Medicine Physicians recognized
- 88 School of Medicine Physicians included in “Top Docs” 5280 magazine in 2007

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

Rankings from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2008

22nd among all U.S. Medical Schools in National Institutes of Health Funding
4th among 80 US Public Medical Schools in NIH Funding
15th nationally in NIH Funding
14th in research spending among 129 Medical Schools belonging to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) reported in 2008
The clinical faculty of the School of Medicine have contributed over $175 million to our research and education programs through the “Dean’s tax” on their clinical income collected through University Physicians. Inc. (UPI) since 1982.
CTSA and other interdisciplinary grants

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)
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

Our Medical Students:

In 2007, our medical students estimated they volunteered over 22,000 hours to the community!

Faculty: Major Science & Health Care Break-through Events:

National leadership
Our faculty hold or have held top national leadership positions over the past several years with groups including: American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Gynecologic and Obstetrical Society; American Heart Association; American Psychiatric Association; American Society of Clinical Oncology; Association of American Medical Colleges; The Endocrine Society;

Faculty with Distinguished Scholarship

4 members of the National Academy of Sciences
13 members of the Institute of Medicine
4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators

Major Science & Health Care Break-through Events

Tom Starzl, M.D., a pioneering surgeon & Denver native - did renal transplants before accomplishing the first liver transplant in the world.
C. Henry Kempe, M.D., from the Department of Pediatrics – in the 1950s and 1960s took what was initially described as “brittle bone” disease and correctly identified it as Battered Child Syndrome. The Pediatrics Department has become nationally and internationally known for the work on this syndrome.
Henry Claman, M.D., a distinguished immunologist - first discovered T cells being pre-programmed to unseen antigens.
Curt Freed, M.D., from the Department of Medicine - in the late 1980’s was the first to utilize fetal dopamine cell transplants in Parkinson’s patients.
The Barbara Davis Center, a renowned Diabetes clinical & research center at AMC - the first to isolate T cells that cause diabetes when transferred into mice.
Discoveries: Kappler and Marrack - T cell receptor National leadership: American Society of Nephrology, Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine.