Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the faculty of medicine and graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States and is consistently ranked first for research among medical schools by U.S. News & World Report. Unlike most other leading medical schools, HMS does not operate in conjunction with a single hospital but is directly affiliated with several teaching hospitals in the Boston area. HMS-affiliated teaching hospitals and institutes include Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Boston Children's Hospital. The HMS faculty has approximately 2,900 full- and part-time voting faculty members consisting of assistant, associate, and full professors, and over 5,000 full- and part-time, post-doctoral researchers and non-voting instructors. The majority of the faculty receive their appointments through an affiliated teaching hospital.

Harvard Medical School was founded on September 19, 1782 after President Joseph Willard presented a report with plans for a medical school to the fellows and the president of Harvard College. It is the third-oldest medical school in the United States, founded after the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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