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Establishment of BUSM and Affiliated Hospitals on the Medical Campus. 1848 New England Female Medical College founded 1855 Mass. Homeopathic Hospital founded (1918 Mass. Memorial Hosp.; 1965 University Hosp.) 1866 Boston City Hospital founded
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Establishment of BUSM and Affiliated Hospitals on the Medical Campus 1848 New England Female Medical College founded 1855 Mass. Homeopathic Hospital founded (1918 Mass. Memorial Hosp.; 1965 University Hosp.) 1866 Boston City Hospital founded 1873 NEFMC merges with BU to become Boston University School of Medicine
New England Female Medical College Becomes BUSM • 1873 Group of 7 MD’s led by Israel Tisdale Talbot expulsed from Mass. Med. Soc. for practicing homeopathy • 1873 Talbot negotiates transfer of NEFMC to Boston University • 1873 Talbot appointed Dean, BUSM (tenure 1873-1897) • 1886 BUSM students allowed to train at BCH under supervision of “regular” physicians • BUSM drops association with homeopathy • 1930 BU Medical Service is established at BCH
The Bequest of Maria Antoinette Evans • 1910 Original gift to fund first building (opened 3/6/1912) • 1912 $60,000 for endowment • 1913 $100,00 added to endowment • 1918 Securities of unspecified value added • on Mrs. Evans’ death
The Evans Department of Clinical Research should combine clinical research, research training, and public education • Clinical research, clinical care, and teaching should be closely interrelated • Hospital beds for patient care should be directed by researchers • Laboratories should be restricted to research activities Mrs. Evans’ Vision Regarding her Bequests
Evans 11912 Evans 21942 Evans 31971
Robert Wilkins, M.D. – Hypertension/Cardiology Franz Ingelfinger, M.D. – Gastrointestinal Diseases Charles Burnett, M.D. – Metabolic Diseases Francis Lowell, M.D. – Pulmonary Diseases Louis Weinstein, M.D. – Infectious Diseases Joseph Ross, M.D. – Radioisotopes Arnold Relman, M.D. – Renal Diseases Charles Emerson, M.D. – Hematology Dr. Chester Keefer’s Core Faculty
Hollander W, Wilkins RW. Chlorothiazide: a new type of drug for the treatment of arterial hypertension. Boston Medical Quarterly 1957; 8(3):69-75. Wilkins RW, Hollander W, Chobanian AV. Chlorothiazide in hypertension. Studies on its mode of action. Annals NY Acad Sci 1958;71:473. Freis ED, Wilson, IM. Potentiating effect of chlorothiazide (Diuril) in combination with antihypertensive agents. Preliminary report. Med Assoc District of Columbia 1957;26:468. Freis ED. Chlorothiazide in hypertensive and normotensive patients. Ann NY Acad Sci 1958;71:450.
Selected Faculty Appointments during the Wilkins Tenure
Special Article Annual Discourse – The Boston City Hospital: A Tale of Three “Cities” Ephraim Friedman, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 1973; 289:503-506
Boston VA and BU Medical Service • Affiliation of VA with BUSM, HMS and TUSM in 1952 • Merger of VA facilities in 1998 to create Boston VA Health Care System. • The VA is a key institution for the education of BUSM medical students and residents and helps support more than 100 BUSM faculty. • Major BUSM research programs exist currently at the VA