Suite 1000
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
tel: 504-988-5462
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School of Medicine
One of the nation’s most recognized centers for medical education, the Tulane University School of Medicine is a vibrant center for education, research and public service. Approaching its 175th anniversary, the Tulane School of Medicine is the second-oldest medical school in the Deep South and the 15th oldest medical school in the United States. Founded in 1834, the School of Medicine now is situated in the heart of downtown historic New Orleans, near to the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) and other major attractions. The School of Medicine has two primary locations: 1430 Tulane Ave., across the street from Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans’ preeminent teaching hospital, and at 1555 Poydras St., across the street from the Louisiana Superdome.
It has 20 academic departments: Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, Family and Community Medicine, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Neurology, Radiology, Structural and Cellular Biology, Surgery and Urology.
In keeping with the diversity of its missions—education, research and patient care—the Tulane School of Medicine is continually developing centers and programs of excellence, including the Tulane Cancer Center, Center for Gene Therapy, Center for Infectious Diseases, Hayward Genetics Center, Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Institute of Sports Medicine, Center for Abdominal Transplant and the Tulane Hospital for Children.
The Tulane School of Medicine is in the midst of a spectacular renaissance and it has become a most interesting place to study medicine. While much can be said about the faculty, curriculum, research programs, facilities and other components of the medical school, there can be no doubt that what has made Tulane University School of Medicine special is its student body, among the most diverse of all the nation’s medical schools. The diversity of students, combined with an open and cooperative faculty, has led to the development of a true academic community, a community in which students learn in a non-hostile environment, with the help of friends and colleagues.
It is highly selective, receiving more than 7,000 applications for each incoming class. The 2007 – 08 academic class was the largest ever, with 175 medical students. The distinctive student body includes lawyers, engineers, Ph.D.s, professional athletes, musicians, writers and artists. About 40 percent of the students in each class are concurrently enrolled as candidates for the master of public health degree in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. It is estimated that Tulane University has graduated more than 40 percent of all physicians in the U.S. who have earned both M.D. and master of public health degrees.
Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5000 website@tulane.edu