Founded in 1834, Tulane University School of Medicine is the 15th oldest medical school in the United States.  Today the medical school is but one part of the Tulane University Health Sciences Center, which includes the School of Medicine, the Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the University Health Service, the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, the U.S. – Japan Biomedical Research Laboratories, and the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research.  Most components of the Health Sciences Center are located in the heart of the historic New Orleans, close to the Vieux Carre (French Quarter), Aquarium of the Americas, the Louisiana Superdome and other major attractions.  

Tulane University Health Sciences Center is in the midst of a spectacular renaissance and, as a result, has become a most interesting place to study medicine.  While much can be said about the faculty, curriculum, research programs, facilities, and other components for the Health Sciences Center, there can be no doubt that what has made Tulane University School of Medicine special is its student body, arguably the most diverse of the nation’s medical school.  The diversity of students, combined with an open 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.