Medicine of the Highest Order

The University of Rochester Medical Center at its Centennial: Advancing Health, Enriching Lives
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-64825-174-0
Verlag: University of Rochester Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 590 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 845 g

Reihe: Meliora Press

Chronicling the last 25 years of URMC's one-hundred-year history, this book updates previous histories in celebration of the organization's centennial by detailing developments at both strategic and departmental levels.

In the mid-1920s, some of the most progressive minds in the nation united to change the course of medicine. Well-known educator Abraham Flexner turned to Rochester as the place to establish a medical school premised on his philosophy of science and education. The ideas were revolutionary yet simple. Structured within a university, the University of Rochester Medical Center's physician and scientific faculty would blend scientific inquiry, learning, and patient care under one roof, fostering the powerful interaction of all three missions. Flexner termed it, "a medical school of the highest order."

For one hundred years, this concept has served as a litmus test guiding the growth of the University of Rochester Medical Center. This book looks at developments since the turn of the 21st century. On a school, hospital, and department basis, it commemorates the strategies and individuals who have furthered this philosophy and practice of collaboration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taubman, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement

List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Medical Center Leadership

I. Building a Health Care System
A. Creating a World Class Hospital Network
Chapter 3: History of Strong Memorial Hospital and the School of Medicine & Dentistry (SMD)
Chapter 4: SMH Nursing and the Chief Nursing Executive
Chapter 5: Pharmacy
Chapter 6: Quality and Safety and the SMH Chief Medical Officer
Chapter 7: Affiliates

B. Establishing the Medical Faculty Group
Chapter 8: University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group (URMFG)
Chapter 9: Accountable Health Partners (AHP)
Chapter 10: University of Rochester Health Lab and Digital Medicine

C. Dentistry and the Creation of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health (EIOH)
Chapter 11: Creating the Eastman Institute for Oral Health

D. Pediatrics and the Creation of the Golisano Children's Hospital
Chapter 12: Department of Pediatrics and the Creation of the Golisano Children's Hospital (GCH)

E. Primary Care and the Community
Chapter 13: Primary Care Network
Chapter 14: General Medicine Division (Department of Medicine)
Chapter 15: Department of Family Medicine
Chapter 16: Center for Community Health and Prevention
Chapter 17: Transitional Care Medicine Division (Department of Medicine)
Chapter 18: Hospitalist Division (Department of Medicine)

F. Building State-of-the-Art Specialties
Chapter 19: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter 20: Department of Emergency Medicine
Chapter 21: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (DPLM)
Chapter 22: Department of Imaging Sciences
Chapter 23: Department of Surgery

Chapter 24: Department of Urology

Chapter 25: Department of Ophthalmology and the Flaum Eye Institute
Chapter 26: Department of Otolaryngology
Chapter 27: Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Chapter 28: Department of Medicine (DOM)
Chapter 29: Department of Dermatology

II. Maintaining URMC's Leadership in Education
Chapter 30: Creating a Comprehensive Learning Environment
Chapter 31: The Edward G. Miner Library

Chapter 32: The School of Nursing

G. School of Medicine and Dentistry Divisions
Chapter 33: Undergraduate Medical Education

Chapter 34: Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Chapter 35: Graduate Education and Post-doctoral Affairs (GEPA)
Chapter 36: Office of Academic Affairs (OAA)

III. Building Multidisciplinary Programs of Excellence

H. Enhancing Collaborative Research
Chapter 37: Evolving the Research Strategic Plan

Chapter 38: Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Chapter 39: Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology (BCB)
Chapter 40: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Chapter 41: Expanding the Research Infrastructure

I. Cancer

Chapter 42: Wilmot Cancer Institute (WCI)
Chapter 43: Hematology & Oncology Division (Department of Medicine)

Chapter 44: Department of Biomedical Genetics (BMG)
Chapter 45: Radiation Oncology

J. Neurosciences and the Del Monte Neuroscience Institute
Chapter 46: Department of Neurology

Chapter 47: Department of Neurosurgery

Chapter 48: Comprehensive Stroke Center
Chapter 49: Department of Neurosciences
Chapter 50: Center for Translational Neuromedicine
Chapter 51: Department of Psychiatry

K. Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Chapter 52: Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Chapter 53: David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology (CVBI)
Chapter 54: Division of Infectious Diseases (Department of Medicine)
Chapter 55: Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases Institute (TIIDI)

L. RNA Biology

Chapter 56: Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chapter 57: Center for RNA Biology

M. Musculoskeletal Diseases
Chapter 58: Department of Orthopaedics
Chapter 59: Center for Musculoskeletal Research (CMSR)
Chapter 60: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR)

N. Cardiovascular Diseases

Chapter 61: Division of Cardiology (Department of Medicine)
Chapter 62: Division of Cardiac Surgery (Department of Surgery)
Chapter 63: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Chapter 64: Heart Failure/Transplantation
Chapter 65: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
Chapter 66: Cardiovascular Research and the Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute

O. Environment, Drug Discovery, and Public Health
Chapter 67: Department of Environmental Medicine
Chapter 68: Institute for Human Health and the Environment

Chapter 69: Department of Pharmacology and Physiology

Chapter 70: Department of Public Health Sciences

IV. Extending the Biopsychosocial Model

Chapter 71: Department of Health Humanities and Bioethics

Chapter 72: Engagement and Enrichment

Chapter 73: Patient and Family Centered Care and the ICARE Values
Chapter 74: Office of Wellbeing
Chapter 75: Eastman Performing Arts Medicine

V. Modernizing Operations to Support Growth

Chapter 76: Finances
Chapter 77: Advancement
Chapter 78: Information Systems Division
Chapter 79: Centralized Administrative Functions

VI. Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic
VII. Epilogue

VIII. Notes on Contributors
IX. Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Taubman, Mark
Mark B. Taubman, MD is a vascular biologist and cardiologist who was recruited to the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2003 to be chief of Cardiology and to establish the Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute. He subsequently served as chair of the Department of Medicine and for fourteen years as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. During his last nine years as dean, he also served as CEO of the Medical Center. In 2024, he became Emeritus dean and CEO.