Harvard Medical School, founded in 1784, is one of the oldest medical schools in the country. The school is located in Boston and is affiliated with 17 hospitals and research institutes throughout Massachusetts.
According to U.S. News and World Report, Harvard Medical School is the best research medical school in the country. As of 2010, 13 Nobel laureates are among Harvard Medical School's faculty and alumni.
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck St.
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1000
harvard.edu
Founded in 1765, Penn Med was the first medical school in the United States. The school now has 28 clinical departments, three teaching hospitals and more than 15 research centers.
As of 2010, Penn's School of Medicine was the second-best medical research school, according to U.S. News and World Report's rankings. The school also received the second-highest amount of research funding in 2010.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
295 John Morgan Building
3620 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-662-4000
upenn.edu
The School of Medicine was founded in 1876 with a $7 million gift from Johns Hopkins, who decreed that the money should be spent on building a hospital and university that served all members of the public. As of 2010, nearly 500 students attend JHU's School of Medicine, with support from 3,700 faculty.
JHU's School of Medicine ranked third is U.S. News and World Report's medical school rankings, and first overall for treatment of drug and alcohol abuse, geriatrics, and internal medicine.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe St.
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-516-8000
jhu.edu
The University of Washington School of Medicine is a public school in downtown Seattle. The school provides a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programs in medicine. The UW medical network encompasses three hospitals, two medical air transport systems and numerous clinics throughout a five-state area.
In 2010, U.S. News and World Report ranked UW as the best primary care medical school in the country. The school also received top rankings for family and rural medicine.
University of Washington School of Medicine
P.O. Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210
206-543-2100
washington.edu
The UCSF School of Medicine was founded in 1864. The school joined the University of California system in 1873 and built its first teaching hospital in 1907. The School of Medicine now operates over seven sites in San Francisco and nearby Fresno, California.
UCSF is the only medical school to appear in the top ten of both research and primary care schools, according to U.S. News and World Report; in 2011, the school was ranked fourth overall for research and fifth for primary care.
University of California--San Francisco
513 Parnassus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94143
415-476-4044
ucsf.edu