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There are many benefits to receiving your care at an academic medical center. As faculty at Yale School of Medicine, we are innovators and researchers, constantly seeking out better treatments for our patients. Many of us are national and international leaders in our fields, providing the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and using the most advanced technology.

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More than 1,000 Yale physicians provide primary and specialty care for patients through Yale Medicine. Yale Medicine delivers advanced care in more than 100 specialties and subspecialties, and has centers of excellence in such fields as cancer, cardiac care, minimally invasive surgery, and organ transplantation. Here, Karen Santucci, MD (right), talks to a young patient about the importance of bicycle helmets.

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Yale's distinct identity among medical schools is built on the principles and values of the Yale System of Medical Education. Respect for student initiative and maturity, close faculty mentoring, and a required thesis to promote scientific inquiry are all hallmarks of our unique learning environment. Students are assessed based on their performance, but there is no class rank and efforts are made to minimize competition. Emphasis is placed on collaboration, self-directed learning, and the expectation that students take more than the usual responsibility for their education. Creating this learning environment, and preserving the values of the Yale System in a renewed forward-looking curriculum, is a responsibility shared by students and faculty.

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One of the primary goals of the residency programs at Yale is to enable each resident to develop his or her skills to the highest capacity. This is accomplished by providing in-depth didactic programs, a wide variety of clinical experiences and outstanding teaching and mentorship. Here, Stanley Rosenbaum, MD, works with a team including residents and nurses in Anesthesiology.

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The White Coat Ceremony is a joyous occasion! In the presence of their family and friends, the newly enrolled class is introduced to the Yale School of Medicine community in a ceremony that has marked the beginning of medical school for many years.

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In its MD and other degree programs, the School of Medicine educates future leaders in medicine, public health, and biomedical science. The MD program follows a unique educational philosophy, the Yale system of medical education, which was established in the 1920s by Dean Milton C. Winternitz, MD. No course grades or class rankings are given in the first two years, examinations are limited, and students are expected to engage in independent investigation. Here, students are celebrating graduation day.

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Yale conducts hundreds of clinical trials to test cutting-edge treatments for diseases such as cancer, diabetes and many others. They are an opportunity for volunteers to try new experimental treatment options, help bring new medicine to patients who need it, and make a valuable contribution to advancing medical knowledge. These studies are crucial to ensure that new treatments are safe and effective.

Here, Thomas Carpenter, MD and Jacob VP Eswarakumar, PhD, discuss results in the Orthopaedic Histology and Histomorphometry Laboratory.

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The Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) is a doctoral program that enables you to take advantage of all of the resources found at a modern research university. Everything Yale has to offer – faculty, facilities, and campuses - is here in one comprehensive, interdisciplinary graduate program. BBS is one opportunity of many at Yale that allow students and faculty to bridge all aspects of the University, including science, law, engineering, divinity, and the arts. Here, Thomas Steitz, PhD, Nobel Laureate and a participating professor in the Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology track of BBS, displays one of the many ribosomal models in his office.

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Yale researchers have introduced countless medical and health advances over the last century, including the first success with antibiotics in the United States and the first use of chemotherapy to treat cancer. University scientists have been responsible for the identification of Lyme disease and the discovery of genes responsible for high blood pressure, osteoporosis, dyslexia, and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders.

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Technology available at Yale labs is extremely specialized and state of the art. Here, two inverted Olympus microscopes coupled to several laser lines, single-photon detectors, and acousto-optical modulators (among other pieces of equipment), perform an experiment involving single-molecule fluorescence.

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Yale's core research facilities offer a broad range of instrumentation and capabilities not often found in academia, including:

One of only 18 PET scanners in the world that can image the human brain at a resolution of 2.5 millimeters

20 major proteomics and mass spectrometry services, including advanced protein identification and profiling technology

A microarray resource that has emerged as one of the leaders in the identification of disease-causing genetics

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The Yale New Haven Gamma Knife is the only radiosurgery unit in Connecticut dedicated to the treatment of head and neck conditions and is the radiosurgery center with by far the most treating experience in Connecticut. Staffed by a team of specialists with cumulatively greater than 30 years of radiosurgery experience, treatment at our center results in predictable and nationally recognized outcomes. Here, Veronica Chiang, MD, prepares to surgically remove a brain tumor.

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The Autism Program at Yale is an interdisciplinary group of clinicians and scholars dedicated to providing comprehensive clinical services to children with autism spectrum disorders and their families. Here, Pamela Ventola, PhD, is evaluating a child’s ability to nonverbally communicate. In assessing children with autism, specialists often "tempt" children to communicate by, for example, blowing bubbles and stopping, to see if they can get the child to indicate with gestures and sounds that s/he wants more.

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