The
Department of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Cleveland Veterans
Affairs Medical Center has long been recognized as a leader in adult internal
medicine, biomedical research and the teaching of physicians in training.
With the most current facilities and technologies available, the physicians
and scientists in the Department of Medicine excel in adult internal medicine
and remain on the forefront of scientific breakthroughs and physician training.
Since 1987 the Department of Medicine has experienced tremendous
growth in the scope of its research and clinical programs and has remained
on the cutting edge of physician training.
Our research program has been the fastest growing research
program for any major academic department of medicine in
the country, based on funding from the National Institutes of
Health. We have been ranked one of the top academic departments
of medicine by the NIH for several consecutive years. This success
is in large part due to the critical mass of top scientists
recruited to the Department who have developed significant individual
and collaborative research programs to seek treatments and cures
for most major illnesses.
Our
clinical programs are continually evolving to meet the evolving needs of our
patients and referring physicians. The Department continues to reach out to
the community through the growth of our satellite locations where patients
able to visit one of our physicians in their own neighborhood. We have also
developed an initiative to utilize inpatient focused clinical experts to be
responsive to the needs of the Department and University Hospitals Health
System at large. These physicians will work to provide patient care management
of general medical patients admited to University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Our education programs encompass the training of medical students
in our clerkship program, medical residents, subspecialty fellows, and continuing
medical education for physicians in practice. All of our education programs
are on the cutting edge in training physicians, with a focus on meeting the
evolving needs of patients.
The Department of Medicine is prepared to meet the challenges
of the next century through the strength and balance provided by the excellence
and expertise of our faculty and staff in fulfilling our mission of exemplary
medical care, development and application of new knowledge and superior training
of health care professionals.
