Academic Medical Centers - History
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Monday, November 23, 2009

How did stroke become of interest to neurologists?: a slow 19th century saga.

30 Aug 2009 It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the vascular nature of strokes was readily recognized and accepted. Brain "softenings" were distinguished from hemorrhagic "apoplexy," but stroke etiology remained unstudied. The terms ... Read more...

The first human heart transplant and further advances in cardiac transplantation at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town - with reference to : the operation. A human cardiac transplant : an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town.

30 Dec 2008 Christiaan (Chris) Barnard was born in 1922 and qualified in medicine at the University of Cape Town in 1946. Following surgical training in South Africa and the USA, Barnard established a successful open-heart surgery programme at Groote Schuur ... Read more...

Veterans affairs and academic medical center affiliations: the north Texas experience.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: The authors review the more than 30-year history of the academic affiliation between the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and the Mental Health Service at the Veterans Affairs North ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Academic Medical Centers - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• How did stroke become of interest to neurologists?: a slow 19th century saga. 30 Aug 2009
• [Laudation] 30 Jul 2009
• [On the occasion of professor Dr. Heinrich Geidel's 80th birthday] 30 Jul 2009
• Stepping into the bully pulpit. 29 Jun 2009
• Robert Miller: a frontline fighter of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 29 Jun 2009
• Costanzo Varolio (1543-1575). 4 Jun 2009
• Ibn Sina (Avicenna) on pathogenesis of migraine compared with the recent theories. 30 May 2009
• [Eulogy for Professor Gerd Plewig, M.D., honorary doctor, on his 70th birthday] 30 May 2009
• Ted Webster. 30 May 2009
• The skiagraph: the birth of radiology at Mayo Clinic. 30 May 2009
• The Mayo Clinic, Rochester: 'only the best need apply'. 29 Apr 2009
• The lesson of anatomy. 29 Apr 2009
• Erwin Gustav Niessl von Mayendorf (1873-1943). 20 Mar 2009
• A tribute to Dr. Hubert L. Rosomoff: a pioneer in treatment of pain and use of hypothermia. 27 Feb 2009
• [In memoriam. Remembering Filippo Soricelli] 27 Feb 2009
• Wally Welker 1926-2007. 27 Feb 2009
• [Lodz Section of the Polish Biochemical society in founding and organization of the society to the year 1970] 30 Dec 2008
• The first human heart transplant and further advances in cardiac transplantation at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town - with reference to : the operation. A human cardiac transplant : an interim report of a successful operation performed at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. 30 Dec 2008
• Veterans affairs and academic medical center affiliations: the north Texas experience. 30 Dec 2008
• [Dedicated to Professor Peter Knoll on his retirement--a pragmatic innovator] 13 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Academic Medical Centers'

Definition: Medical complexes consisting of medical school, hospitals, clinics, libraries, administrative facilities, etc.

Descriptor UI: D000046

Alternative terms: Academic Medical Centers; Centers, Academic Medical; Centers, University Medical; Medical Center, Academic; Medical Center, University; Center, Academic Medical; Medical Centers, University; University Medical Center; University Medical Centers; Academic Medical Center; Center, University Medical; Medical Centers, Academic;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.020;

Online Note: search HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

History Note: 80; was see HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY 1979

Technical Notes: specify geog; DF: ACAD MED CENTERS