University of Kansas Medical Center
{{Short description|Medical campus in Kansas City, Kansas, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox university
| name = The University of Kansas
Medical Center
| established = {{start date|1920|06|21}}
| type = Public university
| parent = University of Kansas
| chancellor = Doug Girod
| head_label = Executive Vice Chancellor
| head = Steve Stites
| students = 3,886 (Fall 2023){{cite web |url=https://www.kumc.edu/documents/ea/KUMC-Fall-Official-20th-Day-Enrollment-Report.pdf |title=KUMC: Official Headcount Summary of Enrollment Fall 2019 to Fall 2023 |date=September 25, 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}
| academic_staff = 1,785 (Fall 2023){{cite web |url=https://www.kumc.edu/enterprise-analytics/data-and-fact-books/faculty-and-staff-profiles.html |title=KUMC: Faculty and Staff Profiles |date=November 1, 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}
| administrative_staff = 2,432 (Fall 2023){{cite web |url=https://www.kumc.edu/enterprise-analytics/data-and-fact-books/faculty-and-staff-profiles.html |title=KUMC: Faculty and Staff Profiles |date=November 1, 2023 |access-date=July 17, 2023}}
| city = Kansas City
| state = Kansas
| coor = {{coord|39|3|26|N|94|36|38|W|region:US-KS_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| campus = Urban, {{convert|41|acre|ha}}
| colors = Crimson and blue{{cite web|url=http://brand.ku.edu/guidelines/color|title=KU primary & secondary color palette|publisher=University of Kansas |date=December 29, 2015 |access-date=October 31, 2018}}
{{college color boxes|Kansas Jayhawks|order=31}}
| mascots = Jayhawk, JayDoc
| website = {{URL|www.kumc.edu}}
| logo = KU Medical Center logo.svg
| logo_size = 220
}}
The University of Kansas Medical Center, commonly referred to as KU Med or KUMC, is a medical campus for the University of Kansas. KU Med houses the university's schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions, with the primary health science campus in Kansas City, Kansas. Other campuses are located in Wichita and Salina, Kansas,{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/07/25/university-of-kansas-medical-school.html |title=University of Kansas medical school opens smallest U.S. campus to boost rural care |date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2018}} and is connected with The University of Kansas Health System.
History
The School of Medicine was formed in 1905, with several Kansas City hospitals being combined within the next ten years. In 1947, the campus was renamed to the University of Kansas Medical Center.{{cite web|url=http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/history-and-philosophy-of-medicine/kumc-archives/kumc-history/1905-1909.html|title=1905-1909|website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}} The campus began expanding its programs over the next forty years, and on February 27, 1990, the hospital performed its first liver transplant.{{cite news |url=https://www2.kumc.edu/publications/inthecenter/pdf/030801.pdf |title=KU Med's First Liver Patient Leads to a Full Life |access-date=October 31, 2018}}
In 1997, the state of Kansas was struggling to keep the hospital and its medical campus open so the state legislature passed a bill to sell the hospital, and keep the medical campus for schooling.{{cite web|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article182371426.html|title=KU Hospital was barely breathing 20 years ago. Here's why it's thriving now|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
Since the state separated with the hospital, the Medical Center has turned its focus on cancer. In 2002, the University of Kansas Cancer Center was established, with the help of the Kansas masons.{{cite web |url=http://archive.news.ku.edu/2007/november/7/wolf.shtml|title=KU News - Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute receives $300,000 for endowed professorship|website=archive.news.ku.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}} It became a National Cancer Institute-designated in 2012{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2012/07/12/ku-cancer-center-is-expected-to.html |title=University of Kansas Cancer Center gets National Cancer Institute designation |date=July 12, 2012 |access-date=October 31, 2018}} and became a designated "comprehensive cancer center" in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.kucancercenter.org/research/transformative-research/nci-designation|title=University of Kansas Cancer Center - NCI Designation}}
Academics
KU Med teaches its courses in both academic buildings, as well as the hospital. KU Med consists of three schools: the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the School of Health Professions. With three campuses spread out in Kansas, the Medical Center employs 5,460 people, with 1,691 of those being teaching faculty.{{cite web |title=KU Medical Center Fast Facts |url=https://www.kumc.edu/about/ku-medical-center-fast-facts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330013145/https://www.kumc.edu/about/news/news-archive/mstp.html |archive-date=2024-03-30 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=University of Kansas Medical Center}} As of fall 2023, the KU Medical Center has 3,886 students enrolled.
The executive vice chancellor is Robert Simari.{{cite web |url=http://www.kumc.edu/news-listing-page/2018-simari-announcement.html|title=Robert D. Simari, M.D., named executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center|website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
= School of Medicine =
{{main|University of Kansas School of Medicine}}
The School of Medicine, which officially began in 1905 by the Kansas Board of Regents in Kansas City, was the only medical school in Kansas until 2022.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-13 |title=Kansas’ first osteopathic medical school is recruiting students for next fall |url=https://www.kmuw.org/2021-12-13/kansas-first-osteopathic-medical-school-is-recruiting-students-for-next-fall |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=KMUW |language=en}} The school offers seven different degree programs, with the only options as master's program or a doctoral program.{{cite web |url=http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/degree-programs.html|title=Degree Programs|website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}} The other two campuses are in Wichita, which opened in 1971,{{cite web |url=http://kuhistory.com/articles/campus-grows-wichita|title=A Campus Grows In Wichita|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=November 1, 2018}} and Salina, which opened in 2011.{{Cite web |title=History of the School of Medicine |url=https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/about/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601050605/https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/about/history.html |archive-date=2024-06-01 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=University of Kansas Medical Center |language=en-us}}
= School of Nursing =
The School of Nursing began in 1905, as well. It offers six degrees.{{cite web |url=http://nursing.kumc.edu/academics.html |title=Academics|website=nursing.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}} The school opened its first satellite campus in Salina in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.salina.com/ee956ba4-b486-5b04-8e5d-aaeab082f0c8.html|title=KU School of Nursing to open Salina campus this fall|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
= School of Health Professions =
The School of Health Professions was established in 1974{{cite web |url=http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-health-professions/about-the-school.html|title=About the KU School of Health Professions|website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}} and offers 25 different programs.{{cite web|url=http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-health-professions/academic-programs.html|title=Academic Programs in the School of Health Professions |website=www.kumc.edu|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
Notable alumni
- Barney S. Graham, NIH virologist, Zika and COVID-19 vaccine specialist
- Jeff Colyer, plastic surgeon and 47th Governor of Kansas
- Paul Randall Harrington, orthopaedic surgeon
- Theodore K. Lawless, dermatologist and philanthropist
- Roger Marshall, US Representative and Senator (2017–present)
- Robert Simari, executive vice chancellor for KU Medical Center (2018–2024)
- Kathryn Stephenson, plastic surgeon
- George Tiller, physician
- Milton R. Wolf, physician
- Barbara Bollier, physician and state Senator
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{University of Kansas}}
{{Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities}}
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University of Kansas Medical Center
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