Dartmouth Community Medical School offers programs for the public on advances in science and medical care. Research in health services and medical outcomes, cancer and its prevention, cell and molecular biology, immunology, genetics and professional ethics bring national and international distinction. Collaborative projects support trials of promising new therapies and innovative research. Research in such areas as health services and medical outcomes, cancer and its prevention, cell and molecular biology, immunology, genetics and professional ethics brings national and international distinction. DMS, recognized for its emphasis on general and specialized professional education of future physicians, is designated an Area Health Education Center for New Hampshire.
Additional programs support trials of promising new therapies and innovative research.
Faculty Dartmouth Medical School has approximately 2,000 faculty and professional staff. These faculty active and prominent in their fields teach medical students, residents, undergraduate and graduate students, postgraduate fellows and other health professionals. The school has 23 endowed professorships to recognize accomplished faculty. Many clinical faculty members care for patients at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, which is linked to a network that stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont. Also, the Dartmouth primary care physician cooperative, with more than 300 community-based professionals, provides the framework to coordinate and improve primary care services, teaching, research and professional education.