page_title: Boston University School of Medicine
hierarchical_section_title: Boston University School of Medicine
caption_attribution_description: English: Instructional Building, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts
context_page_description: The Boston University School of Medicine is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1848, the medical school was the first institution in the world to formally educate female physicians. Originally known as the New England Female Medical College, it was subsequently renamed BUSM in 1873. It is also the first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman, in 1864.
  As the only medical school located in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, BUSM and Boston Medical Center, its primary teaching hospital, operates the largest 24-hour Level I trauma center in New England, and the largest network of regional community health centers.
  BUSM is the home of the Framingham Heart Study – from which all knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors were originally discovered.
context_section_description: The Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1848, the medical school  was the first institution in the world to formally educate female physicians. Originally known as the New England Female Medical College, it was subsequently renamed BUSM in 1873. It is  also the first medical school in the United States to award an M.D. degree to an African-American woman, in 1864.
  As the only medical school located in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, BUSM and Boston Medical Center, its primary teaching hospital, operates the largest 24-hour Level I trauma center in New England, and the largest network of regional community health centers.
  BUSM is the home of the  Framingham Heart Study – from which all knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk factors were originally discovered. Notable alumni of the medical school include Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the  New England Journal of Medicine and the only woman to hold the position in the journal's almost 200-year history, as well as Louis Wade Sullivan, former Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and founder of Morehouse School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 29th on the 2019 list of Best Medical Schools in the Best Research category by the U.S. News & World Report.
caption: Instructional building
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