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Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine

Coordinates: 47°34′20.92″N 52°44′29.78″W / 47.5724778°N 52.7416056°W / 47.5724778; -52.7416056
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Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland
TypePublic
Established1967
Location, ,
AffiliationsMemorial University of Newfoundland
Websitewww.med.mun.ca

Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland is one of two medical schools (and four medical programmes/sites) located in Atlantic Canada (both Dalhousie University and Université de Sherbrooke offer medical training in New Brunswick) and one of seventeen in Canada.

Established in 1967 by Dr. Ian Rusted, the school has 150 graduate students enrolled in programs such as:

  • MD-PhD degree
  • Diploma in Community Health
  • Clinical Epidemiology and Post-Secondary Studies (Health Professional Education)

The faculty is supported by area hospitals:

  • Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s
  • Janeway Children’s Hospital
  • H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, the Telemedicine Centre
  • Centre for Offshore and Remote Medicine (MEDICOR)

Other faculties and labs with links to medicine include:

  • Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy
  • Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratories

References

47°34′20.92″N 52°44′29.78″W / 47.5724778°N 52.7416056°W / 47.5724778; -52.7416056