Class of 1970 Commemorative Biographical Book

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1911 Medical Illustration Comes Into Its Own

Research Moves Into Clinical Departments By creating three research divisions within the Department of Medicine,

Johns Hopkins Medical Education Sets the Standard The Carnegie Foundation educator Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) to survey the 150 medical schools in the United States and Canada. In what later is

The Department of Art as Applied to Medicine—the nation’s first—is founded under German artist Max Brödel (1870-1941), whose mastery of medical illustration at Hopkins since 1894 had made him world- renowned. His illustrations are pivotal to the advancement of medical education.

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Lewellys Barker (1867- 1943) starts a movement

that changes the character of university clinics in the United States. Barker, who had trained in the basic sciences, helps to create the scientific basis of modern medical practice.

called simply the Flexner Report, he hails Johns Hopkins as the model, saying “the influence of this new foundation can hardly be overstated.”

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1917 AWoman Scales the Ladder to Full Professor

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William H. Welch Medical Library

Postoperative Intensive Care Unit

The Nation’s First Full-Time Department of Pediatrics Is Born Known as “the father of American pediatrics,” pediatrician in chief John Howland (1873-1926) stresses the importance of the clinician scientist. Howland’s own research, in collaboration with other Johns Hopkins colleagues, results in new ways to treat and prevent rickets.

Named after the first dean and one of the “Founding Four”

Neurosurgeon Walter Dandy establishes what is considered the forerunner of today’s

Florence R. Sabin (1871-1953) receives her M.D. in 1900 at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and in 1902 becomes the first woman to join the faculty. Her discoveries about the lymph system and other research lead to her becoming the school’s first woman named a full professor.

physicians of the school of medicine, the Welch Medical Library provides a foundation for the education of physicians, nurses,

intensive care units. He creates a 24- hour, specialized nursing unit where critically ill neurosurgical patients receive specialty care and recover after surgery.

public health experts and medical scientists. Welch and other planners also launch the Institute of the History of Medicine, the oldest such department in the United States. 1982

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1989

Modern Prostate Surgery Begins Before urologist Patrick Walsh defines prostate anatomy, nearly all men undergoing surgery for prostate cancer are

Twins Joined at the Back of the Head Are Separated Pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson becomes the first surgeon to successfully separate twins joined at the back of the head. Involving more than 70 people, five months of preparation and numerous rehearsals, the 22- hour operation

Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

1993 The Immune System As Medicine Scientists at Johns Hopkins find that mistakes in so-called mismatch repair genes, first identified by scientists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere two decades before, may accurately predict who will respond to certain immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 inhibitors. Such drugs aim to disarm systems developed by cancer cells to evade detection and destruction by immune system cells. In 2017, a drug was FDA-approved for cancer treatment when genetic testing reveals defects in mismatch repair genes.

A collaboration between Johns Hopkins’ schools of medicine and public health, the Welch Center conducts research on diseases and conditions that impose a substantial

left impotent. Walsh shows that the prostate’s nerves are outside the gland and devises an operation to remove a diseased prostate without injuring nearby blood vessels and nerves.

uses circulatory bypass to spare brain tissue during the

burden on the health and resources of the public. Among the center’s goals are to promote the health of the public by generating the knowledge required to prevent disease and its consequences.

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Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences Launched with a $30 million gift, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences promotes the fundamental research that drives advances in medicine. It brings together experts from nine basic science departments to study metabolism and obesity, pain, autism and mental illness, sensory loss and other medical

The Operation for Pancreas Cancer is Improved Dramatically

Surgeon John Cameron develops a new way to perform the enormous operation known as the Whipple, used to treat people with cancer of the pancreas. Before his discovery, the mortality rate from the Whipple is nearly 30 percent. Cameron’s approach reduces the mortality rate at Johns Hopkins to less than 2 percent.

conditions in new and innovative ways. 2018 The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Turns 125 Since the late 19th century, our community of physicians, researchers, alumni and students has helped us build a premier learning institution that rewards hard

Today

Gregg Semenza accepts Nobel Prize Johns Hopkins physician-scientist Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D., is awarded the Nobel Prize. Dr. Semenza’s work has far- reaching implications for the understanding and treatment of a variety of illnesses and diseases.

work, inquiry and collaboration. After 125 years, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Continued to set the standard of excellence in patient care, research and education in the United States and beyond.

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