Medical Schools in Maryland
- Medical schools in Maryland include a world-renowned research institution, the first public medical school in America and a school that Congress established or training military physicians. Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland call Baltimore home, while the Uniformed Services University is based in Bethesda.
- Consistently ranked as one of the top U.S. medical programs, the Johns Hopkins Medical School has earned recognition for its prowess in internal medicine, geriatrics, AIDS research, drug abuse programs, pediatrics and women's health. Founded in 1893, the medical school is home to nearly 500 students on its Baltimore campus.
- Nearly 1,300 medical, graduate, and allied health students pursue studies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Founded in 1807, the medical school was the first public medical school in the United States and the first to introduce a residency training program.
- The Bethesda-based F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine specializes in training military physicians, with more than 75 percent of its nearly 4,000 alumni currently on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service. Students receive specialty classes in epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, tropical medicine, leadership and field exercises. The medical school was started in 1972 under the Department of Defense.