Welcome to the University of Utah School of Medicine

The University of Utah School of Medicine combines excellence in teaching, research, and clinical expertise to train tomorrow's physicians for the rapidly changing world of medicine. With a faculty of more than 1,000 physicians and researchers and 22 clinical and basic science departments, the School of Medicine trains the majority of Utah physicians, offering an MD degree, physician assistant training, residency, fellowship specialty training, and degrees in public health or research.

The School of Medicine also is widely recognized for interdisciplinary research in the genetics of disease, cancer, biomedical informatics, infectious diseases, and other areas of leading-edge medicine.

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Latest News

Sep 19, 2018

Improving Care by Instilling a Culture of Safety

driving discovery, research news, surgery

Researchers at University of Utah Health joined colleagues at the Ensign College of Public Health to evaluate the quality and safety of surgical care provided at the Volta River Authority Hospital (VRAH) in Akosombo, Ghana.... Read More

Global Health

Sep 17, 2018

Opportunities for Women in Orthopedics

Womens Health, University Orthopaedic Center, ,

Mentoring high school and medical students to pursue orthopedic surgery and engineering. ... Read More

Surgery,Orthopaedics

Sep 17, 2018

I Blog, Therefore I am

driving discovery, research news, family medicine

A small team of doctors at the University of Utah Health Family Medicine Residency Program developed a blog to sharpen the communication skills of their residents. ... Read More

Family and Preventive Medicine

Sep 10, 2018

Could Too Much Exercise Be Bad for Your Heart?

Cardiovascular Center, , driving discovery, arrythmia, carma, research news

Researchers at University of Utah Comprehensive Arrhythmia Research and Management Center (CARMA) are investigating how extreme endurance training affects heart health. ... Read More

Sep 07, 2018

Finding That Links ALS/Ataxia to Cellular Stress Opens New Approaches for Treatment

als, neurodegenerative disease

Few treatments exist for neurodegenerative diseases that progressively rob a person’s ability to move and think, yet the results of a new study is opening additional approaches for exploration. ... Read More

Neurology

Sep 04, 2018

U Research Awards Pass $500 Million Milestone

research news

Quality of researchers and programs pays off in a historic record-breaking funding year.... Read More

Biochemistry