Harvard Medical School
Medical school in Boston
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| 2024 | Harvard Medical School officially withdrew from the U.S. News & World Report rankings, declining to participate in their annual medical school evaluation process. |
| January 17 2024 | Harvard's legal representation urged Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger to dismiss twelve lawsuits filed by families of Lodge's victims related to the organ theft scandal. |
| 2023 | Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranked Harvard Medical School as No. 43 in Research for the year. |
| 2023 | For the MD Class of 2023, Harvard Medical School received 6,815 applications, admitted 227 candidates (a 3.3% acceptance rate), with a 73% matriculation rate. |
| June 14 2023 | Morgue manager Cedric Lodge and associates were criminally charged with theft of human organs by the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. |
| 2022 | The anatomical gifts morgue scandal continued, concluding the multi-year investigation and potential institutional review of body donation practices at the medical school. |
| 2020 | Harvard Medical School admitted students to the Master of Medical Sciences (MMSc) program in Global Health Delivery with an 8.2% admissions rate for the Fall 2020 cohort. |
| 2019 | LaShyra Nolen became the first black woman to be elected class president of Harvard Medical School. |
| 2018 | Harvard Medical School's Anatomical Gifts Program began experiencing a significant misconduct issue involving morgue management and potential organ theft. |
| 2016 | Jonny Kim became a naval aviator and NASA astronaut, marking a significant milestone in his career in aviation and space exploration. |
| 2011 | Harvard Medical School appointed Valerie E. Stone as its first African American full professor of medicine, and Tina Young Poussaint as its first African-American professor of radiology. |
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