25-545: Lane Medical Library is the library of the Stanford University School of Medicine at Stanford University , near Palo Alto, California . Its mission is to "accelerate scientific discovery, clinical care, medical education and humanities through teaching, collaboration, and delivery of biomedical and historical resources". It is located on campus adjacent to Stanford Hospital and Clinics . In addition to books, journals and documents for medical research and
50-643: A building site and funds for the building of a library. Lane Library was dedicated November 3, 1912. It was an integral part of the Stanford library system despite being located in San Francisco. It was the largest medical library west of Chicago. The building still stands; it now houses the California Pacific Medical Center Health Sciences Library. The medical school and Lane Library were moved to
75-651: A medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1851. He interned for four years and then served in the U.S. Navy as an Assistant Surgeon from 1855 to 1859. He then settled in San Francisco , where his uncle, Elias Samuel Cooper , also a physician, had just established the first medical college on the West Coast of the United States in 1858. The medical school was chartered by
100-477: A new brick medical school building at the corner of Sacramento and Webster streets, which served continuously as a medical school from 1882 until 1959. He also built an adjacent hospital and nursing school, and made provision in his will for the construction of a library across the street from the college. Lane died on February 9, 1902, and his widow died in August 1902; in his widow's will, one third of Lane's estate
125-477: Is #1 in genetics , genomics , and bioinformatics , #1 in neuroscience and neurobiology, #1 in cell biology , #3 in biochemistry , biophysics , and structural biology , and #4 in ecology and evolutionary biology . The School of Medicine has 1,948 full-time faculty. There have been eight Nobel Prize winners over the past six decades, and among its 2019 faculty members are: Levi Cooper Lane Levi Cooper Lane (May 9, 1828 – February 9, 1902)
150-466: Is 30 months in length, accepts 27 students each year, has an acceptance rate of less than 2%. In the 2021 U.S. News & World Report rankings, Stanford was ranked fourth in the nation among medical schools for research. Admission to the MD program at Stanford is highly competitive: in 2019, 6,894 people applied, 422 were interviewed, and 175 accepted for 90 spots. Stanford is one of several schools in
175-675: Is the largest stem cell and regenerative medicine facility in North America. The Stem Cell Research Building is the first of the planned Stanford Institutes of Medicine. In addition to research facilities, it houses offices for faculty from the Stanford Cancer Center and "hotel space" offices for visiting researchers. The School of Medicine has reversed the traditional teaching method of classroom time being reserved for lectures and problem-solving exercises being completed outside of school as homework; with funding from
200-608: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , school leaders are heading up a collaboration on the use of the "flipped classroom" approach to content delivery. The School of Medicine also has a long history of educating physician assistants (PAs). Stanford University partnered with Foothill College in 1971 to form the Primary Care Associate Program (PCAP) which has graduated more than 1,500 PAs. The last PCAP class graduated in 2018. Today,
225-554: The University of California, San Francisco ) instead. Lane married Pauline C. Sampson in 1870. Lane wanted to revive his uncle's college and in 1870 he succeeded in reopening it. He served as president and recruited some of Cooper's former faculty members as instructors. The school was affiliated with University College, later the San Francisco Theological Seminary , and the name was changed to
250-572: The University of the Pacific , founded in San Francisco in 1858. This medical institution, then called Cooper Medical College , was acquired by Stanford in 1908. The medical school moved to the Stanford campus near Palo Alto, California , in 1959. The School of Medicine, along with Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital , is part of Stanford Medicine. In 1855, Illinois physician Elias Samuel Cooper moved to San Francisco in
275-530: The 1980s, the Medical Center launched a major expansion program. A new hospital was added in 1989 with 20 new operating rooms, state of the art intensive care and inpatient units, and other technological additions. The Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine opened in May 1989 as an interdisciplinary center focusing on the molecular and genetic basis of disease. The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
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#1732780684233300-565: The College of the Pacific (now the University of the Pacific ). It was called the Medical Department of the College of the Pacific and was staffed entirely by local practicing physicians. Cooper served as president and chief surgeon; Lane became a faculty member. After Cooper's death in 1862, the Medical Department ceased operation. Lane and other faculty members began teaching at the newly established Toland Medical College (later
325-476: The College of the Pacific, which was the first medical school on the Pacific Coast, founded in 1858 by Lane's uncle Elias Samuel Cooper . After Cooper's death in 1862 the medical school stopped operating. In 1870 Lane revived it, became president, and renamed it Medical College of the Pacific. In 1882 he changed the name to Cooper Medical College, named for his uncle, its founder. He built with his own funds
350-573: The Medical College of the Pacific. Lane had bigger plans for the school, and in 1882 he renamed it Cooper Medical College, after his uncle, the founder. He moved it to a new brick building at Sacramento and Webster Streets which he had personally financed. He also built Lane Hospital and a nursing school, and made provision in his will for the construction of a freestanding medical library. Lane died in San Francisco on February 9, 1902, and his widow died that August; one third of Lane's estate
375-579: The Stanford School of Medicine offers a Master of Science in PA Studies program that seeks to train highly qualified clinical PAs who can practice in any area of medicine and also be leaders in community health, research, and medical education. The program offers a novel approach to curriculum delivery and expanded clinical opportunities as well as interprofessional education, with PA students taking courses side by side with MD students. The program
400-652: The United States to use the multiple mini-interview system, developed at McMaster University Medical School in Canada, to evaluate candidates. Along with the School of Humanities and Science, the Stanford School of Medicine also runs the Biosciences PhD Program, which was ranked first in 2019 among graduate programs in the biological sciences by U.S. News & World Report . In its graduate school specialties, according to U.S. News for 2019, Stanford
425-554: The University of the Pacific became moribund. In 1870, Cooper's nephew, Levi Cooper Lane , reactivated and reorganized the University of the Pacific's medical department, and, in 1882, Lane donated a new building at the intersection of Webster and Sacramento Streets and established the department as a separate school, the Cooper Medical College. Lane built a hospital and a nursing school and made provision for
450-755: The creation of Lane Medical Library . In 1908, Cooper Medical College was deeded to Stanford University as a gift. It became Stanford's medical institution, initially called the Stanford Medical Department and later the Stanford University School of Medicine. In the 1950s, the Stanford Board of Trustees decided to move the school to the Stanford main campus near Palo Alto. The move was completed in 1959. The San Francisco medical campus became Presbyterian Hospital and later California Pacific Medical Center . In
475-407: The main Stanford campus in 1959. 37°25′32″N 122°10′02″W / 37.425686°N 122.167360°W / 37.425686; -122.167360 Stanford University School of Medicine The Stanford University School of Medicine is the medical school of Stanford University and is located in Stanford , California , United States. It traces its roots to the Medical Department of
500-414: The teaching and practice of medicine, Lane Library houses a significant collection of material relating to the history of medicine. The library also provides specialized search capabilities, classes and tutorials, writing and grant support, and group and individual study spaces. Levi Cooper Lane was a physician and surgeon in San Francisco in the 1800s. He served on the faculty of the Medical Department of
525-474: The wake of the California Gold Rush . In cooperation with the University of the Pacific (also known as California Wesleyan College), Cooper established the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, the first medical school on the West Coast , in 1858, on Mission Street near 3rd Street in San Francisco. However, in 1862 Cooper died, and without his leadership, the Medical Department of
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#1732780684233550-643: Was an American physician and surgeon. He established the Cooper Medical College, forerunner to the Stanford University School of Medicine , as well as laying the groundwork for Stanford's medical library and the Stanford School of Nursing. The university's medical library is still named Lane Medical Library in his honor. Lane was born in Somerville, Ohio on May 9, 1828. He attended Farmer's College near Cincinnati and received an MA degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He received
575-451: Was bequeathed to Cooper Medical College to establish a medical library. In 1908, Stanford acquired Cooper Medical College as the nucleus for the Stanford Medical Department, now the Stanford University School of Medicine . In 1910, Stanford also acquired the assets of the Levi C. Lane Medical Library Trust, consisting of 30,000 volumes as well as a building site and funds for the building of
600-549: Was completed in 1991, adding even more diversity to Stanford Medicine. In the early years of the 21st century, the School of Medicine underwent rapid construction to further expand teaching and clinical opportunities. The Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge opened in 2010; it serves as the gateway to the School of Medicine as well as providing a new model of medical education by combining biomedical research with clinical education and information technology. The Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building also opened in 2010; it
625-531: Was given to Cooper Medical College to establish a medical library. In August 1906, the directors of Cooper Medical College passed a resolution establishing the Lane Medical Library. In 1908, Stanford acquired Cooper Medical College as the nucleus for the Stanford Medical Department, now the Stanford University School of Medicine . In 1910 Stanford also acquired the assets of the Levi C. Lane Medical Library Trust, consisting of 30,000 volumes as well as
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