Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Motto	"Building a Healthy Tomorrow"
Type	Public
Established	1967
Location	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Affiliations	Memorial University of Newfoundland
Website	www.med.mun.ca

Faculty of Medicine of Memorial University of Newfoundland is one of two medical schools (and four medical programmes/sites) located in Atlantic Canada (both Dalhousie University and Université de Sherbrooke offer medical training in New Brunswick) and one of seventeen in Canada.

Established in 1967 by Dr. Ian Rusted, the school has 150 graduate students enrolled in programs such as:

MD-PhD degree
Diploma in Community Health
Clinical Epidemiology and Post-Secondary Studies (Health Professional Education)

The faculty is supported by area hospitals:

Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s
Janeway Children’s Hospital
H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, the Telemedicine Centre
Centre for Offshore and Remote Medicine (MEDICOR)

Other faculties and labs with links to medicine include:

Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy
Terry Fox Cancer Research Laboratories

References

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Buildings	Bonne Bay Marine Station FrancoForum Grenfell Campus Marine Institute Paton College

People	Raymond Gushue Rick Hillier

Media	Gazette The Memorial Times The Muse CHMR-FM

Other	ACEnet Botanical Garden Centre for Newfoundland Studies Faculty of Medicine MUNFLA Sea-Hawks Students' Union (St. John's Undergraduates)

Coordinates: 47°34′20.92″N 52°44′29.78″W / 47.5724778°N 52.7416056°W / 47.5724778; -52.7416056

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