Why Academic Medicine
Collaboration between ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ School of Medicine and our affiliated hospital systems—Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth System and Louis Stokes VA—is at the core of achieving our mission to create medical breakthroughs through research and train the physicians of tomorrow.
Our academic environment promotes our strategic vision of being the glue for health education and research across Cleveland's academic medical centers.
Our clinical faculty across our five campuses are delivering on our mission to make people's lives better by providing more than 80% of the patient care for patients in Northeast Ohio.
Senior associate dean, Jamie Stoller, MD
Founded in 1921, Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic is a 6,665-bed health system with a 173-acre main campus near downtown Cleveland, 22 hospitals, and more than 275 outpatient facilities, including locations in northeast Ohio, across the United States and globally.
Senior associate dean, Daniel Simon, MD
Founded in 1866, University Hospitals serves the needs of patients through an integrated network of 21 hospitals (including five joint ventures), more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices in 16 counties throughout northern Ohio. UH is known as a research-intensive health center, with more than 3,000 active clinical trials and research studies underway.
Interim senior associate dean, Richard Blinkhorn, MD
Founded in 1837, MetroHealth is Cuyahoga County's public, safety-net hospital system, providing care through four hospitals, four emergency departments, and more than 20 health centers and 40 additional sites. The hospital system focuses on providing the community with equitable healthcare–through patient-focused research, access to care, and support services–that seeks to eradicate health disparities rooted in systematic barriers.
Senior associate dean, Robert Bonomo, MD
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center is a teaching hospital that provides a full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology, education, and research.