Medical College of Wisconsin
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| Type | Private medical school |
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| Established | 1893, 124 years ago |
| President | John R. Raymond |
| Postgraduates | 1,217 |
| Location |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. 43°2′41″N 88°1′21″W / 43.04472°N 88.02250°WCoordinates: 43°2′41″N 88°1′21″W / 43.04472°N 88.02250°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | mcw.edu |
The Medical College of Wisconsin, or simply MCW, is a private, freestanding medical school and graduate school of sciences in the central United States, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Formerly affiliated with Marquette University, it has operated as an independent institution since 1967.
MCW is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC) and by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). It is one of only two medical schools in Wisconsin, along with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, and the only private one.
In the fall of 2015, MCW opened Wisconsin's first 3-year medical school in Green Bay, oriented to those choosing primary care. More than 1,510 faculty physicians with MCW provide adult and pediatric care to more than 500,000 patients, representing more than 2.2 million patient visits annually.
The Medical College traces its beginnings to the opening of the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1893 and of Milwaukee Medical College in 1894. In 1906, Marquette College (now Marquette University), merged with the nearby Milwaukee Medical College. On May 14, 1907, Milwaukee Medical College became the Medical Department of the newly chartered Marquette University.
In 1913, in response to the standards introduced by the Flexner Report, Marquette University purchased the Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons, thereby creating a separate institution known as the Marquette University School of Medicine. During World War II, the school developed close ties with the local Veterans Health Administration hospital in Milwaukee. Plans for a regional medical center also developed soon after the war, and today the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center surrounds MCW's campus. In the 1950s, local philanthropist Kurtis Froedtert, bequeathed much of his estate to the establishment of a teaching hospital, which became today's Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital. Opened 37 years ago in 1980, Froedtert Hospital is adjacent to MCW and is one of the three major affiliated health care centers where MCW students, residents and physicians practice.
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