Harvard Medical School Mission
To create and nurture a diverse community of the best people committed
to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease
History
Established 1782
Acting Dean, Harvard Medical School
Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD
Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD
Past Deans of HMS
Faculty
11,049
Voting Faculty 4,084 assistant, associate, and full professors– 85% have full-time appointments
Faculty Instructors 6,965 full-time and part-time
Total Full-time Faculty 7,933
Trainees 7,619 resident physicians and postdoctoral fellows
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators 25
