The Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine is one of the faculties of Uppsala University,

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, and is mainly dedicated to education and research in

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

and related fields of science and practice.

Education

The ''Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine'' provides the

medical education Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, including the initial training to become a physician (i.e., medical school and internship) and additional training thereafter (e.g., residency, fellowship, ...

at Uppsala University. This medical education is mainly located at ''Uppsala Biomedical Centre'' (BMC) during the initial and rather pre-clinical 2 years, while the rest of the education is mainly located at

Uppsala Academic Hospital Uppsala University Hospital ( sv, Akademiska sjukhuset'', often referred to colloquially as "Akademiska" or "Ackis"'') in Uppsala, Sweden, is a teaching hospital for the Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine and the Nursing School. Uppsala Univers ...

or other hospitals in the region.

Notable people

Robert Bárány Robert Bárány ( hu, Bárány Róbert, ; 22 April 1876 – 8 April 1936) was an Austrian-born otologist. He received the 1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus. Li ...

, the recipient of the 1914

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...

for his work on the

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemic ...

and

pathology Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in ...

of the

vestibular apparatus The vestibular system, in vertebrates, is a sensory system that creates the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance. Together with the cochlea, a part of the auditory system, it constitutes ...

of the ear, was a professor at Uppsala University from 1917 until his death in 1936. * Carl Axel Gemzell (1910 - 2007) made research dealing with gonadotropins, including development of a pregnancy test to detect human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), as well as characterization of human pituitary and placental gonadotropins. He performed the first successful ovulation induction in women with hypothalamic-pituitary insufficiency using human pituitary

gonadotropin Gonadotropins are glycoprotein hormones secreted by gonadotropic cells of the anterior pituitary of vertebrates. This family includes the mammalian hormones follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), the placental/ chorioni ...

s while being a professor at Uppsala University.Carl A. Gemzell
at American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society. Submitted by Robert B. Jaffe. Retrieved July 2012.

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