Johns Hopkins University Research By: Kate Towsen and Lauren
McIntosh. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
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History of the Johns Hopkins University Hopkins medicine counts
many "firsts" among its achievements during its early years: the
first to establish renal dialysis and CPR; the first superior
medical school in the United States to admit women; the first to
use rubber gloves during surgery. With the opening of The Johns
Hopkins Hospital in 1889, followed four years later by The Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins directed in a
new generation marked by harsh entrance requirements for medical
students, an exceedingly upgraded medical school curriculum with
priority on the scientific method, the incorporation of bedside
teaching and laboratory research as part of the instruction, and
alliance of the School of Medicine with the Hospital through joint
appointments.
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Johns Hopkins, the Quaker banker, businessman, and merchant
left $7 million in 1873 to create The Johns Hopkins University and
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, instructing his executors to create new
standards for medical education and health care and models.
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Specific Contributions to the Medical Field Pediatric Neurology
at Johns Hopkins has a long-standing history with its initial
founders counting Doctors Frank Ford and David Clark. The Division
of Pediatric Neurology, within the Department of Neurology, was
founded in 1969 by Doctors John Freeman and Guy McKhann.
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Since the program's initiation, there have been many symbolic
clinical and research accomplishments by members of the pediatric
neurology service. Perhaps the most meaningful is the long-term
success of its apprentices. Of the more than 80 residents who have
completed their training at Johns Hopkins, about two- thirds have
entered academic medicine and one-third are in clinical practice.
Several former apprentices are currently serving as program
directors in North America, Europe and Australia. In 2005, the book
Treatment of Pediatric Neurologic Diseases was published by Doctors
Singer, Kossoff, Crawford and Hartman (all former apprentices),
with the superiority of chapters written by other former Hopkins
apprentices as a testament to their differing but clear
facility.
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Interesting Facts The university has its own ice cream, called
Blue Jay Batter. The blueberry cheesecake flavor is made by
Dominion Ice Cream. Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. President, sang
the Star-Spangled Banner in the Hopkins glee club. In 1916, he
recommended the song as the national anthem.
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Johns Hopkins has a scholarship especially for high schoolers
who get approved from Baltimore public high schools. Johns Hopkins
Hospital was built on the location of an insane asylum. Hopkins
bought the 13-acre location for $150,000 instead of following
through on plans to build the hospital on his 330-acre estate in
Clifton. Johns Hopkins library assortment includes more than 4.3
million titles
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Other Information At $2 billion, The Johns Hopkins University
is, for the 31st straight year, the leading U.S. academic
institution in total research and development spending, according
to the National Science Foundations rankings. Colonized exchange of
kidneys among incompatible donors: First triple transplant,
2003
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First five-way domino transplant, 2006 First six-way donor
kidney swap among 12 individuals, 2008 Developed a safety checklist
that has saved thousands of lives by reducing blood stream
infections (2006) Surgeons at Johns Hopkins colonized brain
operations by entry incision through the eyelid to reach the skull
and deep brain, replacing the more physically damaging invasive
traditional mean of entry, requiring opening the top half of the
skull (2010.)
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Johns Hopkins
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Benjamin Carson got a Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Doctors meet with their patients before and after the
surgery.
