The U.S. will see a shortage of up to up to 86,000 physicians by 2036. Academic medicine’s 160 medical schools and nearly 500 academic health systems and teaching hospitals are addressing this gap and training the next generation to meet the future.
A multidisciplinary approach to studying and treating brain disorders is shedding light on the physiological mechanisms that may be behind psychological distress.
When all else fails, brain procedures help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders. But physicians who perform them still grapple with complex ethical questions and the lingering history of lobotomies.
From a supersmart bionic leg to gene therapy for deafness, we look at recent advancements from academic medicine that aim to reduce suffering and treat disease.
