1. Departments, Divisions and Centers in the Evolution of Medical Schools
Eugene Braunwald, MD 
The American Journal of Medicine 
Volume 119, Issue 6, Pages (June 2006)
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2. Figure 1
Organization of clinical departments and divisions in medical schools and teaching hospitals circa Cardiovasc. = cardiovascular; GI = gastrointestinal; Musc. Skel. = musculoskeletal; Med = medicine; Surg = surgery; Peds = pediatrics; Pathol = pathology; Radiol. = diagnostic radiology and radiotherapy.
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3. Figure 2
Organization circa The ovals shown by the red dotted lines represent informal, multidepartmental, disease and organ system based “affinity groups.” Not illustrated are affinity groups in pre-clinical departments.
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4. Figure 3
Organization circa Disease and organ system based centers, denoted by solid red ovals have replaced some, but not all, affinity groups shown by the red dotted lines.
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5. Figure 4
Organization of medical schools and academic medical centers in In addition to a full complement of disease and organ system based centers, three examples of cross-cutting technology-based centers denoted by the broken yellow lines are shown. Not illustrated is the important involvement of preclinical faculty in both types of centers.
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