1. Department of Medicine Ribeirão Preto Medical School University of São Paulo

2. University of São Paulo Campus of Ribeirão Preto

3. Community-Based Medical Center 3 km Emergency Unit HCFMRP Research Unit Blood Bank Virology Center

4. Institutional Relationships HCFMRP FMRP FAEPA Department of Medicine

5. Goals and objectives of the Department of Medicine To extend the activities of the medical undergraduate program performed in community-based areas of health care To introduce the program of Clinical Emergencies in the medical undergraduate program To participate in organizing the degree-granting programs in Physical Therapy, Nutrition and Metabolism and Medical Informatics at the FMRP To broaden the medical activities in the Clinical Emergencies area To design and conduct new research programs in the area of Clinical Epidemiology

6. Goals and objectives of the Department of Medicine To consolidate the areas of Imaging and Medical Physics To widen research programs to be conducted in community-based areas of health care To broaden and continuously update high-complexity areas of patient care To improve doctoral and master graduate programs To organize the area of Clinical Oncology

7. DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT Cardiology 2 professors, 1 associate-professor, 2 assistants Clinical Immunology 2 associate-professors, 2 assistants Dermatology 2 associate-professors, 1 assistant Infectious and Tropical Diseases 3 associate-professors, 2 assistants Endocrinology and Metabolism 2 professors, 1 associate-professor, 1 assistant Nephrology 3 assistants Hematology 2 professors, 2 associate-professors, 1 assistant Nutrition 1 professor, 2 associate-professors, 4 assistants Gastroenterology 3 professors, 1 associate-professor, 1 assistant Pulmonology 1 associate-professor, 2 assistants General Medicine and Geriatrics 1 assistant Radiology and Medical Physics 1 associate-professor, 5 assistants Medical Emergencies 1 assistant

8. HUMAN RESOURCES Assistant physicians USP FACULTY FAEPA FACULTY

9. HUMAN RESOURCES Assistant physicians Administrative staff Technical staff USP FACULTY

10. HUMAN RESOURCES USP FACULTY 10 professors 13 associate professors 30 assistants (MD/PhD)

11. HUMAN RESOURCES FAEPA FACULTY Four assistants with duties and salaries identical to those of USP

12. Assistant physicians 105 of HCFMRP Mainly involved with patient care and medical students teaching HUMAN RESOURCES

13. Technical staff 25 FMRP employees, in research labs; 91 HCFMRP employees, in medical services and diagnostic labs.

14. HUMAN RESOURCES Administrative staff 3 secretaries and 3 clerks in academic secretary 34 HCFMRP employees in medical services and laboratories

15. Undergraduate Teaching Central role of the Department of Medicine plays a pivotal role High commitment of the faculty members with undergraduate teaching Undergraduate Teaching Commitee Participation faculty members in the Undergraduate Program Commitee of the FMRP Opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in research projects Internship training in community-based medical services Participation in the programs of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Nutrition and Metabolism and Medical Informatics

16. Graduate Teaching “Clínica Médica”: a Graduate Program accredited to grant Medical Doctor and Master titles since 1973, has been ranked among the best of the graduate Internal medicine programs Fifty-one faculty members of the Department of Medicine participate in the program 1999 : “Biosciences Applied to Internal Medicine”, a second area within the program for non-medical students

17. 2004 publications and impact factor Impact factor Number of papers