Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
TypePrivate[1] Allopathic (MD) Medical School
Established2008
DeanChristopher F. Carpenter, M.D (interim)
Students125 per class, 500 total
Location
Rochester
,
Michigan
,
U.S.
Websitewww.oakland.edu/medicine

Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) is the allopathic (MD) medical school for Oakland University (OU). The campus is located north of Detroit in central Oakland County, Michigan and spans the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, but has the mailing address of nearby but not adjacent Rochester.

The school is named after Oakland University, a public university located in Oakland County and William Beaumont Hospital (WBH) which was named for US Army surgeon William Beaumont. Beaumont is widely known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology" following his research on human digestion, which started at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island, Michigan.[2][3][4] William Beaumont Hospital's original name as it was being built was "Oakland Hospital" named for the county. To distinguish itself from nearby Oakwood Hospital, Oakland Hospital changed its name before officially opening . [5]

  1. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". William Beaumont School of Medicine - Oakland University.
  2. ^ Beaumont, William (1996) [1838]. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion. Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-4866-9213-5. gastric juice.
  3. ^ Harré, R. (1981). Great Scientific Experiments: 20 Experiments that Changed Our View of the World. Phaidon (Oxford). pp. 39–47. ISBN 978-0-7148-2096-5.
  4. ^ "About Beaumont's Digestive Health Center of Excellence". Beaumont Health System. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  5. ^ "Timeline/Milestones". Beaumont Health System. Archived from the original on 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2013-11-08.