Challenges in life sciences and health systems in the 21st century

نویسندگان

  • Shlomo Melmed
  • Sandor G. Vari
چکیده

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), established in 1902, is a non-profit, tertiary hospital and multi-specialty academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Over 500 predoctoral and postdoctoral students, residents, and fellows participate in more than 60 graduate medical education and doctoral programs. CSMC focuses on biomedical research and technologically advanced medical education based on an interdisciplinary collaboration between physicians and translational investigators. CSMC expertise is especially prominent in cardiovascular, genetics, gene therapy, gastroenterology, neuroscience, immunology, surgery, organ transplantation, stem cells, biomedical imaging, and cancer with more than 800 research projects under way led by 230 Principal Investigators. US News & World Report’s rankings place Cedars-Sinai in 11 adult specialties in the top top 18 Honor Roll of health centers in the USA.

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دوره 55  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014