The University of Michigan Medical School continues to be among the top 10 research-oriented medical schools in the country, according to the annual “Best Graduate Schools” rankings released April 4 by U.S. News & World Report. This year’s rankings placed the U-M as number eight among the nation’s 125 accredited medical schools, retaining the position it held last year.

U.S. News & World Report also ranks medical schools in eight specialties, and the U-M Medical School made the top 10 in four: family medicine (ranked 4th, a jump of six places from last year), geriatrics (7th), internal medicine (8th) and women’s health (9th).

“Our faculty’s emphasis on providing the finest education for tomorrow’s doctors was an important element in our ranking this year,” says Dean Allen S. Lichter (M.D. 1972). “Peer recognition is a significant part of the U.S. News methodology, and we’re honored to know our peers hold the U-M Medical School in such high regard.”

—MBR

See this year’s complete rankings: www.usnews.com