HISTORY OF UC COM The University of Cincinnati-College of Medicine was established in 1819 as the Medical College of Ohio by pioneering physician Daniel Drake. The college was established as a part of the University of Cincinnati in 1896. It is considered the oldest medical college west of the Allegheny Mountains. It is the second-oldest public college of medicine in the United States. The College of Medicine has an exceptional list of alumni and current and past faculty who have made considerable contributions to medicine and to the medical sciences. With an internationally renowned faculty of 850 members, it would be impossible to list all of our accomplishments here; however, you can view a few of the highlights below. Questions and additional information about the history of the College of Medicine can be obtained from the UC Libraries’ Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. HISTORICAL TIMELINE 1819 : Founding of the Medical College of Ohio, precursor to the UC College of Medicine. School becomes the oldest medical school west of the Alleghenies. 1821 : Founding of the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, first teaching hospital of the Medical College of Ohio. It later drops “Lunatic Asylum” from its name in 1861. 1850 : Founding of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, the first pharmacy school west of the Alleghenies. 1852 : Miami Medical College founded. 1869 : Cincinnati Hospital opens to replace the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati. 1896 : Medical College of Ohio officially becomes a part of UC. 1908 : Miami Medical College and the Medical College of Ohio merge to form the Ohio-Miami Medical College. 1919 : Ohio-Miami Medical College renamed the UC College of Medicine. 1938 : Hoxworth Blood Center founded. UC cancer researcher E.W. Wallace among country’s first 10 awardees from the National Institutes of Health. 1960 : UC given executive control of Cincinnati General Hospital; First Sabin Sunday hosted (April 24, 1960) in a campaign to vaccinate children in Cincinnati and Hamilton County using the world’s first oral, live-virus polio vaccine, which was developed by UC’s Albert Sabin, MD.
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