Academic Departments

The faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine are appointed to 19 clinical departments and six basic science departments.The Department of Pathology has Clinical and a Basic Science Division.

Our departments encompass the full range of modern medicine and our faculty are fully committed to education, research and clinical care.

Learn more about the richness of our school using the links below.

Clinical Departments

Tufts University School of Medicine has nineteen clinical departments. Learn more about these departments by visiting their websites using the links below.

Basic Science Departments

The School of Medicine is home to six basic science departments. Learn more about these departments by visiting their websites using the links below.

Anatomy and Cellular Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Pathology - Basic Division

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Tufts University

Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University are international leaders in innovative medical education and advanced research. The School of Medicine and the Sackler School are renowned for excellence in education in general medicine, biomedical sciences, special combined degree programs in business, health management, public health, bioengineering and international relations, as well as basic and clinical research at the cellular and molecular level.

Ranked among the top in the nation, the School of Medicine is affiliated with six major teaching hospitals and more than 30 health care facilities. Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School undertake research that is consistently rated among the highest in the nation for its effect on the advancement of medical science.