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Andre admits he never thought he needed a doctor. But in early 2017 at the age of 49, Andre began to rethink his doctor-less position, because he noticed some subtle changes in how he felt. Sleeping and breathing difficulties created a willingness to visit a primary care physician. After a trip to the ER revealed Andre was in early stage heart failure and that he would need the aortic valve in his heart replaced.

Marguerita Booth had never heard of a child being born with their organs on the outside of their body. And yet as she laid in the darkened room of her first ultrasound of her first pregnancy, she was suddenly introduced to a condition that surprisingly affects 1 in every 3600 babies.

Using technology so small that it could sit on a nickel, Michigan Medicine became the third hospital in the world to surgically implant the world’s tiniest pacemaker, known as the Micra AV, into a patient’s heart.

Most aspiring physicians study medicine with the hopes of saving lives, being on the cutting edge of research, or developing the latest therapies and technologies. For Dr. Valeria Valbuena, it was all of the above, plus one additional life-affirming goal.

The "Old Main" University Hospital that opened in 1925 was finally replaced in 1986 with the opening of a new adult hospital and outpatient center

The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved Justin B. Dimick, M.D., M.P.H. as the next chair of the Department of Surgery at the U-M Medical School.

Five University of Michigan professors have been elected to the highest honorary society in the United States for researchers in medicine and health.

While their path was not smooth, faces and names from the past and present show the power of persistence

Developing Future Biologists (DFB) is recruiting new instructors

U-M Medical School M3 Alicia Jacobson grew up in Newton, MA, and graduated from University of Maryland in 2014. She spent the intervening years focused on outdoor education in Nepal, Australia and New England, which illuminated a passion for reducing barriers to health care and improving quality of life.

Brandon Lu (he/him/his) is from Basking Ridge, NJ and graduated from NYU in 2021. Before attending college and opting for an MD/PhD in med school, Brandon was involved with the Structural DNA Nanotechnology lab at NYU.

Julie Blaszczak is Assistant Professor in the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine.

Kate Panzer started her journey on a service learning course for pediatric tuberculosis in Ghana, where she also conducted rural health research with a nonprofit organization, making lifelong connections that continue to motivate her engagement in global health efforts.

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The U-M Medical School is a leader in preparing the physicians and scientists of the future, helping us to fulfill the Michigan Medicine mission and vision.

A University of Michigan Medical School study will examine how Americans perceive and use psychedelics. The project received $3.3 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, to support its effort to better understand real-world trends around psychedelics in the United States.

Jun 2026 · University of Michigan NewsNews article

The Medical School retracts a proposed professionalism requirement for Senate Assembly elections. The requirement would have made faculty with “professionalism issues” ineligible to run for seats in the University’s Senate Assembly.

May 2025 · The Michigan DailyNews article

Three University of Michigan Medical School investigators receive awards from the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The program acknowledges their research as high-risk and high-reward.

Oct 2024 · University of Michigan NewsNews article

The University of Michigan and the National Institutes of Health jointly invest $79 million to support and recruit 30 new faculty members to the Ann Arbor campus. The investment is part of a nationwide effort to enhance inclusion and equity across the biomedical and health sciences community.

Jun 2023 · University of Michigan NewsNews article