University of Minnesota Medical School
Founded in 1888, the mission of the
University of Minnesota Medical School
is to be a leader in enhancing the health of people through the education of skilled, compassionate, and socially responsible physicians. With campuses in Duluth and the Twin Cities serving diverse populations in rural and urban Minnesota, the Medical School is dedicated to preeminent primary care medicine, exemplary specialty care, and innovative research.
Innovative approaches and affiliation with the University of Minnesota Medical School have led to several firsts at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, including first successful open-heart surgery, bone marrow transplant, double lung transplant and simultaneous laparoscopic living donor kidney and partial-pancreas transplant.