Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School is the medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area in , . Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the United States.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: medical school in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: Harvard University Medical School

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Warren Anatomical Museum.

Public building
Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.
The is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts. is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Harvard Medical School.

Museum
The , part of Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren when he whose personal collection of 160 unusual and instructive anatomical and pathological specimens form the nucleus of the museum's 15,000-item collection. is situated 400 feet east of Harvard Medical School.

Hospital
Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in , . Dana-Farber is the founding member of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Harvard's Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute, and is a principal teaching affiliate and research institute of Harvard Medical School. is situated 960 feet northwest of Harvard Medical School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mission Hill and Brookline.

Suburb
is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by , and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of .

is a primarily residential, although fairly high density, suburb of . It has several interesting neighborhoods to visit, and two National Historic Sites.

Neighborhood
The is a historic district roughly bounded by Boylston Street, Pond Ave, and Acron, Oakland and Highland Roads in .

Harvard Medical School

Latitude
42.33574° or 42° 20′ 9″ north
Longitude
-71.10513° or 71° 6′ 19″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
87JC8VPV+7W
Geo­Names ID
7536029
Wiki­data ID
Q49121
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Harvard Medical School” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كلية هارفارد للطب
  • Arabic: مدرسة طب هارفرد
  • Arabic: مدرسة هارفارد الطبية
  • Arabic: مدرسه طب هارفرد
  • Armenian: Հարվարդի բժշկական դպրոց
  • Asturian: Escuela Médica de Harvard
  • Asturian: Harvard Medical School
  • Belarusian: Гарвардзкая мэдыцынская школа
  • Belarusian: Гарвардская медыцынская школа
  • Bengali: হার্ভার্ড মেডিকেল স্কুল
  • Bulgarian: Медицинско училище на Харвард
  • Catalan: Escola de Medicina Harvard
  • Catalan: Facultat de Medicina Harvard
  • Catalan: Harvard Medical School
  • Central Kurdish: زانکۆی پزیشکیی هارڤارد
  • Chinese: 哈佛医学院
  • Chinese: 哈佛醫學院
  • Czech: Harvardova lékařská škola
  • Dutch: Harvard Medical School
  • Egyptian Arabic: مدرسة طب هارفارد
  • Esperanto: medicina altlernejo Harvard
  • Estonian: Harvard Medical School
  • Finnish: Harvard Medical School
  • French: Harvard Medical School
  • Galician: Facultade de Medicina Harvard
  • Georgian: ჰარვარდის სამედიცინო სკოლა
  • German: Harvard Medical School
  • Greek: Ιατρική Σχολή του Χάρβαρντ
  • Hebrew: בית הספר לרפואה באוניברסיטת הרווארד
  • Hebrew: בית הספר לרפואה של הרווארד
  • Hungarian: Harvard Medical School
  • Irish: Scoil Leighis Harvard
  • Italian: Harvard Medical School
  • Japanese: ハーバード大学医学大学院
  • Japanese: ハーバード大学医学部
  • Korean: 하버드 의학대학원
  • Korean: 하버드 의학전문대학원
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Scola Medical Harvard
  • Malayalam: ഹാർവാർഡ് മെഡിക്കൽ സ്കൂൾ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Harvard Medical School
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Harvard Medical School
  • Occitan (post 1500): Harvard Medical School
  • Persian: دانشکده پزشکی هاروارد
  • Persian: مدرسه پزشکی هاروارد
  • Polish: Harvard Medical School
  • Portuguese: Escola de Medicina Harvard
  • Romanian: Facultatea de Medicină Harvard
  • Russian: Гарвардская медицинская школа
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sgoil Leigheis Harvard
  • Serbian: Медицинска школа Харвард
  • Slovenian: Medicinska fakulteta Harvard
  • Slovenian: Medicinska šola Harvard
  • Spanish: Escuela de Medicina Harvard
  • Spanish: Escuela Medica de Harvard
  • Spanish: Escuela Médica Harvard
  • Spanish: Facultad de Medicina de Harvard
  • Spanish: Harvard Medical School
  • Swedish: Harvard Medical School
  • Tagalog: Harvard Medical School
  • Tatar: Һарвард тыйб мәктәбе
  • Turkish: Harvard Medical School
  • Turkish: Harvard Tıp Okulu
  • Turkish: Harvard Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Ukrainian: Гарвардська медична школа
  • Urdu: ہارورڈ میڈیکل اسکول
  • Uzbek: Garvard Tibbiyot maktabi
  • Vietnamese: trường Y Harvard
  • Welsh: Ysgol Feddygol Harvard

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