The Feinberg School of Medicine is one of Northwestern University's 11 schools and colleges. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, situated near Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile.

    Originally founded as the Medical Department of Lind University in 1859 and renamed the Chicago Medical College in 1863, the school affiliated with Northwestern in 1870. In 1891, the medical school became an administrative department of the university. It had occupied buildings on the near south side of Chicago from 1870 until the Ward Building was constructed downtown.

    Northwestern University Medical School was renamed the Feinberg School of Medicine in 2002, reflecting a $75 million donation. It is said that Reuben Feinberg started to donate to the University after being hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a heart attack. The first donation, in 1988, was for $17 million to establish the Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute. A $10 million donation was subsequently sent in 1996 to establish the Frances Evelyn Feinberg Clinical Neurosciences Institute.

    The Feinberg School consistently ranks among the nation's top medical schools, and is currently ranked 20th among American medical research schools by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the school is nationally ranked 13th among residency directors and 12th in student selectivity, reflecting an admissions acceptance rate of 6.5% of applicants.

    Northwestern, and the Feinberg School of Medicine in particular, is known for its indifference to its U.S. News & World Report rankings, focusing less on obtaining favorable statistics and more on enhancing the educational and clinical training experience. Regardless of this, the rankings are widely reported and used. When alumni and others ask about the rankings, former Dean Lewis Landsberg, MD, frequently comments, "We ignore them at our peril."

    Northwestern University has a long-standing reputation for excellence in medical education, with a significant number of graduates holding leadership positions in academic medicine throughout the United States. Recent changes have further improved the caliber of biomedical research and clinical training at the Feinberg School of Medicine, as since 2000, research space has grown 88 percent and education space 67 percent. The number of full-time faculty has also grown to over 1500, reflecting a 20% increase since 2000. The medical school's endowment topped $1 billion in 2005.

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