University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureş
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| Established: | 1945 | ||
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| Type: | Public | ||
| City: | Târgu Mureș | Country: | Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
| Website: | http://www.umftgm.ro | ||
The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș or UMF Targu-Mureș is a public university in Târgu Mureș, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, founded in 1948 as Institutul Medico-Farmaceutic. UMF Targu-Mureş is one of the 6 traditional medical schools in Romania beside UMF Cluj, UMF Bucharest, UMF Timişoara, UMF Iași and UMF Craiova, all being founded before the 1989 Romanian revolution.
The actual complex of the University was constructed in the period between 1908-1909 when it was a military school. After World War II a branch of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Bolyai University was transferred here from Cluj-Napoca. Since 1962 the University of Medicine and Pharmacy has expanded as the number of students has doubled. Many of the doctors who graduated here have become known in the country and abroad.
Entrance
Entrance into the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu-Mureş is established by a highly competitive entrance Exam, of multiple choice nature. Topics tested are of a high level and in the case of General Medicine - anatomy, biology and chemistry are the main topics offered.Medicine in Romania
RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
has a long standing tradition in the medical field. The Romanian health care system, has been in existence since 1700.
George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade was a Romanian cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, together with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and...
, the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner of 1974 in Physiology or Medicine, was born in Iași
Iasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
, in North-Eastern Romania, while Nicolae Paulescu
Nicolae Paulescu
Nicolae Paulescu was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, the discoverer of insulin . The "pancreine" was a crude extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.-Early life and activities:Born in Bucharest,...
, the discoverer of insulin
Insulin
Insulin is a hormone central to regulating carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle....
, was born in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
It is also notable that during the 1828 plague in Bucharest, 21 out of the 26 doctors, lost their lives whilst administering treatment for the disease.
See also
- George Emil PaladeGeorge Emil PaladeGeorge Emil Palade was a Romanian cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, together with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The prize was granted for his innovations in electron microscopy and...
- Nicolae PaulescuNicolae PaulescuNicolae Paulescu was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, the discoverer of insulin . The "pancreine" was a crude extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.-Early life and activities:Born in Bucharest,...
- List of Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine
- Nobel Prize ControversiesNobel Prize controversiesSubsequent to his death in 1896, the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes. Annual prizes were to be awarded for service to humanity in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Similarly, the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic...