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community sErvicE
and nEtworks
As TUSM has flourished beyond our
regional origins, we have also retained
our strong sense of community, keeping
in close touch with the city and the
people just outside our doors. One
example of this commitment is our
affiliation with the adjacent Floating
Hospital for Children — a name that
recalls its origin as a hospital ship treating
babies from urban tenements, aided by
the ocean breezes of Boston Harbor.
TUSM and Tufts Medical Center
continue to fulfill a critical community
hospital role. For example, outreach by
TUSM faculty member Douglas Brugge,
Ph.D., has increased significantly the
number of Chinatown residents being
treated for their asthma. The medical
school’s community health program
has earned top ranking by U.S. News &
World Report.
divErsity and
innovation
TUSM has provided opportunities for
a diverse student population to enter
the field of medicine. First-generation
Americans, and people from all racial,
ethnic, and religious backgrounds, fill our
graduate rolls. Women were admitted to
the very first class. Dr. Dorothy Boulding
Ferebee, Class of 1924, a granddaughter
of African-American slaves, directed
the Mississippi Health Project, which
brought medical care to underserved
blacks in the segregated South of the
1930s. Dr. Louise Eisenhardt, Class
of 1925, became the world’s leading
authority on intracranial tumors and one
of the country’s first neuropathologists.