New US News and World Report rankings for medical schools again place Duke University School of Medicine among the top 10 medical schools in the nation.
Duke tied for 8th with Columbia University.
Five of Duke’s medical education specialty programs also were ranked in the top 10:
3rd Geriatrics
4th Internal Medicine
8th AIDS
9th Women’s Health
9th Family medicine
The Duke University School of Medicine comprises 21 basic science and clinical departments and numerous centers and institutes, with more than 2,000 faculty members. Among its student body are 449 MD students, 998 residents and fellows, 641 PhD students, as well as 241 medical students at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore.