The Ohio State University Medical Center Includes:

• OSU College of Medicine/ Office of Health Sciences
• OSU Physicians, Inc.
• OSU Health System (six hospitals, primary care network, specialty care network)

Growth with People

• Over 3,800 new faculty and staff jobs created since 2000 (>50 percent increase)
• Over 1,000 more medical student applicants since 2000 (increase from 8.9 percent to 10.9 percent of all U.S. applicants); less than 9 percent acceptance rate.
  

Research Mission Facts

• From 2000-2006, total OSUMC research funding increased by more than $100 million ($80.5 million to $188.7 million); NIH funding increased from $58.9 million to $100.3 million.
• The largest five-year gain in the country by National Science Foundation medical sciences rankings of total research funding.
• OSU is one of only 39 National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
• OSUMC houses or co-manages more than 10 research centers and institutes and 22 core research laboratories.
• Received $55.3 million in multiyear Third Frontier research grants from state of Ohio.
• More than 2,000 active clinical trials in virtually every medical specialty.
• Currently exceeding the average growth rate of top-tier U.S. medical schools in funded research, journal publication and technology licenses.
  
  

Education Mission Facts

• Ranked 30th by U.S. News & World Report; 12th among public medical schools; a gain of 14 positions since 2003.
• 8th largest medical student enrollment in U.S.; about 210 students in each entering class.
• 9 percent acceptance rate; 60 percent matriculation rate.
• Out-of-state student enrollment up to 45 percent from 20 percent in past six years.
• There are currently more than 13,000 College of Medicine MD and residency program graduates practicing in all 50 states and in more than 30 countries.
  
  

Patient Care Mission Facts

• Ranked as one of the top 5 academic medical centers in the U.S. by the University Health System Consortium for delivering high-quality, safe, effective care (others are Mayo Clinic, Brigham and Women's, Cedars Sinai, University of Michigan).
• One of 50 hospitals in the country named to the Leapfrog Group's list of "Top Hospitals" for quality and safety.
• 15th consecutive year named one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report - seven specialties ranked in 2007.
• For eight consecutive years, the only central Ohio hospital named to American Hospital Association's Most Wired list for patient safety.
• First hospital in central Ohio to achieve Magnet status for nursing excellence.
• Patient admissions have increased 22 percent in central Ohio from FY 2000 to FY 2007, with OSUMC admissions increasing 36.2 percent during this time.
• Record operating revenue and income in FY 2007
• OSU Health System statistics (FY '07):
          •56,819 patient admissions (36.2 percent increase since FY 2000)
          •4,426 births
          •899,166 outpatient visits
          •102,449 Emergency Department visits
          •15,695 inpatient surgeries
          •15,395 outpatient surgeries
  
  

OSU Health System Encompasses:

• University Hospital
• University Hospital East
• James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
• OSU Harding Hospital
• Ross Heart Hospital
• OSU Rehabilitation Services at Dodd Hall
• OSU Primary Care Network (13 offices)
• Specialty Care Network

Also based at the Medical Center is the OSU Office of Health Sciences, which encompasses eight research centers that involve faculty and researchers from across the OSU campus.

• Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
• Center for Biostatistics
• Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Office of Geriatrics and Gerontology
• Center for Molecular Neurobiology
• Nisonger Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
• Prior Health Sciences Library/Center for Knowledge Management
• Center for Microbial Interface Biology
  
  

Our Mission:

To improve people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care.

Our Vision:

Working as a team, we will shape the future of medicine by creating, disseminating and applying new knowledge, and by personalizing health care to meet the needs of each individual.

Our Values:

Integrity - Teamwork - Innovation - Excellence - Leadership

Other Notable OSU Medical Center Facts

• Six Signature Programs are targeted for continued growth and distinction - Cancer, Critical Care, Heart, Imaging, Neurosciences and Transplantation - and are linking related programs in all three mission areas of research education and patient care.
• Three programs have been identified as key Supporting Programs for all Signature Programs: Behavioral Medicine, Biomedical Informatics and Genetics.
• With estimated FY 2007 operating revenue of $1.84 billion, OSU Medical Center is virtually self-sustaining financially and represents 51.3 percent of University revenue.
• OSUMC provides nearly $113 million in annual community benefits through charity care, outreach efforts, bad debt and other support.
• In the midst of a $500-million fund-raising campaign for student scholarships, endowed chairs and construction called The Power to Change Lives, the campaign had raised more than $325 million by March 2007.