<P> The mission of the Feinberg School of Medicine is to educate the next generation of physicians and scientists . Feinberg ranked 17th among American medical schools for research by U.S. News & World Report in 2017 . It also is committed to patient care and community service . Through clinical affiliates Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), Feinberg faculty provide patient care to tens of thousands of individuals every year . Feinberg and its clinical affiliates are together a $5 billion academic medical enterprise The school employs 4,000 faculty members . </P> <P> Founded as the medical department of Lind University on October 11, 1859 and renamed the Chicago Medical College in 1863, the school affiliated with Northwestern University in 1870 . In 1906, the name was changed to Northwestern University Medical School . It had occupied buildings on the near south side of Chicago from 1863 until the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building was constructed in Streeterville in 1926 . </P> <P> Northwestern University Medical School was renamed the Feinberg School of Medicine in 2002, reflecting a $75 million donation from the Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Foundation . 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 . </P> <P> Northwestern was also affiliated with a medical school for women . The Woman's Hospital Medical College was established in 1870, and later changed its name to the Woman's Medical College of Chicago . It became affiliated with Northwestern University in 1892 as Northwestern University Woman's Medical School.) The Women's Medical College closed in 1902 . </P>

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