History

For over a century, the University of Michigan Health System has been at the center of exciting medical research and advancement – with new discoveries, developments and breakthroughs happening all the time.

From opening the country’s first Department of Dermatology in 1912, to helping identify the first gene partially responsible for prostate cancer, UMHS has always been home to a pioneering spirit, and incredible medical benchmarks.

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