University of Kansas School of Medicine

The School of Medicine enrolls 175 students each year in the 4-year MD program. The Medical Center has approved residency or fellowship programs in all major clinical disciplines as well as graduate programs in basic sciences .

The hospital-medical school complex is situated on a 50 acre campus, is composed of 35 buildings and houses 484 beds with approximately 14,000 yearly admissions. The outpatient facilities offer daily clinics with 350,000 yearly visits .

Patients are referred to the Medical Center by physicians in private practice, by various local and state welfare organizations and through the emergency department. The emergency service has 26,000 visits per year and receives a large portion of the metropolitan area's major trauma, as well as major trauma from all over the state via helicopter and fixed-winged aircraft.