the Medical Center. Deans Stephen Rushmore, MD, ScD: 1922-1927 A. Warren Stearns, MD: 1927–1945 Dwight O'Hara, MD: 1945–1952 Joseph M. Hayman, MD: 1952–1966 William F. Maloney, 1966–1973 Lauro Cavazos, PhD: Acting Dean 1973–1975, Dean 1975–1980 Marray R. Blair Jr. (interim) 1980 Robert I. Levy, 1981 Henry H. Banks, MD: 1983–1990 Morton A. Madoff, MD, MPH: 1992–1995 John T. Harrington, MD: Dean ad interim 1995–1996, Dean 1996–2002 Michael Rosenblatt, MD: 2003–2009 Harris Berman, MD: Dean ad interim 2009–2011, Dean 2011–2019 Peter Bates, MD: Dean ad interim: 2020–2021 Helen Boucher, MD: Dean ad interim: 2021–2022, Dean 2022-present Organization and degree programs The Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM), established in 1893, is under the supervision of a dean, appointed by the president and the provost, with the approval of the Trustees of Tufts College (the university's governing board). The dean is responsible for all aspects of the school's operations, including medical education, admissions, faculty appointments, clinical relationships, and various affiliated research centers and institutes. The TUSM faculty is divided into seven basic science departments and eighteen clinical science departments. The clinical faculty have primary staff appointments at the Tufts Medical Center, Baystate Hospital, the VA Boston Medical Healthcare System, and Faulkner Hospital, and seven other teaching hospitals in Massachusetts. The basic science faculty, on the other hand, are full-time members of the Tufts University faculty. TUSM offers a four year curriculum leading to the degree of doctor of medicine as well as several combined degree programs: MD/MPH, MD/PhD, the MD/MS in engineering, a joint program with the School of Engineering, an MD/MBA in Health Management in collaboration with Brandeis University, and an MD/MALD with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. A final unconventional degree program is the early acceptance joint BA/MD program offered exclusively to undergraduates at Tufts University, College of the Holy Cross, Boston College, Brandeis University, and Northeastern. The School of Medicine also offers three free–standing programs: a master of public health degree offered in collaboration with the School of Arts and Sciences and the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and has four tracks that include: a Bachelors/MPH offered with the School of Arts and Sciences, a JD/MPH offered in collaboration with Northeastern University School of Law, an MS in Nutrition/MPH offered with the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and DVM/MPH offered with the School of Veterinary Medicine. The school