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56 HEALTHCARE NEWS US News ranks 'Best Medical Schools 2019' By Alyssa Rege B oston-based Harvard Medical School took the top spot among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Medical Schools" for research for 2019. U.S. News' rankings for the top medical schools for research and primary care are part of the publication's annual "2019 Best Graduate Schools" lists, which recognize the top institutions for several graduate programs, including business, education, law, engineering, nursing and medicine. The publication also published new rank- ings this year for graduate programs in oth- er popular disciplines, including biological sciences, chemistry, public affairs, social work and criminology. Researchers noted this year's list decreased emphasis on medical schools' perceived reputation by 10 percentage points and added four new factors to measure the amount in nonfederal and non-National Institutes of Health research grant funding institutions received. Here are the top 10 medical schools for re- search, including ties, as ranked by U.S. News. 1. Harvard Medical School 2. e Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (Baltimore) 3. NYU School of Medicine (New York City) 3. Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine 5. UC San Francisco School of Medicine 6. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (Roches- ter, Minn.) 6. Perelman School of Medicine at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) 8. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles) 8. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 10. Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, N.C.) Here are the top 10 medical schools for prima- ry care, including ties, as ranked by U.S. News. 1. UNC School of Medicine (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 2. UC San Francisco School of Medicine 3. UW School of Medicine (Seattle) 4. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (Los Angeles) 5. Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) 5. OHSU School of Medicine (Portland, Ore.) 7. University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor) 8. Perelman School of Medicine at the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) 9. University of Colorado School of Medicine (Aurora) 10. UC Davis School of Medicine (Sacramen- to, Calif.) 10. Washington University School of Medi- cine in St. Louis n Florida man upset over 2-hour ED wait steals ambulance to drive home By Mackenzie Bean A Florida man stole an ambulance from The Villages (Fla.) Re- gional Hospital March 6 to drive home after enduring a two- hour wait at the hospital's emergency department, accord- ing Fox35 Orlando. First responders took Danny Konieczny to the hospital earlier in the day after a neighbor called 911, saying the man was drunk and suicidal. Mr. Konieczny told police he grew frustrated after waiting two hours in the ED to see a physician and decided to drive an ambulance to his home 5.7 miles away, according to an arrest affidavit cited by Fox35 Orlando. He allegedly parked the ambulance in his neighbor's driveway, instead of his own, because he believed they were the ones who called the police on him. Investigators found Mr. Konieczny hiding in the trunk of his car in his garage. Mr. Konieczny was arrested, and a judge deemed him ineligible for bond, since he is still on probation for a drunk driving charge from last year. n Researchers noted this year's list decreased emphasis on medical schools' perceived reputation by 10 percent and added four new factors to measure the amount in nonfederal and non-National Institutes of Health research grant funding institutions received.