From its beginning as a fledgling city hospital in 1837, our institution has been dedicated to the science of improving health care. In 1914, Dr. Roy Scott, a cardiovascular researcher, became noted for his excellence in clinical research and education. Throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, MetroHealth's prominent scientists advanced clinical care by conducting meaningful research to improve our community's health: Dr. Robert Stecher, a prominent researcher in rheumatology; Dr. Frederick Robbins, who received the Nobel prize research leading to isolation of the polio virus; and Dr. Charles Rammelkamp, a Lasker Award winner whose research led to eradication of rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis as sequelae of streptococcal infection.

At the Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research, there is established Centers for Excellence that integrate basic research with genetic epidemiology and clinical research to find the genetic and environmental causes for diseases. These Centers are comprised of basic scientists, clinical scientists, and population scientists who are funded by peer-reviewed agencies such as the NIH. The integrated approach of our Centers of Excellence will eventually result in new treatments and cures for these diseases. Our ongoing commitment to academic and clinical excellence, coupled with extensive capabilities in biotechnology, bioengineering, genetics, and population science will assure that the Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research continues to grow as one of the major research and training centers in the country

The primary goal of the Robert Schwartz, M.D., Center for Metabolism and Nutrition is to foster interdisciplinary collaborative research and training in Nutrition and Metabolism. The Center faculty represent multiple departments at MetroHealth Medical Center and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The faculty have a long standing record in the application of state-of-the-art technologies, in particular stable isotopic tracers and mass spectrometry, for the study of whole body and regional metabolism in humans. The objective is to translate recent advances in molecular biology, genetics and stable isotopic tracers into further studies of human biology, metabolism and nutrition. A second important goal is to train junior faculty and post doctoral fellows from the Departments of Pediatrics, Reproductive Biology and Medicine in human metabolism and nutrition.

MetroHealth Medical Center’s General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) provides patient care facilities and support services for neonatal, pediatric and adult clinical research in a controlled setting. The four-bed unit is located on the 2nd floor of the Hamann Building. The center is supported by a grant from the Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Resources are available for use by investigators affiliated with Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, and University Hospitals of Cleveland or faculty with admitting privileges to MetroHealth Medical Center.

Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research

Robert Schwartz, M.D., Center for Metabolism and Nutrition