New York Medical College
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New York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area
. The university is located approximately 20 minutes by car north of Yankee Stadium
and 35 minutes by express rail north of Grand Central Terminal
/Times Square
. The main campus in Valhalla
includes Westchester Medical Center University Hospital, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
, the Behavioral Health Center, and the Westchester Institute for Human Development. The second university hospital of New York Medical College is Metropolitan Hospital Center
in Manhattan
.
New York Medical College is the leading academic biomedical research institution between New York City and Albany
, with $44 million in research and programs funded by the National Institutes of Health
, corporations and other sources. The university has specific strengths in the areas of cardiovascular disease
, cancer, neuroscience
and infectious disease
.
Three schools comprise New York Medical College: the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, the School of Health Sciences and Practice, and the School of Medicine. Total enrollment is 1,660 students (including 774 medical students), in addition to 800 residents and clinical fellows. NYMC employs 1,350 full-time faculty members and 1,450 part-time and voluntary faculty. The university has more than 12,000 alumni active in medical practice, healthcare administration, public health, teaching and research.
who was an editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant was concerned about the condition of hospitals and medical education in New York City. His main concern was with some of the medical practices being used to treat disease, which at the time included bleedings, purges, and the administration of strong drugs in too large doses. Interest in the medical field rapidly grew over the next few years due to the United States Civil War, which generated a major need for health related occupations. As a result, the college was founded and opened as the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York on the corner of 20th Street and Third Avenue, near Union Square
in Manhattan
. In the first semester there were 59 students and 8 professors. The college adopted the name New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1869 and, in 1887, New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital.
A separate institution known as the New York Medical College for Women was founded a few years later in 1863. In 1867, it graduated Emily Stowe
, the first female physician to practice in Canada. Three years later in 1870, Susan McKinney Stewart
graduated as the first African-American female physician in New York State. When the Women's College closed in 1918, its students transferred to New York Medical College.
In 1875, Metropolitan Hospital Center
opened as a municipal facility on Ward’s Island, staffed largely by the faculty of New York Medical College. As a university hospital of New York Medical College, this relationship is among the nation’s oldest continuing affiliations between a private medical school and a public hospital.
Built by New York Medical College in 1889, The Flower Free Surgical Hospital, was the first teaching hospital in the United States to be owned by a medical college. It was constructed at York Avenue and 63rd Street with funds given largely by Congressman Roswell P. Flower, later governor of New York. In 1908 the College changed its name to New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital. In 1928 the College was the first medical school in the nation to establish a minority scholarship program. By 1935, the College had transferred its outpatient activities to the Fifth Avenue Hospital at Fifth Avenue and 106th Street. The College (including Flower Hospital) and Fifth Avenue Hospital merged in 1938 and became New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals.
In 1972, New York Medical College opened a campus in Valhalla
, at the invitation of the Westchester County government, which desired to build an academic medical center. Completed in 1977, Westchester Medical Center
is currently the main academic medical center of the College. The College became affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York in 1978, which helped provide financial stability and also established a shared commitment for the public good in the area of health care and the health sciences. The College recognized itself in the Catholic tradition and remained affiliated with several Catholic hospitals. When Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital closed in 1979, the main operations of New York Medical College were transferred to the Valhalla campus. The college shortened its name to New York Medical College in 1982.
In 1984, the New York State Department of Education recognized the status of New York Medical College as a university.
In December 2009, it was announced that Touro College
in Manhattan
had reached an agreement to assume the sponsorship role for New York Medical College from the Archdiocese of New York. New York Medical College officially joined the Touro College and University System on May 25, 2011 in a ceremony held at Bryant Park
.
The GSBMS prepares future researchers, teachers, senior-level scientists and technicians to work in academia and industry. It is located in the Basic Sciences Building along with facilities of the School of Medicine. The graduate school has approximately 150 enrolled students and 90 faculty members.
Doctoral (PhD) and masters (MS) programs are available in the fields of cell biology & anatomy, biochemistry & molecular biology, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, and microbiology & immunology. The Graduate School offers an Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) intended for prospective medical school applicants and a MD/PhD dual degree program for current and prospective medical students.
The SHSP offers accredited programs in public health
(MPH
, DrPH), speech language pathology (MS), and doctor of physical therapy
(DPT
). Doctoral students may pursue a dual degree (MD/MPH) or joint degree (DPT/MPH) at significantly reduced cost.
Students in the Master of Public Health
program may major in Behavioral Sciences & Health Promotion, Epidemiology
, Environmental Health Science, or Health Policy & Management
The School of Health Sciences and Practice also offers graduate certificates in the following areas: Global Health, Public Health, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES-accredited), Industrial Hygiene, Management of Long-Term Care Facilities, Children with Special Health Care Needs (Center on Disability and Health), and Emergency Preparedness (Center for Disaster Medicine).
degrees per year. Students have the opportunity to earn joint degrees, combining the M.D.
with a M.P.H., M.S. or PhD in the School of Health Sciences and Practice or Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
The School of Medicine has 774 actively enrolled students (31% in-state) along with 2,944 faculty members serving in 6 basic science and 20 clinical departments. Grading is Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail. On-campus housing is provided for most preclinical students in furnished, unfurnished, single or married configurations.
In 2008, the passing rate for the USMLE Step 1 exam was 98%, above the 94% national average. To date, 13,270 physicians have graduated from the School of Medicine with 97% being board certified. Approximately 917 School of Medicine graduates currently serve on an American medical school faculty, including 18 department chairs.
of all hospitals in the United States.
Approximately half of the medical school class relocates to New York City for clinical rotations (MS-3, MS-4), for which the primary site is Metropolitan Hospital Center
in Manhattan. Students are not officially assigned to a single location. Rather, they may trade individual rotations to best suit their needs. Housing is provided for rotations that are further from the main campus, such as those in Connecticut, New Jersey or Staten Island.
New York Medical College is affiliated with the following hospitals and health care organizations for graduate and undergraduate medical education: (* Designates trauma centers)
Medical students are especially selected from the top colleges and universities across the country and the first-year class typically arrives with an average composite MCAT score of 31.
While the school's reputation among residency programs generally centers around the Northeastern United States, New York Med is a national medical school as 74.3% of the entering class and 83.0% of the applicants are from out of state.
Matriculates in the class of 2010 graduated from 93 college and universities across the U.S and are residents of 27 states. Subsequently, the class of 2010 matched into the following specialties:
New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...
. The university is located approximately 20 minutes by car north of Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
and 35 minutes by express rail north of Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal —often incorrectly called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
/Times Square
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...
. The main campus in Valhalla
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place that is located within the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, in Westchester County. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census...
includes Westchester Medical Center University Hospital, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center is the advanced care pediatric hospital for New York’s Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut...
, the Behavioral Health Center, and the Westchester Institute for Human Development. The second university hospital of New York Medical College is Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan hospital center
Metropolitan Hospital Center was founded in 1875 in Manhattan. Metropolitan is located in an area where East Harlem merges with the Upper East Side and Yorkville. The physical plant extends from First to Second Avenues and from East 97th to East 99th Streets. The hospital caters to a wide spectra...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
.
New York Medical College is the leading academic biomedical research institution between New York City and Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
, with $44 million in research and programs funded by the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
, corporations and other sources. The university has specific strengths in the areas of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease
Heart disease or cardiovascular disease are the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels . While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system , it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis...
, cancer, neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
and infectious disease
Infectious disease
Infectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
.
Three schools comprise New York Medical College: the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, the School of Health Sciences and Practice, and the School of Medicine. Total enrollment is 1,660 students (including 774 medical students), in addition to 800 residents and clinical fellows. NYMC employs 1,350 full-time faculty members and 1,450 part-time and voluntary faculty. The university has more than 12,000 alumni active in medical practice, healthcare administration, public health, teaching and research.
History of New York Medical College
New York Medical College owes its founding in 1860 to a group of civic leaders who believed that medical studies should be practiced with a better understanding of what the patient needs. This group of civic leaders was led by the noted poet William Cullen BryantWilliam Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.-Youth and education:...
who was an editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant was concerned about the condition of hospitals and medical education in New York City. His main concern was with some of the medical practices being used to treat disease, which at the time included bleedings, purges, and the administration of strong drugs in too large doses. Interest in the medical field rapidly grew over the next few years due to the United States Civil War, which generated a major need for health related occupations. As a result, the college was founded and opened as the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York on the corner of 20th Street and Third Avenue, near Union Square
Union Square (New York City)
Union Square is a public square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.It is an important and historic intersection, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century; its name celebrates neither the...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. In the first semester there were 59 students and 8 professors. The college adopted the name New York Homeopathic Medical College in 1869 and, in 1887, New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital.
A separate institution known as the New York Medical College for Women was founded a few years later in 1863. In 1867, it graduated Emily Stowe
Emily Stowe
Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Emily Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario...
, the first female physician to practice in Canada. Three years later in 1870, Susan McKinney Stewart
Susan McKinney Stewart
Susan Maria McKinney Steward was an American physician and author. She was the third African-American woman to earn a medical degree, and the first in New York state.-Biography:...
graduated as the first African-American female physician in New York State. When the Women's College closed in 1918, its students transferred to New York Medical College.
In 1875, Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan hospital center
Metropolitan Hospital Center was founded in 1875 in Manhattan. Metropolitan is located in an area where East Harlem merges with the Upper East Side and Yorkville. The physical plant extends from First to Second Avenues and from East 97th to East 99th Streets. The hospital caters to a wide spectra...
opened as a municipal facility on Ward’s Island, staffed largely by the faculty of New York Medical College. As a university hospital of New York Medical College, this relationship is among the nation’s oldest continuing affiliations between a private medical school and a public hospital.
Built by New York Medical College in 1889, The Flower Free Surgical Hospital, was the first teaching hospital in the United States to be owned by a medical college. It was constructed at York Avenue and 63rd Street with funds given largely by Congressman Roswell P. Flower, later governor of New York. In 1908 the College changed its name to New York Homeopathic Medical College and Flower Hospital. In 1928 the College was the first medical school in the nation to establish a minority scholarship program. By 1935, the College had transferred its outpatient activities to the Fifth Avenue Hospital at Fifth Avenue and 106th Street. The College (including Flower Hospital) and Fifth Avenue Hospital merged in 1938 and became New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals.
In 1972, New York Medical College opened a campus in Valhalla
Valhalla, New York
Valhalla is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place that is located within the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, in Westchester County. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census...
, at the invitation of the Westchester County government, which desired to build an academic medical center. Completed in 1977, Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital is a 635-bed Level I Trauma Center providing high-quality advanced health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut...
is currently the main academic medical center of the College. The College became affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York in 1978, which helped provide financial stability and also established a shared commitment for the public good in the area of health care and the health sciences. The College recognized itself in the Catholic tradition and remained affiliated with several Catholic hospitals. When Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital closed in 1979, the main operations of New York Medical College were transferred to the Valhalla campus. The college shortened its name to New York Medical College in 1982.
In 1984, the New York State Department of Education recognized the status of New York Medical College as a university.
In December 2009, it was announced that Touro College
Touro College
Touro College is a sponsored independent institution of higher and professional education, in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by Dr. Bernard Lander, the College was established primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, and to serve the larger American community...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
had reached an agreement to assume the sponsorship role for New York Medical College from the Archdiocese of New York. New York Medical College officially joined the Touro College and University System on May 25, 2011 in a ceremony held at Bryant Park
Bryant Park
Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan...
.
The Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
The College's involvement in graduate education dates back to 1910, when its records show the existence of advanced courses and research programs. Graduate courses in surgery and medicine were offered in the 1920s. In 1938, the College's charter was amended to include the authority to offer graduate degrees. In 1963, the Graduate School of Medical Sciences was officially founded, establishing for the first time a center for graduate education separate from the medical curriculum. The school was renamed the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences in 1969.The GSBMS prepares future researchers, teachers, senior-level scientists and technicians to work in academia and industry. It is located in the Basic Sciences Building along with facilities of the School of Medicine. The graduate school has approximately 150 enrolled students and 90 faculty members.
Doctoral (PhD) and masters (MS) programs are available in the fields of cell biology & anatomy, biochemistry & molecular biology, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, and microbiology & immunology. The Graduate School offers an Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) intended for prospective medical school applicants and a MD/PhD dual degree program for current and prospective medical students.
The School of Health Sciences and Practice & Institute of Public Health
The School of Health Sciences and Practice began in 1981 as the Graduate School of Health Sciences, located at Vosburgh Pavilion near the School of Medicine and Westchester Medical Center. Student enrollment is approximately 500 with 221 faculty members (150 full-time).The SHSP offers accredited programs in public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
(MPH
Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health and the Doctor of Public Health are multi-disciplinary professional degrees awarded for studies in areas related to public health....
, DrPH), speech language pathology (MS), and doctor of physical therapy
Doctor of Physical Therapy
The Doctor of Physical Therapy or Doctor of Physiotherapy is a post-baccalaureate three-year degree conferred upon successful completion of a professional clinical doctoral level professional or post-professional physical therapist education program for the licensed physical therapist...
(DPT
DPT
The abbreviation DPT can refer to:*The Democratic Party of Turkmenistan*The Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine*The Democratic Peace Theory*Dioptre, most commonly a unit measuring refraction in a lens or curved mirror...
). Doctoral students may pursue a dual degree (MD/MPH) or joint degree (DPT/MPH) at significantly reduced cost.
Students in the Master of Public Health
Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health and the Doctor of Public Health are multi-disciplinary professional degrees awarded for studies in areas related to public health....
program may major in Behavioral Sciences & Health Promotion, Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...
, Environmental Health Science, or Health Policy & Management
The School of Health Sciences and Practice also offers graduate certificates in the following areas: Global Health, Public Health, Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES-accredited), Industrial Hygiene, Management of Long-Term Care Facilities, Children with Special Health Care Needs (Center on Disability and Health), and Emergency Preparedness (Center for Disaster Medicine).
The School of Medicine
Founded in 1860, the School of Medicine at New York Medical College is one of the oldest in the nation. It is the largest of the three graduate schools, awarding approximately 190 Doctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
degrees per year. Students have the opportunity to earn joint degrees, combining the M.D.
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
with a M.P.H., M.S. or PhD in the School of Health Sciences and Practice or Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences
The School of Medicine has 774 actively enrolled students (31% in-state) along with 2,944 faculty members serving in 6 basic science and 20 clinical departments. Grading is Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail. On-campus housing is provided for most preclinical students in furnished, unfurnished, single or married configurations.
In 2008, the passing rate for the USMLE Step 1 exam was 98%, above the 94% national average. To date, 13,270 physicians have graduated from the School of Medicine with 97% being board certified. Approximately 917 School of Medicine graduates currently serve on an American medical school faculty, including 18 department chairs.
Affiliated Hospitals and Organizations
Located on campus, Westchester Medical Center University Hospital is the main academic medical center of New York Medical College School of Medicine, as well as the primary rotation site for medical students. It is ranked among the top five hospitals in New York State for bariatric surgery, and one of only 25 hospitals in the nation to receive the American Heart Association's 2008 Triple Performance Award. Westchester Medical Center also boasts the highest case mix indexCase Mix Index
Case mix index is the average diagnosis-related group weight for all of a hospital's Medicare volume. It can be used to adjust the average cost per patient for a given hospital relative to the adjusted average cost for other hospitals by dividing the average cost per patient by the hospital's...
of all hospitals in the United States.
Approximately half of the medical school class relocates to New York City for clinical rotations (MS-3, MS-4), for which the primary site is Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan hospital center
Metropolitan Hospital Center was founded in 1875 in Manhattan. Metropolitan is located in an area where East Harlem merges with the Upper East Side and Yorkville. The physical plant extends from First to Second Avenues and from East 97th to East 99th Streets. The hospital caters to a wide spectra...
in Manhattan. Students are not officially assigned to a single location. Rather, they may trade individual rotations to best suit their needs. Housing is provided for rotations that are further from the main campus, such as those in Connecticut, New Jersey or Staten Island.
New York Medical College is affiliated with the following hospitals and health care organizations for graduate and undergraduate medical education: (* Designates trauma centers)
Westchester and upstate New York
- Westchester Medical CenterWestchester Medical CenterWestchester Medical Center University Hospital is a 635-bed Level I Trauma Center providing high-quality advanced health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut...
(University Hospital) * - Maria Fareri Children’s HospitalMaria Fareri Children’s HospitalMaria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center is the advanced care pediatric hospital for New York’s Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut...
(University Hospital) * - Benedictine Hospital
- Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point
- Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, Sleepy Hollow
- Mount Vernon Hospital
- Northern Westchester Hospital Center
- Saint Joseph's Medical Center, Yonkers
- St. Vincent's Hospital, Westchester
- Sound Shore Medical CenterSound Shore Medical CenterSound Shore Medical Center is a community-based, teaching hospital affiliated with New York Medical College, located at 16 Guion Place in New Rochelle, New York...
* - VA Hudson Valley Health Care System
- Westchester Institute for Human Development
- Open Door Family Medical Centers
New York City
- Metropolitan Hospital CenterMetropolitan hospital centerMetropolitan Hospital Center was founded in 1875 in Manhattan. Metropolitan is located in an area where East Harlem merges with the Upper East Side and Yorkville. The physical plant extends from First to Second Avenues and from East 97th to East 99th Streets. The hospital caters to a wide spectra...
(University Hospital) (Manhattan) - Lenox Hill HospitalLenox Hill HospitalLenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of New York University Medical Center. Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, today's 10-building Lenox Hill Hospital complex has occupied its present site since...
(Manhattan) - New York Eye and Ear InfirmaryNew York Eye and Ear Infirmary__notoc__The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York City, is one of the most prominent otolaryngology and ophthalmology hospitals in the world, providing primary inpatient and outpatient care in those specialties...
(Manhattan) - Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center (Manhattan)
- Calvary Hospital (Bronx, Brooklyn)
- Center for Comprehensive Health Practice (Bronx)
- Montefiore Medical CenterMontefiore Medical CenterMontefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named for Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State . In 2011, Montefiore Medical Center was ranked as #6 of the 180 New York City...
, North Division (Bronx) - Richmond University Medical CenterRichmond University Medical CenterRichmond University Medical Center is a hospital in West New Brighton, Staten Island in New York City. The hospital occupies the buildings that were formerly St. Vincent's Medical Center, which closed in 2006.-History:...
(Staten Island) *
Connecticut
- Greenwich HospitalGreenwich HospitalGreenwich Hospital can refer to:*Greenwich Hospital , USA*Greenwich Hospital , UK...
* - Norwalk HospitalNorwalk HospitalNorwalk Hospital is a nonprofit, acute-care, community hospital in the Spring Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. It is also a teaching hospital....
* - St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport)St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport)St. Vincent's Medical Center is a 397-bed acute care Catholic hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut.The hospital is now controlled by Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system, which is in turn controlled by several religious orders, including the Daughters...
*
Matriculation and Residency Match
The School of Medicine is one of the more selective in the nation, with an approximately 10% interview rate and 6% overall acceptance rate. Over 11,000 applicants from across the country applied for an entering class of 190 in the 2008–2009 application cycle, making New York Med the third most applied to medical school in the nation.Medical students are especially selected from the top colleges and universities across the country and the first-year class typically arrives with an average composite MCAT score of 31.
While the school's reputation among residency programs generally centers around the Northeastern United States, New York Med is a national medical school as 74.3% of the entering class and 83.0% of the applicants are from out of state.
Matriculates in the class of 2010 graduated from 93 college and universities across the U.S and are residents of 27 states. Subsequently, the class of 2010 matched into the following specialties:
- internal medicine (40)
- radiology (28)
- pediatrics (20)
- emergency medicine (18)
- anesthesiology (17)
- general surgery (16)
- orthopaedic surgery (10)
- psychiatry (10)
- Ob/Gyn (8)
- ophthalmology (5)
- physical medicine & rehabilitation (4)
- neurology (4)
- otorhinolaryngology (3)
- family practice (3)
- neurosurgery (1)
- pathology (1)
- medicine-pediatrics (1)
- child psychiatry (1)
- child neurology (1)
Notable alumni
- Michael J. BronsonMichael J. BronsonMichael J. Bronson, M.D., is an American orthopaedic surgeon and the author of extensive advances in the development of minimally invasive surgical instruments to advance unicondylar partial knee replacement, including the Vision Total Hip System, a widely used hip replacement system that avoids...
, Co-Director of Joint Replacement Services at the Mount Sinai Medical CenterMount Sinai Hospital, New YorkMount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of the oldest and largest teaching hospitals in the United States. In 2011-2012, Mount Sinai Hospital was ranked as one of America's best hospitals by U.S... - Susan McKinney Steward M.D. – first African-American female physician in New York State and third in the nation. Graduated in 1870, valedictorian of her class.
- Emily StoweEmily StoweDr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Emily Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario...
M.D. – first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage.