NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE

'New York Medical College' is a center for graduate medical education located in Westchester County, a suburb half an hour north of New York City. This private university comprises the School of Medicine, which grants the M.D. degree, the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, which grants M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, and the School of Public Health, which grants M.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., and D.P.T degrees. Students may also earn joint degrees, by combining the M.D., with an M.P.H. or a Ph.D., in 37 areas of concentration. The medical school was one of 16 schools awarded major funding from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support its primary care initiatives.
The College was chartered on April 12, 1860 in New York City, through the efforts of its civic leader founders led by William Cullen Bryant, the noted poet, editor of the Evening Post, and statesman. Currently, the school is the leading academic health science university between New York City and Albany, NY. It is affiliated with 21 neighboring hospitals, including Westchester Medical Center, St. Vincent Medical Center, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and Metropolitan Hospital Center. The school also boasts $27 million in federal NIH research funding and $14.9 million in private funding.

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History

School of Medicine

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History

'1860': New York Medical College is founded at the corner of Third Avenue and 20th Street where it opened for classes with seven faculty members, 59 students and the dean. William Cullen Bryant and other civic leaders were instrumental in the school’s formation.
'1867': The College graduated the first female physician in the U.S., Dr. Emily Stowe, who had previously been refused admission to every medical school in her native Canada.
'1870': The New York Medical College for Women graduated the first African-American female physician in New York State and the third in the nation, Dr. Susan McKinney Stewart.
'1871': The College became the first medical school in the U.S. to offer a 3-year program of sequential studies, in contrast to the prevailing 1-year program offered by other schools at the time.
'1875': The College began its teaching affiliation with Metropolitan Hospital Center, which continues today.
'1883': The College established an Alumni Association in order to fundraise, provide direct support for student programs and activities, and encourage and maintain fellowship and communication among its graduates.
'1884': ''The Chronian'' was founded to serve as a journal for the Alumni Association.
'1888': The College became the first medical school in the U.S. to own and operate its own teaching hospital, Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital.
'1894': The College instituted a 4-year course of medical studies.
'1928': The College was the first medical school in the U.S. to establish a scholarship program for minority medical students through the efforts of Dr. Walter Gray Crump, an alumnus and voluntary faculty member.
'1942': The College developed an accelerated training program that produced hundreds of highly skilled physicians to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
'1963': The Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences was founded.
'1968': The college, at the invitation of Westchester County, began plans for developing its present campus in Valhalla, NY adjacent to Westchester Medical Center.
'1981': The School of Public Health was founded.
'1995': The Alumni Computer Laboratory, Media Library, and Center for Interactive Learning opened.
'2001': The Medical Education Center was inaugurated with a groundbreaking architectural design.
'2001': New York Medical College medical personnel provided critical care and post-traumatic stress relief for survivors of the World Trade Center attack free of charge.
'2006': The School of Public Health added to its current an M.P.H. program a concentration in emergency preparedness with its newly created Center for Disaster Medicine.

School of Medicine

The School of Medicine at New York Medical College is the oldest and largest of the three graduate schools.
The school has 2,944 faculty members serving in 6 basic science and 20 clinical departments.
There are 774 actively enrolled students with 31% from the state of New York. Matriculates in the class of 2010 graduated from 93 college and universities across the U.S, are residents of 27 states. The class of 2010 received 9,647 applications for 194 positions. Students have an opportunity to earn joint degrees, combining the M.D. with an M.P.H., M.S. or a Ph.D. in the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences or School of Public Health. Grading at the school is Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail. In 2008, the passing rate for the USMLE step 1 boards was 98%, above the 94% national average.
New York Medical College School of Medicine awards approximately 190 Doctor of Medicine (MD) degrees per year . In the class graduating in 2006, 28% entered the field of internal medicine, 15% pediatrics, 11% anesthesiology, 10% radiology, 6% general surgery, 4% orthopedic surgery, 3% neurology, 3% obstetrics and gynecology, 3% family medicine, 3% physical medicine and rehabilitation (), and 3% emergency medicine. 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. ^[1]

External links

★ New York Medical College main website

References

1. NYMC Facts 2007 Brochure