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The CUNY School of Medicine is a
medical school that began operations in fall 2016 as part of the
City University of New York. The school is in Hamilton Heights on the campus of the
City College of New York and partners with Saint Barnabas Health System in the
South Bronx for clinical medical education.
Currently, CUNY School of Medicine offers a seven-year medical program (
B.S./M.D.) at
The City College of the
City University of New York. It is an integrated baccalaureate education with preclinical medical education. Entrance to the school is highly competitive, with an acceptance rate around 4%, rivaling the
Ivy League
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.
History
The school was established in 1973 as Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education to address the growing need in the
United States
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—especially in inner city areas—for primary care physicians. Sophie Davis accepted students who graduated from high schools throughout New York State and attracted talented New York City high school graduates of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Sophie Davis prioritizes students that belong to minorities, including those of African-American and Hispanic descent. It had a rigorous course curriculum where approximately 40% of graduates became
primary care physician
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s. Those who choose not to become primary care physicians repaid the school a fee. The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education was named after Sophie Kesner, who was Leonard Davis's wife; Mr. Davis, a graduate of
CCNY
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City ...
, was a major benefactor of the school. Leonard Davis was a donor to the
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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.
Students completed their undergraduate work (B.S.) and the first two years of medical school at Sophie Davis, completed the
USMLE
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Step 1), and transferred to one of the accompanying medical schools to finish their final two years of medical school, which are primarily medical rotations, before earning their
M.D.
Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. ...
degree.
NYU School of Medicine
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,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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,
New York Medical College
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NYMC offers advanced degrees through its three schools: the Scho ...
,
Albany Medical College
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,
Northeast Ohio Medical University
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Its medical school has partnerships with four p ...
,
Dartmouth Medical School
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, and
Stony Brook School of Medicine
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were match schools for Sophie Davis graduates.
In 2016, Sophie Davis became part of the new CUNY School of Medicine,
where students complete their clinical training. Students no longer transfer to another medical school to complete their training, and now graduate from the CUNY School of Medicine itself.
Location
The school's address is 160 Convent Ave, Harris Hall, Room 107, New York, NY 10031.
In 2003 it moved into its permanent home in Townsend Harris Hall, which had been renovated as part of CCNY's Terra Cotta Restoration Project, and to build modern teaching capabilities into its classrooms, seminar rooms, a long-distance conference room, and teaching laboratories.
External links
CUNY School of Medicine official website
References
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City College of New York
Medicine
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Educational institutions established in 2016
Schools of medicine in New York City
2016 establishments in New York City
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