New York Medical College (NYMC or New York Med) is a
private
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medical school
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in
Valhalla, New York
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. Founded in 1860, it is a member of the
Touro College and University System
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.
NYMC offers advanced degrees through its three schools: the School of Medicine (SOM), the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBMS) and the School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP). 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.
Part of the
Touro College
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and University System since 2011, New York Medical College is located on a shared suburban 600-acre campus with its academic medical center,
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for h ...
(WMC) and the
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is the advanced care pediatric hospital for New York's Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Maria Fareri Children's Hospita ...
. Many of NYMC's faculty provide patient care, teach, and conduct research at WMC. New York Medical College's university hospital,
Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City. It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership bet ...
, in the Upper East side neighborhood of Yorkville and East Harlem in
Manhattan
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, has been affiliated with NYMC since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Metropolitan is part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), the largest municipal hospital and healthcare system in the country.
With a network of 20+ affiliated hospitals in
New York
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,
New Jersey
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,
Connecticut
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and
West Virginia
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, NYMC's hospital affiliations include large urban medical centers, small suburban clinics, rural medical centers and high-tech regional tertiary care facilities, where medical students and residents are afforded a wide variety of clinical training opportunities.
History
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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 Bryant
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who was an editor of the ''
New York Evening Post
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It was established i ...
''. 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
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, 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
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, near
Union Square
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in
Manhattan
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. 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.
The sister institution known as the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women was founded a few years later in 1863 by
Clemence Lozier
Clemence Sophia Harned Lozier (December 11, 1813 — April 26, 1888) was an American physician who founded the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. Dr. Lozier was also a noted feminist and activist, and served as president of the New ...
. In 1867, it graduated
Emily Stowe
Emily Howard Stowe (née Jennings, May 1, 1831 – April 30, 1903) was a Canadian physician who was the first female physician to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suff ...
, the first female physician to practice in Canada. Three years later in 1870,
Susan McKinney Steward
Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) 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.Seraile, W. (1985). SUSAN McKINNEY STEWARD: ...
graduated as the first African-American female physician in New York State. One of its later graduates,
Adelaide Wallerstein
Adelaide Dorn Wallerstein McConnell (March 4, 1869 – June 12, 1942) was an American translator, medical doctor, lawyer, and clubwoman, based in New York City.
Early life
Adelaide Dorn was from Worcester, Massachusetts. She graduated from l ...
in the class of 1905, also held a law degree, and founded the East Side Clinic for Children in 1906. When the Women's College closed in 1918, its students transferred to New York Medical College.
In 1875,
Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City. It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership bet ...
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
Roswell Pettibone Flower (August 7, 1835May 12, 1899) was an American politician who served as the 30th Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894. He also served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891.
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, 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 moved to
Valhalla
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, at the invitation of the
Westchester County
Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population o ...
government, which desired to build an academic medical center. Completed in 1977,
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for h ...
is currently the main academic medical center of the college. The college became affiliated with the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of New York
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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 affiliated with several Catholic hospitals. When Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital closed in 1979, the remaining 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 2010, the NYMC community celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of NYMC with a year full of sesquicentennial celebration activities. In that same year, it was announced that
Touro College
Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac an ...
, a Jewish-sponsored institution in
Manhattan
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had reached an agreement to assume the sponsorship role for New York Medical College from the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of New York
The Archdiocese of New York ( la, Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in the State of New York. It encompasses the boroug ...
. In a ceremony held at
Bryant Park
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in New York City on May 25, 2011, New York Medical College officially joined the
Touro College and University System
Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac ...
creating one of the largest health sciences universities in the country. New York Medical College embraces its unique history in having been a secular institution to an institution in the Roman Catholic tradition, to now being part of a Jewish-sponsored institution of higher education.
In 2011,
St. Joseph's Medical Center in
Paterson, New Jersey
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Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) is a nationally ranked 450-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, servicing the tri-state area. LHH is one of the region's many unive ...]
in
Manhattan
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, New York were designated as affiliates. Saint Michael's Medical Center in
Newark, New Jersey
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in
Brooklyn
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, New York; and the
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in
Beckley, West Virginia
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...
, also joined NYMC in 2014 as academic affiliates adding to the breadth and diversity of clinical experiences for students and residents.
In 2013, NYMC acquired the building an old
IBM Research
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building at 19 Skyline Drive in Hawthorne, a 250,000 square foot, five-story building which provides essential space for offices and new programs. In addition, NYMC acquired 7 Dana Road and has renovated it into a state-of-the-art biotechnology incubator (BioInc@NYMC) and Clinical Skills and Disaster Medicine Training Center.
In 2016, whimsical caricatures were added along the campus walkway. NYMC restored statues that were originally part of the children's wing of Grasslands Hospital (known today as NYMC's Sunshine Cottage Administration Building). The statues, along with the animal adornments on the building itself, were created to raise the spirits of sick children who were once treated here. The statues are thought to have been modeled after characters in English author Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The statues live along the walkway that leads to Dana Road.
On June 8, 2017, New York Medical College opened the Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters. The center is the twelfth center of excellence in the state of New York, and the first in the Hudson Valley. The goal of the center is to maximize efficiency and effectiveness immediately after high-casualty events like
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or natural disasters by improving resources provided to
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s. Additionally, the center provides training for responses to terror attacks and natural disasters, as well as researches response techniques to chemical and biological terror challenges. State Senator
Terrence Murphy, a major supporter of state funding for the center, said the center "gives the region a vitally needed local resource to fight terrorism and potentially protect the lives of first responders and our families."
After
Empire State Development
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, New York state's economic development organization, designated the facility as a center of excellence, New York Medical College received a state grant of $500,000 for costs associated with operations. Explaining New York's goal for the center, Dr. Robert W. Amler, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice, said, "The state wants to bring innovation technology into each region in a way that will stimulate more outside investment from the federal government and private resources."
In the future, New York Medical College, through the center, aims to achieve full development of an "austere medicine" training facility for first responders, including scenarios they will likely encounter in reality, like active shooter threats, fires, and car accidents. In this aspect of training, trainees must encounter smoke, fog, loud noises, explosion simulations, and a variety of other disorienting effects.
Schools
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBMS)
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 Biomedical Sciences in 2022.
The GSBMS prepares future researchers, teachers, senior-level scientists and technicians to work in academia and industry. It is 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. It offers doctor of philosophy, master of science, and a M.D./Ph.D. dual degree program for current and prospective medical students.
School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP)
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
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(
MPH,
DrPH),
speech language pathology
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(MS), and
doctor of physical therapy (
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*Dermatopontin, a human extracellular matrix protein
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). Doctoral students may pursue a dual degree (M.D./MPH) or joint degree (DPT/MPH) at significantly reduced cost.
School of Medicine (SOM)
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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 Medicine
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degrees per year. Students have the opportunity to earn dual degrees such as
M.D.
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/
M.P.H., M.D./M.S. or M.D./
Ph.D.
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in the School of Health Sciences and Practice or Graduate School of Biomedical 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.
The medical school has adopted the multiple mini interview system as well as the
CASPer
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* David ...
test, both developed by
McMaster University Medical School
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to select students for admissions.
In 2009 the passing rate for the
USMLE
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Step 1 exam was between 99 and 100%, above the national average. 13,270 physicians had graduated from the School of Medicine with 97% of them board-certified. Approximately 917 graduates had served on an American medical school faculty, including 18 department chairs.
Affiliated hospitals and organizations
Located on campus,
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for h ...
is the main academic medical center of New York Medical College School of Medicine. It is ranked among the top five hospitals in New York State for
bariatric surgery
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, and one of 25 hospitals in the nation to receive the American Heart Association's 2008 Triple Performance Award. Westchester Medical Center has the highest
case mix index
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of all hospitals in the United States.
A significant portion of the medical school class relocates to New York City for clinical rotations, for which the primary site is
Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City. It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership bet ...
in Manhattan. Housing is provided for rotations that are further from the main campus, such as those in
Connecticut
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,
New Jersey
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or
Staten Island
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.
New York Medical College affiliated hospitals and health care organizations for graduate and undergraduate medical education:
Westchester and upstate New York
*
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for h ...
(University Hospital)
*
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), is the advanced care pediatric hospital for New York's Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Maria Fareri Children's Hospita ...
(University Hospital)
*
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, Sleepy Hollow
* Keller Army Community Hospital, West Point
*
Saint Joseph's Medical Center, Yonkers
* VA Hudson Valley Health Care System, Montrose
New York City
*
Metropolitan Hospital Center
Metropolitan Hospital Center (MHC, also referred to as Metropolitan Hospital) is a hospital in East Harlem, New York City. It has been affiliated with New York Medical College since it was founded in 1875, representing the oldest partnership bet ...
(University Hospital) ''(Manhattan)''
*
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
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''(Brooklyn)''
*
Calvary Hospital ''(Bronx, Brooklyn)''
*
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
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, ''(Queens)''
*
Lenox Hill Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) is a nationally ranked 450-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, servicing the tri-state area. LHH is one of the region's many unive ...
(Manhattan)
*
Richmond University Medical Center
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''(Staten Island)
* Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center ''(Manhattan)''
*
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
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(Brooklyn)
Connecticut
*
Greenwich Hospital
*
Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute care community teaching hospital in the Hospital Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. The hospital serves a population of 250,000 in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut. The 366-bed hospital has more ...
*
St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport)
New Jersey
*
Hoboken University Medical Center
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, Hoboken
*
St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson
* Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark
West Virginia
* Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Beckley
Ambulatory Care Programs
* Center for Comprehensive Health Practice
* Westchester Institute for Human Development
* Open Door Family Medical Centers
Matriculation and residency match
Medical students are selected from colleges and universities across the country and the first-year class typically arrives with an average composite
MCAT
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT; ) is a computer-based standardized examination for prospective medical students (both Allopathic M.D. and Ostepathic D.O.) in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Caribbean Islands. It is designed ...
score of 512 and an average GPA of 3.6.
Notable alumni
*
Cornelia Chase Brant
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After starting a family, she started a medical career as a mature student, graduating from the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women in 1903. She ...
qualified here in 1903 and rose to lead the college.
* Ronald L. Arenson, M.D. – Alexander R. Margulis Distinguished Professor and chairman, Department of Radiology,
University of California at San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It condu ...
.
* Larry Boxt, M.D. – Chief, Cardiac Imaging, Department of Radiology, North Shore LIJ.
*
Michael J. Bronson, M.D. – Co-director of Joint Replacement Services at the
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Hospital, formerly at times known as Mount Sinai Medical Center, is a 319-bed major urban hospital in Chicago, Illinois, with its main campus located adjacent to Douglass Park at 15th Street and California Avenue on the city's West Si ...
.
*
M. Belle Brown
Mary Belle Brown, M.D. (March 1, 1846July 13, 1924) was an American physician and surgeon, one of the few women in medicine of her time to perform surgery. She was professor and dean of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women.
Early ...
, M.D. – One of the few women in medicine of her time who practiced surgery
*
Harry J. Buncke, M.D. - Pioneering plastic surgeon, considered "The Father of Microsurgery." Past president of the American Association of Plastic Surgery, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the International Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery. Former Professor of Surgery at Stanford University and the University of California San Francisco.
*
Camille A. Clare, M.D. –
Obstetrician
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and
gynecologist
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, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate) is a public medical school and hospital in Brooklyn, New York. It is the southernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the only academic medical center for hea ...
.
* Liz Jaffee, M.D. – Co-director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program,
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University is an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Baltimore, MD. It was established in 1973 and received its NCI designation that same year as one of the first designated ca ...
at Johns Hopkins University. Nominated by President Barack Obama to the National Cancer Advisory Board in 2012.
*
Clarence Sumner Janifer M.D. – Physician, public health official,
World War I
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medical officer, and First African American member of the New Jersey State Medical Society.
* Harold I. Kaplan, M.D. – Professor of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine and founding editor of The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, used by generations of psychiatrists in this country and around the world.
*
Helen Singer Kaplan
Helen Singer Kaplan (February 6, 1929 – August 17, 1995) was an Austrian-American sex therapist and the founder of the first clinic in the United States for sexual disorders established at a medical school. ''The New York Times'' described Kapl ...
M.D., Ph.D. – A pioneer in the field of sex therapy and founder of the Human Sexuality Program at the Payne Whitney Clinic.
* Anurita Kapur, M.D. – Neurosurgeon, Executive Secretary of the Northern New Jersey United Nations Association, and co-chair of the
Institute of All Nations for Advanced Studies
The Institute of All Nations for Advanced Studies, Inc. (IAN) was established by Dr. Rama C. Mohanty and others in 1964. Mohanty, IAN’s General Secretary, is a Professor of Physics at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He moved to ...
.
*
Joel Kupersmith, M.D. – former dean of the
Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and head of the Office of Research and Development of the
Department of Veterans Affairs
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* Dale J. Lange, M.D. – chairman, Neurology, Hospital for Special Surgery.
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Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. -
Psychiatrist
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and writer
*
William Anthony Paddon
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Born in Indian Harbour, Labrador, Newfoundland, the son of Dr. Harry Locke Paddon ( ...
, M.D. - second-generation physician with
Grenfell Mission The Grenfell Mission was a philanthropic organization that provided medical and social services to people in rural communities of northern Newfoundland and Labrador. It was founded by Sir Wilfred Grenfell in 1892 as a branch of The Royal National Mi ...
; ship's surgeon in
Royal Canadian Navy
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in
World War II
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, including
Battle of the Atlantic
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and
Normandy Invasion
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; Lieutenant-Governor of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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; Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
.
*
Fahim Rahim
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, M.D. –
Nephrologist
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, recipient of
Ellis Island Medals of Honor
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, in 2011. Recipient of
Congressional Record
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by
US House of Representatives
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in July, 2011 (Hon.
Dan Burton
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Ea ...
of Indiana, Co-chair Congressional Pakistan Caucus)
*
Naeem Rahim, M.D. –
Nephrologist
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, co-founder of Idaho Kidney Institute. Recipient of
Ellis Island Medals of Honor
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.
* David Rose, M.D. – chairman, Department of Medicine, Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.
* Steven L. Sivak, M.D. – chairman, Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center.
* Nitsana Spigland, M.D. – Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
* Anthony Smith, M.D. – chairman, Department of Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital.
* Kenneth P. Steinberg, M.D. – Program Director for Internal Medicine Residency at the
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
*
Susan McKinney Steward
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, M.D. – first African-American female physician in New York State and third in the nation. Graduated in 1870, valedictorian of her class.
*
Isabella Vandervall, MD. - African-American physician, graduated in 1915.
Notable faculty
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Flemming Gomme Graae
Flemming Gomme Graae is an American psychiatrist and academician noted for his work on obsessive–compulsive disorder. He served as the Chief of Child Psychiatry at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College.
Early life
Graae was b ...
– Chief of Child Psychiatry
*
William V. Silverberg
William V. Silverberg (July 26, 1897 – October 10, 1967) was an American psychoanalyst and a founder of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry.
Biography
Silverberg was a native of New York City. He received his B.A. fro ...
– Professor of psychiatry, co-founder of the
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
The American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis (AAPDPP) is a scholarly society including psychiatrists interested in all aspects of psychodynamic psychiatry.
History
AAPDPP was founded in 1956 as the American Academy of Ps ...
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