Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a not-for-profit, private, nonsectarian medical school located on the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus in the Morris Park neighborhood of the borough of the Bronx of New York City. In addition to medical degrees, Einstein offers graduate biomedical degrees through the Sue Golding Graduate Division. Allen M. Spiegel, M.D., has served as The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean since June 1, 2006.
Einstein’s main focal areas are medical education, basic research, and clinical investigation. During the 2012–2013 academic year, Einstein is home to 2,476 full-time faculty members, 742 M.D. students, 245 Ph.D. students attending the Sue Golding Graduate Division and 116 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program. In addition, there are 360 postdoctoral research fellows at the Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies.
The medical school is known for its humanistic approach to its curriculum and training and for the diversity of its student body. The class of 2016 includes 183 students from 25 different U.S. states, 23% were born outside the U.S., and 11% identify themselves as belonging to groups considered underrepresented in medicine.
Einstein is also a major biomedical and clinical research facility. Faculty members received nearly $160 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2012, ranking 23rd among U.S. medical schools. In addition, the NIH funds major research centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS.
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