Academic Profile
SUNY Downstate offers students a broad professional education that prepares them for practice or careers in any location and community. The vast majority of students are drawn from the New York City metropolitan area. Many have immigrant backgrounds and are members of racial and cultural groups who are underrepresented in the health professions. The differences in background and outlook enhance the quality of the educational experience of all students.
Downstate's Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Related Professions and its School of Graduate Studies and School of Public Health collectively offer more than 30 health-focused programs. Statistical profiles of each of the colleges and schools can be found at http://sls.downstate.edu/institutional_research/statistical_portraits/2010/html/.
College of Medicine
The College of Medicine, which grants the MD degree, is the 32nd oldest college of medicine in the country. With approximately 800 enrollees, it is one of the largest colleges of medicine in New York State. It ranks eighth out of 140 accredited medical schools in the nation in the number of alumni who hold faculty positions at U.S. medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City graduated from Downstate's College of Medicine than from any other medical school.
In addition to granting the MD degree, the College sponsors a combined MD/PhD degree with the School of Graduate Studies.
School of Graduate Studies
Of the School's three multidisciplinary core programs, Neural and Behavioral Science is the oldest. Faculty research in the neurosciences is especially deep, ranging from the molecular to the behavioral. The Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology has concentrations in cardiovascular, fundamental cellular and molecular biology, cancer biology, and more. The Program in Biomedical Engineering, run jointly with the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, features concentrations in neurorobotics, imaging, and materials.
The School of Graduate Studies has also partnered with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CSNE) of the University at Albany to offer a combined MD/PhD degree program in nanoscale medicine. This clinical scientist education program provides hands-on training in the development and application of nanotechnology to advance health care. MD training at Downstate is coupled with PhD training in either nanoscale science or nanoscale engineering.
PhD Programs:
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Neural and Behavioral Science
- Biomedical Engineering
School of Public Health
The first new school established at SUNY Downstate since 1966, it was launched in 2001 as an MPH degree program within the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health in the College of Medicine. In 2008 it declared school status and was fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health in 2010. It currently offers five master's and three doctoral programs, as well as combined degree programs.
MPH and DrPH Programs
- Biostatistics (MPH only)
- Community Health Sciences
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy and Management (MPH only)
Combined Programs:
- MD/MPH
- OT/MPH
- PT/MPH
College of Health Related Professions
An upper-division undergraduate and graduate school, the College has graduated close to 4,000 allied health professionals since its establishment in 1966. Approximately 80 percent of students have four-year college degrees in other fields upon enrollment. Its direct-entry midwifery program was the first of its kind in the nation.
BS Programs:
- Diagnostic Medical Imaging
- Physician Assistant
MS Programs:
- Medical Informatics
- Midwifery
- Occupational Therapy
Combined Programs:
- BS/DPT in Physical Therapy
Advanced Certificate Programs:
- Midwifery
College of Nursing
The College offers an undergraduate, upper-division RN-to-BS degree program for students who are already licensed as professional nurses and an Accelerated BS program for students who hold a degree in another field and seek basic preparation for beginning nursing practice. The College is one of only four nursing schools in New York State to offer master's degree programs in all advanced nursing practice roles.
- RN to BS
- Accelerated BS
MS Programs:
- Nursing (Clinical Nurse Specialist)
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Anesthesia
- Nurse Midwifery
Advanced Certificate Programs:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Women’s Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
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