SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

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The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University logo.svg
Former names
Long Island College of Medicine
The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
MottoTo Learn, To Search, To Serve
TypePublic medical school
Established1860
Dean F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D., FACS [1]
Students807 [2]
Location,
40°39′19″N73°56′45″W / 40.6554°N 73.9457°W / 40.6554; -73.9457
Affiliations State University of New York
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Website www.downstate.edu

The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (formally The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn) [3] is a public medical school in Brooklyn, New York City. [4] The university includes the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies and School of Public Health. [3]

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It is one of seven medical schools located in New York City and the sole medical school in the borough of Brooklyn, serving its 2.6 million residents. [5]

History

The SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University was founded in 1860 as the Long Island College of Medicine. The site where the Downstate Medical Center stands was purchased in 1946. In 1950, the state university merged with Long Island College Hospital to form SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. [6] Later, the university was called The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn and the SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

Campus

The College of Medicine is located at 450 Clarkson Avenue in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of the preclinical learning activities take place in the Health Sciences Education Building located at 395 Lenox Road.

Clinical rotations take place at University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB); the main teaching hospital at SUNY Downstate, Kings County Hospital Center, located just across the street from UHB, the Brooklyn Veteran's Administration Hospital, Staten Island University Hospital among other places.

Academics

SUNY Downstate College of Medicine's Integrated Pathways curriculum addresses several core competencies - Medical Knowledge, Systems Based Practice, Professionalism, Interpersonal & Communications, Practice Based Learning and Improvement and Patient Care. Each of these must be completed to be awarded an M.D.

The college of medicine offers several pathways to graduation including joint degree programs and special tracks including MD/Ph.D., MD/MPH, MD Medical Educators Pathway, MD Clinical Neuroscience Pathway, and MD Global Health Pathway. [7]

In clinical years students rotate at several different hospitals including: [8]

In 2015, SUNY Downstate students matched to almost 18% of all offered EM/IM combined residency positions. 26 additional students matched to emergency medicine programs at institution including UCLA and the University of Pittsburgh. [9] [10] [11]

College of Medicine admissions

The 2018 entering class averaged an undergraduate GPA of 3.74 and MCAT of 514. In the same cycle 5390 prospective students applied for 203 spots in the first year class. [12]

Student activities

The Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic

The Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic (BFC) [13] is a student-run free clinic operated primarily by the students of the College of Medicine. The BFC offers care and health maintenance screening to the uninsured populations of Brooklyn. The clinic was renamed The Anne Kastor Brooklyn Free Clinic in memory of Anne Kastor who helped founding faculty member of the clinic and passed from ovarian cancer in 2013. [14] [15] So dedicated to the spirit of student run clinics, Dr. Kastor went on to become the Director of the Weil Cornell Community Clinic at Weil Cornell Medical College. [16]

The clinic hosts an annual conference on health seen through the eyes of medicine, art, technology and community called BFC What's Next. [17] The clinic has won multiple awards for its advertisement campaigns including a gold medal in conjunction with CDMiConnect at the 2014 MMM Awards for their "We Need U" campaign [18] and a bronze medal at the CLIO Healthcare Awards. [19]

The BFC operates several clinical, educational and outreach services including:

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

In 1992, Arthur Ashe established the Institute in partnership with SUNY Downstate intentionally. [20]

Downstate Ethics Society

In partnership with the John Conley Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the medical center, the society aims to expose students to ethical issues surrounding all aspects of health care. [21]

Other clubs and organizations

Clubs and societies at SUNY Downstate are not limited to the college of medicine but also involve the other schools at SUNY Downstate including the College of Health Related Professions (CHRP), College of Nursing, School of Graduate Studies and School of Public Health. Clubs are tailored to a diverse range of interests including human rights, music, ethnic dialogues, ethics, specialty interest groups and global health among many other things. [22] Keriann Shalvoy of the class of 2017 currently sits on the Board of Directors for Physicians for a National Health Program - NY Metro. [23]

Notable physicians and researchers

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