CUNY School of Medicine

CUNY School of Medicine

Type	Public
Established	2016
Dean	Maurizio Trevisan
Academic staff	117
Students	est. 400
Location	New York, New York, USA
Affiliations	Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
Website	ccny.cuny.edu/sophiedavis

Townsend Harris Hall (on the right) will house the CUNY School of Medicine. It will share this space with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, which has occupied the building since its 2003 renovation. Designed by famed New York architect George B. Post and completed in 1908, the Collegiate Gothic-style building is named for Townsend Harris, the founder of City College, and was dedicated in a ceremony at which Mark Twain was the featured speaker.

The CUNY School of Medicine is a medical school that will open in the fall of 2016 as part of the City University of New York. The new medical school will be based in Harlem on the campus of the City College of New York and will partner with Saint Barnabas Health System in the South Bronx for clinical medical education.^[1]

The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, established on the campus of the City College of New York in 1973, will expand into the CUNY School of Medicine.^[2] Continuing the unique BS/MD program that has been in place for more than 40 years, matriculating students will undertake their undergraduate studies for the first 3 years at the school and then begin 2 years of didactic study in the sciences. Upon successful completion of the first 5 years of study, medical students will then complete their clinical training at St. Barnabas Hospital, culminating in their medical degree.

References

1. Najarro, Ileana (14 July 2015). "CUNY Medical School to Open in 2016". New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
2. Skelding, Conor (14 July 2015). "New CUNY School of Medicine accredited". Capital New York. Retrieved 15 July 2015.