Highlights SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Students Advocate for Refugee Rights With Asylum Clinic New York City is home to thousands of refugees who arrive here seeking asylum from persecution, violence, torture, and war. They are among over 79 million people displaced worldwide and have unique social, psychological, and medical needs and risk factors…. Read More
Medical Education
Medical Education News from AMSNY: October 2020
Highlights Introducing AMSNY’s Diversity in Medicine Scholarship Recipients for 2020-2021 The Associated Medical Schools of New York is proud to introduce the 10 recipients of the 2020-2021 AMSNY Diversity in Medicine Scholarship, funded by the New York State Department of Health, thanks to support from the New York State Assembly and the Black, Puerto… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: August 2020
Highlights SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: I’m a Black Doctor. I Wear my Scrubs Everywhere now. As a urology resident, I spend up to 70 hours a week at the hospital. I wear scrubs to the operating room and through long hospital shifts. And, of course, I wear a gown and other personal protective equipment… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: May 2020
Highlights Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Receives Arnold Gold Foundation’s Recognition for Humanism in Healthcare The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded the prestigious Arnold Gold Foundation’s “Outstanding” ranking, in recognition of the school’s chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) and its work throughout the school year…. Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: April 2020
Highlight Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Student in Newsday: Fighting COVID-19 is the Right Call to Action I am a proud, first-generation, Chinese American graduating from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell on April 10 – a month early. My mother’s family is from Wuhan, China, a beautiful metropolitan city… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: February 2020
Highlights AMSNY’s Diversity in Medicine Program Eliminated in State Budget – Take Action! For 29 years, New York State has funded the highly successful Diversity in Medicine Program run by AMSNY, which has helped more than 500 underrepresented in medicine students become doctors. The program has helped diversify the state’s physician workforce, which improves health… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: January 2020
Highlights Introducing Interim Dean Dr. Lawrence Chin at SUNY Upstate Medical University Lawrence S. Chin, MD is the Interim Dean of the College of Medicine and the Robert B. and Molly G. King Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is a native of Michigan and received his BS and MD degrees from… Read More
Medical Education News from AMSNY: December 2019
Highlights SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: Renowned Surgeon, Educator, Researcher, Textbook Editor, and Former Downstate Residency Alumni F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. Named as Senior Vice President and Dean of The College of Medicine SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University president Wayne J. Riley, M.D. announced that F. Charles Brunicardi, M.D. FACS, the Medical College of Ohio… Read More
NBC News: Academic Programs Aim to Close Diversity Gap in Medicine
Feb. 24, 2019, 11:08 AM EST By Shamard Charles, M.D. Braxton Jenkins, 19, with Dr. Clyde Yancy, vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Jenkins is a graduate of the Northwestern Medicine Scholars Program.Courtesy of Braxton Jenkins and Dr. Clyde Yancy —– Currently, only 10.3 percent… Read More
Pipeline Program Creates Network of Support for Future Med Student

Eighteen-year-old Joseph Marte is a first year student at CUNY’s 7-year BS/MD program, beginning an educational journey that will result in him achieving his dream of becoming a doctor. That journey started at Staten Island University Hospital’s Physician Career Enhancement Program—a pipeline program for high school students from underrepresented backgrounds who are interested in medicine…. Read More