Medicine

Prepare to Heal With Skill and Confidence

When you graduate from New York Institute of Technology, you’ll enter the healthcare field with every tool in your belt.

Thanks to careful training starting in simulation spaces, extensive clinical experience at leading regional healthcare facilities focusing on serving diverse populations, combined with opportunities for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research, you’ll become a forward-thinking professional ready to provide expert care and lead through innovation and compassion.

We’ve been influencing the medical field for over 40 years. Founded in 1977, our medical school has grown to become one of the nation’s largest osteopathic training institutions. Through our varied partnerships, you’ll work alongside local health providers in Ghana or under expert supervision at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and other leading clinical locations, reinforcing your skills and broadening your perspective.

Learn more about our beginnings, degree programs, and how we train students to deliver culturally sensitive, compassionate, and holistic care.

College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)

Prepare to treat the whole patient through evidence-based care in settings ranging from hospitals to universities to rural community care centers. Both of our locations—on Long Island and in Jonesboro, Arkansas—feature high-tech facilities, clinical rotations, and an emphasis on research, creating graduates who move the profession forward.

School of Health Professions

Since 1996, the School of Health Professions has greatly expanded our degree programs and impact. Through competitive programs in exercise science, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, nursing, and the health sciences, plus cross-disciplinary research and immersive clinical experiences, our students commit to ethical practice and the delivery of transcultural patient care.

Stats & Rankings

Top 20%

Best Value Colleges for Healthcare Careers.

Payscale.com

99.5%

Match/placement rate achieved by the NYITCOM Class of 2022.

Top

source of minority graduates at the doctoral level in osteopathic medicine.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Our Degrees

From bachelor’s-level and combined degrees to doctoral studies, our students receive future-oriented training from expert faculty and the clinical and research experiences necessary to prepare them for diverse career paths.

Our Research

Investigate the biology of brain disorders, explore tissue regeneration using 3-D bioprinting technology, help improve health literacy, and fight cancer through technology. Across our programs, students and faculty advance the medical field’s collective knowledge and develop solutions for improved well-being.

Recent Developments

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Exploring How AI Tools Can Improve Lung Cancer Detection

Research by Assistant Professor Robert Alexander, Ph.D., and student Talia Lilikakis assesses how AI tools can most effectively alert radiologists of the possible presence of a nodule.

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Convocation 2026: Success in a Time of Change

At the annual faculty and staff convocation, New York Tech President Jerry Balentine reflected on the accomplishments over the past year and presented his vision for the future.

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The Evolutionary Significance of Humans’ Unique Heel-Toe Walking Pattern

Associate Professor of Anatomy Nathan E. Thompson, Ph.D., contributes to research unveiling clues to the origin of humans’ stride pattern.

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Robust Research

New York Tech’s commitment to research paves the way for important and groundbreaking work. Meet three Ph.D. students whose work may improve disaster response, recovery after muscle and bone injuries, and anticancer therapies.

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NYITCOM-Arkansas Receives $1.5 Million Grant for Maternal Health Initiative

NYITCOM-Arkansas will use the grant to extend its clinical services focused on rural maternal healthcare access.

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A Passion for Games, a Vision for Business

College of Engineering and Computing Sciences student Cody Ortiz helps his father run a florist shop, an endeavor that inspired him to become an entrepreneur, too.

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