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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Fellows’ Field Notes: Dominican Republic and Greece

Over the summer and this fall, seven students traveled for their academic research projects supported by the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship program.

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Op-ed: AI Education Can’t End at Graduation

Universities have an opportunity and a responsibility to ensure their students—past, present, and future—are AI literate, writes President Balentine in an op-ed.

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Turning Adversity Into Discovery

Mechanical engineering graduate student Bryan Shivram’s (B.S. ’23) journey into biomechanics research.

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First-Gen Entrepreneur

Computer science student Rida Rahim has an impressive résumé of projects, and is only getting started.

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Faculty and Alumni Publish New Books

New publications from members of the New York Tech community explore topics and interests across the fiction and nonfiction genres.

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Chemistry With a Side of Art

Chemistry student Makayla Napper looks forward to exploring her field while still making time for her creative hobbies.

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