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. Since 1996, the School of Health Professions has greatly expanded our degree programs and impact. 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.
School of Health Professions
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.
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.
Stats & Rankings
Top 20%
Best Value Colleges for Healthcare Careers.
Payscale.com
100%
three-year pass rates on licensing exams for physician assistant and physical therapy students.
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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Vancouver Campus Introduces New Master of Data Science
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A Passion for Architecture
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Unwrapping Narcissistic Gift Giving
This holiday season, research by the School of Management’s Colleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., reveals that narcissists’ gift-giving behavior is all about them.
Sixteen Years of FRIENDS
More than 200 alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends gathered for the Annual Alumni and FRIENDS Reception to honor three alumni who have made significant impacts in architecture, design, and construction, and celebrate the achievements of faculty and students.
Pharmacy Closures Are a Prescription for Catastrophe
As national retail pharmacy chains collectively shutter thousands of locations nationwide, NYITCOM Associate Professor Maria Pino, Ph.D., explains the potential impact on Long Island, where more than a dozen Rite Aid stores have already disappeared.
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