ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INC

Education: On his 74th birthday, March 14, 1953, Albert Einstein agreed to lend his name to a new educational institution, formally creating Albert Einstein College of Medicine - the first medical school built in New York City since 1897 and the only medical School on which Albert Einstein bestowed this honor. A great humanitarian as well as a brilliant scientist, Albert Einstein specified that the College of Medicine welcome students of all creeds and races. The first class, admitted on September 12, 1955, totaled just 56 students. Today, more than 9,000 Einstein alumni are among the nations foremost clinicians, biomedical scientists and medical educators, and our program for medical education is one of the largest in the United States. During the current academic year, we were home to 697 M.D. students and 296 Ph.D. students (including students in the combined M.D.- Ph.D. program) as well as 260 postdoctoral research fellows at our Belfer Institute for Advanced Biomedical Studies. Einstein was among the first of the major medical schools to bring first-year students into contact with patients and link classroom study to case experience. The Community Based Service Learning (CBSL) program supports students who want to make a difference in the community. The program provides early career exposure via experiential education, training, workshops and seminars centering on community engagement. CBSL also serves as a clearinghouse for information and opportunities, providing guidance and assisting with program planning and logistical issues. The program is made up of a network of student-initiated community service projects that are part of the Einstein Community Action Network (Einstein-CAN), providing services and advocacy for vulnerable populations in the Bronx. Among the initiatives are BODY (Bronx, Obesity, Diabetes and You); the Buddies program; EiSci (Einstein Science High School Mentoring Program); HEART (HIV Education and Rapid Testing), HOPE (Homeless Outreach Project at Einstein), H4H (Hoops for Health), PACT (Patient Advocate Connection), SPHERE (Space in Prison for Health Education for Re-Entry), START (Students, Teachers and Researchers Teach Science) and TEACH (Together Educating All Children in Hospitals). We led the way in developing bioethics as an accepted academic discipline in medical school and were the first private medical school in New York City to establish a residency program in internal medicine with an emphasis on womens health. The M.D. program prepares tomorrows physicians to excel in both the science and the art of medicine by combining the pursuit of scientific excellence with compassionate and humanistic care. We aim to improve human health on the local, national and global levels. The open and supportive community at Einstein allows for innovation and for pushing the boundaries of what is known and what is practiced. We educate our students to be catalysts for social change. Einstein runs one of the largest residency and fellowship training programs in the medical profession through Montefiore Medical Center and a network of affiliates that includes hospitals and medical centers in metropolitan New York. Each year, For the last decade, well over 95 percent of our students have matched to residencies, with more than a third of students going into the primary-care specialties of internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine. Our graduates also enter research programs focusing on a broad range of subjects, from traditional disease-oriented investigations in cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases to public health and global medicine. The Ph.D. program trains promising and passionate students to become the next generation of leading scientists. The collaborative culture at Einstein is at the heart of the program. Prospective students apply directly to the Ph.D. program rather than to a specific department, allowing them to explore many areas of research before choosing from among more than 200 laboratories in which to conduct their thesis work. Our interdisciplinary graduate curriculum is known for its high level of personalized mentoring and remarkable student achievement. Einsteins extraordinary graduate experience produces independent biomedical scientists capable of carrying out significant scientific work to improve the health and well-being of humankind. Our Ph.D. program has more than 1,500 graduates employed in a wide range of scientific careers, both in academic and in nonacademic settings worldwide. The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) (resulting in both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees) trains a diverse group of outstanding students as physician-scientists to become future leaders in academic medicine and medical research. Among the first such programs nationwide and continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1964, the program integrates MSTP-specific courses with medical and graduate courses during the first two years of preclinical course work. Integration continues in the Ph.D. thesis years through weekly involvement in clinics, conferences and seminars, after which, students perform their clinical clerkships in completion of their medical school training. The Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) (leading to a master of science in clinical research methods) is an intensive two-year program designed for those pursuing careers in investigator-initiated, hypothesis-driven clinical research. CRTP scholars are drawn from Einsteins many medical specialties and subspecialties for clinical investigation across the entire translational research spectrum, from mechanistic studies to population-based and health services research. The comprehensive program combines didactic learning and coursework with mentored research experiences. The Einstein-Cardozo Master of Science in Bioethics program examines how moral, ethical and religious values affect medical decisions and healthcare policy. Students learn to assess how emotions and reason shape the choices of patients, doctors and family members, and even judicial decisions and laws. Crucial bioethics issues include medical choices at the end of life, the allocation of scarce healthcare resources, protections for human research subjects, the privacy of medical information and the roles of race, class and ethnicity in health outcomes and access to care. Through Einsteins Global Health Center, faculty members and medical students travel to underdeveloped countries providing much needed medical care and gaining, in the process, invaluable knowledge in the combating of diseases. The Global Health Center boasts many initiatives worldwide, including clinical and research programs in Argentina, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Vietnam. The mission of the Global Health Center is to bring education, research and needed health services to the world, with the ultimate goal of reducing disparities in health and alleviating human suffering. Einstein has always had an interest in providing support for historically underrepresented students. We are committed to developing a broadly diverse cadre of clinicians, researchers and educators who can effectively promote health and address health disparities in our local community, around the nation and abroad. Our office of diversity enhancement aims to establish and maintain an environment that celebrates diversity; emphasizes professionalism and excellence; and promotes and nurtures future leaders in medicine and research. Einstein reaches out to students in the Bronx and beyond - particularly to students from underrepresented minorities - with a variety of programs. Befitting Einstein's tradition of inclusion and academic excellence that fully embraces faculty and student-body diversity, and its commitment to the values espoused by its namesake, Einstein was among the first medical schools to appoint a deans office leader for community engagement. The Einstein Enrichment Program (EEP) is part of a New York State-funded enrichment program called Step (Science Technology Entry Program). Its mission is to serve economically disadvantaged and/or minority students in grades 7 through 12 who are from groups historically underrepresented in the medical and scientific professions. All of the students live and attend school in the Bronx, in support of Einstein's commitment to this borough. The EEP includes professional seminars, teen service learning, academic enrichment (including SAT and Regents prep) and summer internship placements. One hundred percent of the high school seniors in the program have gone on to attend four-year colleges. The Summer Undergraduate Mentorship Program (SUMP) of the Hispanic Center of Excellence offers college students from groups underrepresented in medicine and/or from economically disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to "Shadow" physicians in preferred s