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
Understanding Sanctuary Cities
Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Izady, Ph.D., led a Dean’s Digital Café conversation about sanctuary cities.
Promoting Early Engagement in Research
New York Tech recently completed the ninth year of its Mini-Research Grants Awards program to encourage high school students to pursue STEM fields.
Reversing Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury
People with spinal cord injury may lose up to 41 percent of their bone mass in the first year. A new study by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Hesham Tawfeek, MBBCh, seeks to repair this damage.
Uncovering the Body’s Fat-Burning Strategy—It’s Math-Driven!
A new study by an NYITCOM-Arkansas researcher finds that the body calculates which fat to burn, choosing those that produce the most usable energy while consuming the least oxygen.
When Rehab Meets Robotics
A study co-authored by John P. Handrakis, D.P.T., Ed.D., and graduates of the physical therapy program finds that a wearable robotic device could help stroke survivors get back on their feet.
NYITCOM-Arkansas Announces Partnership With SOFtoSOM
NYITCOM-Arkansas has formed an official partnership with Special Operations Forces to School of Medicine (SOFtoSOM), an organization that helps military veterans who are interested in pursuing medical education.
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