Earn two degrees in just seven years with our combined B.S./D.O. degree program focusing on active research and clinical education. Develop the complex and critical behavioral, social, and clinical skills required for successful osteopathic practice.
Why Study Life Sciences and Earn a Medical Degree at New York Tech?
Save both time and money on your path to becoming a physician. You’ll begin your undergraduate program studying how living organisms function, survive, adapt, and evolve while also working alongside professors on active research projects. Take advantage of symposia and courses sponsored by New York Tech College of Osteopathic Medicine to familiarize yourself with osteopathic medicine and our medical faculty.
Next, the four-year clinical education D.O. program emphasizes the holistic nature of medicine, helping you develop the complex and critical behavioral, social, and clinical skills required for successful osteopathic practice.
Clerkships in the third and fourth years provide a variety of clinical exposures and experiences, from one-on-one preceptorships in a physician’s private practice to serving as team members in tertiary care hospitals.
Whether you choose to pursue a career as a healthcare professional or researcher, you’ll benefit from the breadth of medical expertise provided by our faculty, in areas ranging from primary care and mental health, through neurology, cardiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology, to clinical anatomy, evolution, and paleontology.
Upon graduation, you’ll have earned your professional degree in less time and will be ready to successfully practice osteopathic care with a holistic approach and a deep knowledge of the latest technology at work in the field.
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What You’ll Learn
Spend three years on a core curriculum of biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, microbiology, cell and molecular biology. Then, apply to transition into the four-year Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program, in which you’ll study all factors—from the anatomical to societal—that can affect the nature of illness, suffering, and patient outcomes.
Spend your summer in an intensive research environment, gaining valuable experience and connections at prestigious universities, research centers, and government laboratories across the country. Many opportunities are paid.
Medical students engage in extensive mentored research alongside our faculty. Current areas of scholarly investigation include cancer, neuroscience, cardiovascular disease, bioinformatics, and much more.
To complete your medical school training, you’ll spend the final two years of this sequence in diverse, immersive patient care settings. Placements reflect our extensive network of partnering regional hospitals and healthcare facilities.
As you train at the intersection of clinical practice and cutting-edge medical research, you’ll access a variety of advanced facilities dedicated to studying the human body, cellular and tissue functions, protein activity, and genetic variations.
New York Tech’s Center for Global Health (CGH) is dedicated to developing healthcare professionals who are empathetic leaders and change agents, ready to tackle the global burden of disease and health disparities at home and abroad.
NYITCOM’s Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. program trains physicians for a lifetime of learning and practice based upon the integration of evidence-based knowledge, critical thinking, and the tenets of osteopathic principles and practice.
Stats & Rankings
First
Osteopathic medical school in New York State (established 1977)
100%
Match/placement rate for NYITCOM Class of 2023
97%
COMLEX Level 2 First Time Pass Rate, 2022–2023
Career & Salary Outlook
Whether you choose to pursue a career as a healthcare professional or researcher, New York Tech’s Life Sciences, B.S./Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. prepares you for a lifetime of success.
Job Growth
Overall employment of physicians and surgeons is projected to grow 3 percent from 2022 to 2032, about as fast as the average for all occupations. (BLS)
About 24,200 openings for physicians and surgeons are projected each year, on average, over the decade. (BLS)
Employers & Internships
Boston Children’s Hospital
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Medicare
Lenox Hill Hospital
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Salary Projections
Wages for physicians and surgeons are among the highest of all occupations, with a median wage equal to or greater than $239,200 per year. (BLS)
Program Details
Learn more about the Life Sciences, B.S./Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. program, including admission requirements, how to apply, and scholarship/funding opportunities.
The Life Sciences, B.S./Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. program includes three years of pre-professional coursework and four years of graduate work. To progress to the doctoral phase, you must submit an application and meet certain requirements, including having a 3.5 overall GPA and achieving an MCAT score at least equal to the average score of the NYITCOM first-year class the year you begin undergraduate study.
The Life Sciences, B.S. degree will be conferred upon successful completion of the first year of medical school.
Students interested in the B.S.-to-D.O. program will undergo a two-part application process.
First, you’ll need to fulfill the initial requirements to enter the program as an incoming undergraduate.
Then, as you progress through the course sequence, you’ll apply for admission to the second, professional stage. Decisions are based on course grades for your prerequisites.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). The Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program receives its program accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA).
New York Tech offers several scholarships recognizing your academic achievements and potential. Most awards are renewable if you continue to meet eligibility requirements, making a significant difference in your total cost of attendance. Additional financial aid is available through the medical school.
What I love about my career is that I am a clinician, a clinical researcher, and a clinical educator: I teach trainees of all levels—internal medicine residents as well as endocrinology fellows.
With a culture of compassion that highlights the responsibility students have to their patients, learn more about the Life Sciences, B.S./Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. at New York Tech.
