Spearhead tomorrow’s medical advances by becoming a physician-scientist—a highly trained clinician equally skilled in patient care and biomedical research.
Why Study Medicine & Biomedical Science at New York Tech?
Many of today’s life-saving advancements can be traced to physician-scientists. With an intimate perspective of the patient experience, their insight from the clinical setting—like drug interactions, surgery techniques, and patterns among patients—guides research and accelerates innovation in the laboratory.
New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) D.O./Ph.D. dual-degree program positions you to lead these discoveries and deliver compassionate, comprehensive patient care. Acquiring expertise in both areas, you’ll approach human health with a perspective informed by extensive laboratory and on-the-ground clinical experience. As a result, you’ll become a better physician, a researcher with a firsthand view of holistic care delivery, and a leader with a breadth of understanding few can match.
Our curriculum seamlessly integrates medical and research aspects, so your studies in one area inform and reinforce what you’re learning in the other.
A streamlined, seven-year track positions you with the highly sought-after expertise to pursue career opportunities in healthcare, industry, academia, and government institutions.
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What You’ll Learn
During your first two years, you will complete the pre-clinical coursework taken by first- and second-year medical students. Years three through five combine doctoral-level coursework in biomedical and anatomical systems and an in-depth research project. In the final two years, you will complete the extensive clinical training required of third- and fourth-year medical students.
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.
Stats & Rankings
#7
Highest student mobility rates among U.S. four-year private, nonprofit institutions
Chronicle of Higher Education
First
Osteopathic medical school in New York State (established 1977)
95%
COMLEX Level 2 pass rate for NYITCOM students in 2019–2020
Career Outlook
Earning both physician and scientist credentials connects you to an exciting breadth of career opportunities in clinical practice and research.
Job Growth
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts average growth for physicians in the coming years. (BLS)
Despite increasing demand, only 1.5% of all U.S. physicians work as physician-scientists. (Medscape)
Once admitted, they may then request admission to the D.O./Ph.D. program. In addition to materials required for the D.O. application, candidates will need to supply:
An essay explaining their interest in the Ph.D. program
A CV
Additional letters of recommendation from research mentors may be submitted but are not required.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine 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).
Students admitted to this selective program receive medical school tuition, graduate school tuition, and a stipend during the Ph.D. portion of the program.
The prospect of using research to improve someone’s quality of life was very meaningful to me. This is what ultimately motivated me to pursue the D.O./Ph.D. degree at New York Tech.
