The CUNY School of Medicine

Carmen Renée Green, MD. Dean • HR Suite 107C • Tel: 212-650-5275

Programs and Objectives

Located in Harlem, the CUNY School of Medicine is the only public medical school in Manhattan and the second to be founded in New York City in more than 160 years. The School is guided by a unique four-part mission that includes the social responsibility to provide healthcare in neighborhoods that need it most. This stands alongside the traditional medical school pillars of education, research, and clinical care. The School has a holistic admissions process that does not use the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). With this approach to inclusive excellence, CUNY Medicine has one of the most diverse student populations in the nation, with nearly 40% of current (Spring 2024) students identifying as Black and 22% as Latinx. A small school with an outsize impact, CUNY Medicine trains one out of every four Black MD students in New York City and ranks fifth nationally in training Black doctors.

CUNY Medicine has an accelerated 7-year BS/MD degree and an MS in Physician Assistant Studies that is currently ranked #3 in New York State by U.S. News & World Report. The School partners with the NYC Health + Hospitals system, St. Barnabas Hospital, and others for clinical training and clerkships across the five boroughs. It also has pathway programs with high schools, middle schools, and partner organizations that are located in districts where students are historically underrepresented in medical education. 

Additional information on CUNY School of Medicine’s mission, vision, policies, program curricula and more, can be found on the School’s website at https://medicine.cuny.edu/