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The B.A.-M.D.
Program is a combined undergraduate and medical degree program run jointly by
Brooklyn College
and SUNY Downstate Medical Center. In
the first four years,
at Brooklyn College, the students take the program’s curriculum of pre-med science
courses, and they also earn a bachelor’s degree in the major of their choice. Students
spend the next four years at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and earn their M.D. The
B.A.-M.D. Program was inaugurated in 1969, and many of its graduates are now leaders
in their communities and fields of medicine.
Shamik Chakraborty (left, B.A.-M.D. Class of 2012) and Anika Anam (right, Class of 2013) at
their summer clinical internship with neurosurgeon Dr. Eric Elowitz (B.A.-M.D. Class of 1986)
Brooklyn College is one of the senior colleges of the
City University of New York (CUNY). The Princeton Review ranked Brooklyn College
first for “most beautiful campus” in 2003 and among the top ten of “America’s Best
Value Colleges” in 2004 and 2005. Brooklyn College has a longstanding reputation
as one of the nation’s exemplary urban/public liberal arts institutions. Undergraduates
in the B.A.-M.D. Program are not restricted to any particular major,
and recent students have majored in anthropology, art history, biology, creative
writing, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and many other fields. The B.A.-M.D.
students form a tight-knit community at Brooklyn
College. A Student Committee, in
which all students are encouraged to participate, organizes activities and coordinates
program events such as the Freshman Welcome Dinner. B.A.-M.D. students have use of
the Brooklyn College Honors Academy, a gathering, socializing, and studying space
equipped with group tables, study areas, and computers. The undergraduate half
of the program provides a full and well-rounded education intended to leave its mark on
students as they develop into compassionate, socially-conscious, and communicative
caregivers.
The Honors Academy Lounge
Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York
(SUNY) is one of the country’s leading urban medical centers. As the only academic medical
center in Brooklyn, it serves a population of 2.3 million, large enough to qualify Brooklyn
itself as the fourth largest city in the United States. This population is one of the most diverse
in the world, and the Medical Center engages this community. The College of Medicine ranks
seventh nationwide in the number of graduates who are now in academic medicine. Downstate
has pioneered the practice of teaching medicine at the hospital bedside, rejecting the notion
that physicians can be trained primarily in lecture halls. Consequently, Downstate boasts a strong
record in residency placements for its graduates.
Anatomy lab at SUNY Downstate
B.A.-M.D. students receive, during their four Brooklyn College years,
a scholarship that fully covers in-state tuition. As far as the medical school years, SUNY
Downstate has a significantly lower tuition ($18,800 for the 2005-2006 academic year for New York
residents), compared to private or out-of-state medical school options. Graduates of the B.A.-M.D. Program
embark on their medical careers without the tremendous burden of debt typical of U.S. medical school
graduates. This freedom from debt often translates to expanded freedom in career choice.
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