117 the University at Stony Brook as well as by the School clinical affiliates of the Nassau University of Medical Center, Winthrop University Hospital, the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medicine and various community clinical facilities integrated under a variety of arrangements. Dean: Norman H. Edelman Vice Deans: Craig C. Malbon, scientific affairs; Peter C. Admission to the MD Program Williams, academic affairs and faculty development The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) must be taken no later than the year prior to the year for which the student seeks Associate Deans: Thomas Biancaniello, medical affairs; Jack admission. By law, applicants must have completed a mini- Fuhrer, admissions; Frederick M. Schiavone, medical educa- mum of two years of college before matriculation; however, tion; Aldustus Jordan, student and minority affairs; Michael L. medical school admissions committees favor applicants with Rainey, academic advising; Dorothy S. Lane, continuing med- more complete educational preparation. Premedical course ical education; Derinda Pell, administration and finance. requirements include one year each of biology, physics, inor- ganic chemistry and organic chemistry (all with lab), and one Associate Deans for clinical affiliations: John F. Aloia, Winthrop year of English. A basic course in biochemistry is helpful in University Hospital; Edward J.C. Mack, Veterans Affairs Med- preparing students for the first year of medical school; howev- ical Centerat Northport; Michael Mastow, Nassau University er, it is neither a requirement nor a criterion for admission. Medical Center. The school hopes to acquire a student body representative of a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and interests. The school examines rigorously the preparation and promise for Assistant Dean: Grace Agnetti, Marilyn London creative work in medicine of all applicants, and asks to meet personally with those in whom it is most seriously interested. Executive Assistant to the Dean: Barbara E. Katz Although it is desired that many backgrounds are represented in the student body, the school does not attempt to maintain a Assistants to the Dean: Mary Jean Allen, Marilyn DuBritz, Burke quota to fill any one “category” of student. It does, however, Kincaid, Marilyn London, Judy Lum, John Riley want to make clear its commitment to seek a significant repre- sentation in its student body from groups who have long The School of Medicine consists of basic science and clinical remained under-represented in medicine. departments that have the responsibility for pre-clinical and Grades, MCAT scores, letters of evaluation, extracurricular clinical instruction of students in all the schools of the Health and work experiences are carefully and personally examined. Sciences Center as well as university-wide responsibility to Motivational and personal characteristics, as indicated in an students in other schools on the campus. Basic science depart- individual’s application, letters of evaluation, and a personal ments include the departments of anatomical sciences, bio- interview, are also a major part of the admissions assessment*. chemistry and cell biology, biomedical engineering, microbiol- Decisions will be influenced by an applicant’s scholarship, ogy, neurobiology and behavior, pathology, pharmacological aptitude, character, personal qualities, and promise of future sciences, and physiology and biophysics. Clinical departments value to society through the medical profession. There is no include the departments of anesthesiology, dermatology, emer- discrimination in the admissions review and selection process gency medicine, family medicine, medicine, neuro l o g i c a l on the basis of sex, race, religion, national origin, age, marital surgery, neurology, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive status, or disability. Residents of New York State constitute the medicine, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, physical majority of the applicant pool and a great majority of the medicine and rehabilitation, preventive medicine, psychiatry entrants; however, applications for the MD/PhD program are and behavioral science, radiation oncology, radiology, surgery, encouraged from both in-state and out-of-state applicants and and urology. from under-represented minorities. In addition to instruction at the undergraduate and profes- sional levels, these departments have major responsibility for All questions concerning admission should be addressed to: graduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The goal of Office of Admissions, School of Medicine each of these departments is to: Health Science Center, Room 046, Level 4 1) integrate as rapidly as possible new Stony Brook University scientific knowledge and the advances of Stony Brook, NY 11794-8434. basic re s e a rch into the training of every Telephone: (631) 444-2113 health professional 2) promote input from all university disciplines Applications are available through the American Medical Col- into education and re s e a rch in the health leges Application Service (AMCAS). sciences 3) e n s u re that every healthcare professional trained in the school is prepared to provide the highest level of patient care. In the basic sciences, these efforts are enhanced by col- laboration with colleagues at the biology and medical departments of the Brookhaven __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *The submission of false or misleading information in the application National Laboratory, the Cold Spring Harbor materials or in connection with the application process shall be grou n d s Laboratory, and other research institutions in the for rej e c t i o n . If such submission is discovered after the rendering of an v i c i n i t y. In the clinical departments, these of fer of admission, matriculation in the school, or award of the degree, it objectives are enhanced by the Medical Center of shall be grounds for withdrawal of the acceptance offe r , for dismissal, or for revocation of degree . 118 Technical Standards for Admission and Retention ship in medicine; eight-week clerkships in pediatrics and The MD degree is, and must remain, a broad undifferentiated s u rgery; six-week clerkships in obstetrics-gynecology, and degree attesting to the mastery of general knowledge in all family medicine; a four-week clerkship in psychiatry and two- fields requisite for entry into graduate medical education pro- week clerkships in radiology and emergency medicine. grams (residencies) of diverse types. It follows that graduates The fourth-year curriculum consists of the following must possess the essential knowledge and skills to function in requirements: a broad variety of clinical situations, and to render a wide spec- trum of patient care in a safe and effective manner. 1. A one month subinternship (medicine, family The School of Medicine faculty has, therefore, specified non- medicine, pediatric or general surgery) academic criteria, Technical Standards for Admission and 2. A one-month didactic course (emergency Retention, which all applicants/medical students are expected medicine, laboratory medicine, clinical therapeutics to meet in order to participate in the medical education pro- or surgical anatomy) grams. These criteria include the following five categories: 1) 3. A Medicine in Contemporary Society requirement observation; 2) communication; 3) motor skills; 4) intellectual- 4. A one-month neurology experience conceptual, integrative and quantitative abilities; and 5) behav- 5. A two-week experience in Psychiatry in Medicine ioral and social attributes. A copy of the Technical Standards 6. A one-month experience in Surgical Selectives may be obtained from the Admissions Office. 7. Students must complete three (3) and one half months of electives Grading Policy The School of Medicine does not assign specific credits to med- During the four years, a student’s acquisition of clinical and ical student courses. Students must complete the entire cur- laboratory skills necessitates attendance and demonstration of riculum successfully to graduate. Students are graded H (Hon- competence at patient-contact exercises and laboratories. Pass- ors), P (Pass), or F (Fail). Other grades used are I (Incomplete), ing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 is required for promotion and an interim grade that must be resolved before the beginning of graduation. the next academic year; and W (Withdrawal). Although the official transcript lists only the grades above, our internal MD/PhD Program records list high pass (HP) and low pass (LP) as well. The MD/PhD program normally requires six to eight years to complete. During the first two years, the MD/PhD curriculum Alpha Omega Alpha closely follows the MD curriculum, with the addition of basic A chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha, the national honor medical science tutorials during the first year, and two summers of lab- society, was established at the School of Medicine in 1985. The oratory research. The next two to four years are spent complet- society’s purpose is to recognize and perpetuate excellence in ing the requirements for the PhD in a basic science. To be the medical profession. Each year member chapters elect out- awarded the PhD degree, the student must satisfy the Gradu- standing medical students, graduates, faculty and honorary ate School and Basic Health Science Graduate Studies require- members to its ranks. ments. At the conclusion of the research period, MD/PhD can- didates complete medical school clerkships, selectives and MD Curriculum electives required for the awarding of the MD degree. The