The Stony Brook University School of Medicine is now the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in recognition of more than $500 million dollars in generous philanthropic investments by 111 Renaissance Technologies families in Stony Brook University – including the School of Medicine – over the past 36 years, including gifts through a $600 million Campaign for Stony Brook, the largest campaign in the history of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.
Here are facts that speak to this important announcement:
Mission Focus
Three critical mission goals of the Renaissance School of Medicine:
- Train the next generation of committed, curious and highly capable physicians
- Advance our understanding of the origins of human health and disease
- Deliver world-class, compassionate healthcare
Medical Education
- 500+ medical students trained annuall
- 750+ medical residents and fellows trained annually
- 57 ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited residencies and fellowships in a broad range of specialties
- Public medical school providing medical students with a uniquely diverse patient population for training to provide medical care in an increasingly global society
- Clinical outreach, global health research, clinical electives and exchange programs for medical students facilitated by the Office of Global Medical Education with more than 20 partners around the globe
- International rotations for residents in the Departments of Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine at various partner sites, including Chile, China, Ecuador, Japan, Madagascar, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda
- 5 main care sites where residents and fellows train in various specialties:
- Stony Brook University Hospital
- Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
- Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
- Northport VA Medical Center
- Nassau University Medical Center
- In 2016, entered strategic partnership with Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine in Manhattan for collaborative education, research and clinical care programs
Impact of Medical Research
- #1 ranked public medical school in the State of New York and 57th in the nation among research medical schools (Source: U.S. News & World Report)
- Part of Stony Brook University, one of 62 members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), the invitation-only organization of the best research universities in North America
- World-class, National Institutes of Health-sponsored research programs in neurological diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, biomedical imaging, regenerative medicine and infectious diseases, among many other topics
- 25 percent increase in research funding since 2010
- $90 million in funded research annually
- 4 major innovations by Stony Brook researchers:
- Developed the Nobel Prize-winning technology that led to the MRI
- Helped develop the technology for PET scans
- Created technology for 3D virtual colonoscopy
- Discovered the cause of Lyme disease
- Groundbreaking new medications developed by Stony Brook researchers include: - ReoPro® (a drug used for cardiac angioplasty) - Periostat® (a drug used for periodontal disease) - Xiaflex® (a drug used to treat Dupuytren’s disease)
Reach of Clinical Care
- Residents deliver medical care at Stony Brook Medicine:
- More than 33,000 inpatient visits
- More than 104,000 emergency room visits
- More than 950,000 outpatient visits
Growth and Development of Faculty and Scholars
- 22.3 percent increase in faculty over past five years (from 739 to 904)
- Increase in endowed chairs from 7 to 22 over past five years
- 10 faculty selected as inaugural members of Donoho Academy of Clinical and Educational Scholars (ACES) – funded by a generous gift from Miki and David Donoho – to provide continuous career development for clinician-educators. Faculty mentoring programs and series of three one-year fellowships began July 2017.
Student Success by the Numbers
- Fall 2018 matriculating class:
- 136 students selected from 4,816 applications
- 60 percent of incoming students from New York State
- 26 percent of matriculating class from lower socioeconomic background
- 3.80 cumulative GPA
- 90th percentile overall MCAT average score
- 98 percent pass rate for graduates on national medical licensure examination (vs. 97 percent national average)
- 26 percent of graduates placed in Top 20 residency programs for the past two years
- 49 percent of graduates placed in residencies in New York State
