Zucker School of Medicine

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Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
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Type Private medical school
Established2008
Dean Lawrence G. Smith
Students394
Location,
U.S.

40°43′03″N73°35′53″W / 40.7176°N 73.5980°W / 40.7176; -73.5980
Website medicine.hofstra.edu

The Zucker School of Medicine is the medical school of Hofstra University in the town of Hempstead on Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The academic institution was established in 2008 by Hofstra University and the North Shore-LIJ Hospital system which was rebranded as Northwell Health in 2015. [1] The Zucker School of Medicine enrolls 99 students each year and offers an MD (doctor of medicine) and PhD (doctor of philosophy in the molecular basis of medicine). It also offers a joint MD—PhD degree; joint MD—MPH (Master of Public Health); joint MD—MBA (Master of Business Administration); and joint MD—OMS (oral and maxillofacial surgery). It also offers a dual-degree "4+4" program comprising an undergraduate degree (BA or BS) followed by automatic matriculation to the School of Medicine. [2]

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History

In October 2007, Hofstra University and Northwell Health (then known as North Shore-LIJ) announced plans to establish a new medical school: the first allopathic medical school in Nassau County, the first new medical school in the New York metropolitan area in more than 35 years, and the first in New York State since 1963. [3] In March 2008, the parties executed a joint academic agreement establishing them as equal partners in launching the new school. [4] In June 2010, the school was granted preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for U.S. medical education programs leading to the MD degree. Classes began in August 2011. [5] In May 2015, the school's inaugural class graduated with 29 students; all received residencies to institutions across the U.S. [6] Also in 2015, the school attained full accreditation. [7]

In January 2016, the medical school changed its name from Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine to Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, reflecting the renaming of the health system to Northwell Health. [8] In August 2017, after a $61 million donation to the school, it was renamed the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. [9] [10]

Education

In addition to the graduate degrees listed earlier, the Zucker School of Medicine offers graduate medical education (GME) and continuing medical education (CME). For students who have already earned a DDS or DMD degree, Zucker School of Medicine delivers the MD curriculum for a six-year medical degree integrated and certificate training pathway in oral and maxillofacial surgery (MD/OMS). Each year, the School of Medicine admits four MD/PhD students who, over seven to eight years, complete both the MD degree program requirements and the requirements for awarding of the PhD in the Molecular Basis of Medicine. [11]

In March 2015, the Hofstra University and Northwell partnership announced the launch of Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, offering these Master of Science degrees. [12] [13] Hofstra's healthcare-professional education network also includes its School of Health Professions and Human Services. [14]

For 2024, Zucker School of Medicine was ranked tied for #68 in research and #112-123 in primary care by U.S. News & World Report . [15]

Research is conducted by faculty and students at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell's principal biomedical research facility. Approximately 70 percent of students engage in research during the summer after their first year of study, and nearly 100 percent do so by graduation. [16]

Notable people

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Bruce Mitchel Zagelbaum is an American ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and external disease, laser vision correction, eye trauma, and sports ophthalmology. He authored the textbook Sports Ophthalmology, and was the principal investigator in eye injury studies involving players in Major League Baseball and in the National Basketball Association. He is an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital where he is an attending physician.

Lance B. Becker is an American physician and academic, specializing in emergency medicine and treatment for cardiac arrest, currently at Northwell Health. He is the chairman of the department of emergency medicine at North Shore University Hospital, as well as chair and professor of emergency medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

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John M. Kane is an American psychiatrist who served as the Chair of Psychiatry at the Zucker Hillside Hospital for 34 years. He also served as the Chair of Psychiatry at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell for its first 12 years. He stepped down from these roles in 2022 to focus his efforts on his research and mentorship of early career investigators as co-director, Institute of Behavioral Science at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, part of Northwell Health.

Ernesto Pompeo Molmenti is an American transplant surgeon, scientist, and author. Currently practicing in Long Island, New York. He is Chief of Surgical Innovation and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Surgery at North Shore University Hospital / Northwell Health, and Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Pediatrics at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is known for his description of the “Syndromic Incidence of Ovarian Cancer after Liver Transplantation, with Special Reference to Anteceding Breast Cancer,” and for the development of the vascular reconstruction technique that has been named "Molmenti technique".

Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (CCMC), formerly Schneider Children's Hospital and North Shore-LIJ Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in New Hyde Park, New York. The hospital has 202 pediatric beds and is affiliated the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. The hospital is a member of Northwell Health and is the only children's hospital in the network. The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21 throughout Long Island and New York state. Cohen Children's also sometimes treats adults that require pediatric care. Cohen Children's Medical Center also features the largest ACS verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the region. Cohen Children's Medical Center is the largest provider of pediatric health services in New York state. The hospital is attached to Long Island Jewish Medical Center and adjacent to the Ronald Mcdonald House of Long Island.

David J. Langer is an American neurosurgeon who is chair of neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. In addition, he is a professor of neurosurgery and radiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Langer was a star on two Netflix docu-series, Lenox Hill in 2020, and Emergency: NYC in 2023.

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