The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) is well-known for having one of the top geriatric programs in the country. Its academic departments have also been praised for their environmental and occupational medicine programs. The Icahn School runs the Morchand Center for Clinical Competence (which helps students and doctors with their communication skills) and the Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases (which focuses on diseases affecting the Ashkenazi Jew population). Community service is a significant factor at the school, so students at Icahn run the East Harlem Outreach Partnership, which provides free healthcare to the community.
The Icahn School of Medicine has around 560 students and a faculty-student ratio of just under 3 to 1. Aside from a traditional MD degree, the Icahn School offers PhD/MD, Humanities and Medicine (HuMed), and MPH programs. Other programs include ones in oral-maxillofacial surgery, biomedical sciences, genetic counseling, and clinical research.
The school’s curriculum is similar to other medical schools in the country. The first two years are spent studying medical sciences, and the second two years focus on clinical sciences. Third and fourth-years participate in clinical rotations at Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx. The curriculum is based on quality education, patient care, research, and community service. Some of the most popular areas of specialty are emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery, pediatrics, and diagnostic radiology.
The Icahn School was also praised by the American Medical Student Association for receiving high marks for their conflicts of interest policies in regards to pharmaceutical industry marketing. The Icahn School also runs the Mount Sinai Simulation HELPS Center (Human Education, Education and Evaluation Lab for Patient Study and Professional Study) in the Department of Anesthesiology.
The school also notably runs the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, which was the first facility to offer classes to medical students where they could fully sequence their genomes. The institution was also the first CLIA-certified next-generation sequencing lab in New York City. Students interested in being a part of an innovative school with top-notch facilities and research centers should look into the Icahn School of Medicine.
Applications:
Total: 6,592
In State: 21.2%
Out of State: 78.8%
Acceptance rate: 7.9%
Matriculants:
Total: 140
In State: 31.4%
Out of State: 68.6%
Average MCAT*: 517
Average M.D. GPA (4.0 scale): 3.82
Average M.D./Ph.D. GPA (4.0 scale): 3.92
* Mount Sinai still reports its average MCAT on the old scale, so the new-scale score is our approximation.
** Applicant and matriculant data courtesy of AAMC.
2019 NIH Awards: $368,441,592
Average MD Graduate Debt: $171,940
Matriculants: 140
Faculty
Basic: 351
Clinical: 2,954
Total: 3,363
Accepts international students
2019-2020 Tuition: $55,316
2019-2020 Estimated cost of attendance: $81,623
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- admissions@mssm.edu
- http://www.mssm.edu/education/medical-education/programs/md-program