SUNY Downstate is the only academic medical center in Brooklyn. For the 2.3 million people who live here, it means ready access to some of the best physicians—and physicians-to-be—in the world.
Since 1860, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University has stood for one powerful idea: that healthcare begins with people—learning from them, caring for them, and growing with them.
We were founded to train physicians at the bedside, not just in the classroom— an innovative shift that helped reshape medical education across the country. And that spirit of innovation still defines us today.
Today, Downstate is SUNY’s only academic medical center in the five boroughs, and a leader in health equity, research, and the education of a diverse healthcare workforce. Through our five schools—the College of Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, and School of Graduate Studies—and at University Hospital at Downstate, we prepare the next generation of doctors, nurses, scientists, public health leaders, and allied health professionals, most of whom go on to serve right here in New York.
