Over its 170-year history, Albany Medical College has attracted and produced many leaders in medicine and research. Among its present and past faculty, researchers, and alumni there are two
Albany Medical Center Hospital, a 734-bed Level-I Trauma Center contiguous with the medical college
There are multiple courses of study at the college with tracks that end in an MD degree, as well as a Graduate Studies program with the following departments:
In addition to the traditional medical school application process, AMC reserves up to 50 places in its first-year class for participants in combined-degree programs. Students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Union College and Siena College complete certain undergraduate requirements prior to matriculation at Albany Medical College, then finish their undergraduate degrees at AMC while concurrently earning their MDs. Programs range from a total of seven to eight years.
The AMC Physician Assistant Program was established in 1972, in collaboration with Hudson Valley Community College. Its graduates received from HVCC the A.A.S. in Physician Assistant Studies, and a certificate of completion from AMC. Since 2005, the program has granted a Master of Science in PA studies. The program's curriculum consists of a variety of courses in basic and medical science within four didactic terms and an additional twelve months of medical rotations.
Alden March Bioethics Institute
The Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI) is a multi-institutional bioethics research organization based at the Albany Medical College in New York. 26 faculty originate first-rate scholarship with the support of more than $3 million in federal and foundation grants. The Institute until recently housed The American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB) and bioethics.net. Its faculty direct a number of graduate programs including those offering the M.S. and Doctor of Professional Studies (D.P.S.) in Bioethics. The Institute is named in honor of Alden March, a 19th-century physician.
WAMC public radio
In October 1958, the college, alongside the medical center, started a public radio station, WAMC. The callsign comes from both the college and medical center. In 1980, citing financial burdens, the station was spun off to an independent entity, WAMC, Inc. WAMC is now the primary NPR station for the Albany area.
Notable alumni and faculty
Jacob M. Appel, bioethicist, is a graduate of AMC's Alden March Bioethics Institute.[2]
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James W. Black, Visiting Professor, a Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who invented Propranolol, synthesized Cimetidine and was awarded the Nobel Prize
Steven J. Burakoff, cancer specialist and the author of both Therapeutic Immunology (2001) and Graft-Vs.-Host Disease: Immunology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (1990)
Charles S. Butler, physician and a member of the New York State Assembly
Chester Bidwell Darrall, Union Army Surgeon and Republican Congressman from Louisiana in the latter 19th Century.
Segun Toyin Dawodu, MD, JD, MBA, LL.M, MS, previously Associate Professor[4] in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, a physician, attorney, entrepreneur and medical informatician who established the first website[5] on socio-political issues of Nigeria.
Emmy award winning television personality, author and physician who, as "Dr. Tim Johnson", is best known to TV viewers in his capacity as the longtime chief medical correspondent for ABC News
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Edward Khantzian, co-originator of the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse.
Jesse Montgomery Mosher, psychiatrist, established first psychiatric ward in a medical hospital.
David Nalin, discoverer of oral rehydration therapy, which is accredited with saving an estimated 50 million lives from diarrhea across the world. Both The Lancet and UNICEF cited ORT as one of the most important medical advances in the 20th century.[9][10]
computed tomography. Winner of the Lasker Award, his fundamental discovery also led to MRI, positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and other imaging techniques. Originally nominated for the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with his colleagues, his name was eventually withdrawn for political reasons.[11][12][13]
(1870–1946), a Karen nationalist who devoted himself to improving the situation of the Karen people of Burma in the early 20th century.
Tabor B. Reynolds (1821–1901), an American physician who served as town supervisor, New York State Assemblyman, and Sheriff of Saratoga County.
James Salisbury, M.D. physician, and the inventor of the Salisbury steak
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Sampson artery
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Yale University School of Medicine
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Theobald Smith, pioneering microbiologist and the first person to prove that diseases can be transmitted through insects. He is widely considered to be America's first internationally significant medical research scientist.[14]
