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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.
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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.
We care for one of the world’s most vibrant, diverse communities. And with a historic $1.1 billion transformation underway, we’re building a future where advanced medicine stays deeply rooted in the neighborhoods that need it most.
This is SUNY Downstate.
Where medicine meets mission—
and we #KeepCareClose.
4,000 Number of employees.
We're one of Brooklyn's largest employers. Half of our employees live in the Borough.
303,000 Number of outpatient visits last year to our hospital and satellite centers.
57% Percentage of students who are minorities.
Nearly 70% of the students in our College of Nursing are minorities, compared to just 12% in the profession nationwide.