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 fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Union College andSiena 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.
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 TheAmerican 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 ofAlden March, a 19th-century physician.
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 primaryNPR station for the Albany area.
Jacob M. Appel, bioethicist, is a graduate of AMC's Alden March Bioethics Institute.[2]
SirJames W. Black, Visiting Professor, a Scottish doctor and pharmacologist who inventedPropranolol, synthesizedCimetidine and was awarded theNobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for these discoveries.
Betty Q. Banker, pediatric neuropathologist and medical researcher
Kenneth Blackfan, well-known pediatric hematologist and mentor ofLouis K. Diamond andSidney Farber, proclaimed "father" of modern-day chemotherapy.Diamond-Blackfan Syndrome is named after him. Children's Hospital Boston is located on Blackfan Street, which is named after Blackfan.
Steven J. Burakoff,cancer specialist and the author of bothTherapeutic Immunology (2001) andGraft-Vs.-Host Disease: Immunology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (1990)
Charles S. Butler, physician and a member of the New York State Assembly
Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, PhD a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity. For these achievements, he received the prestigiousGairdner Foundation International Award.
Timothy Johnson (TV medical presenter),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 forABC News.
Jesse Montgomery Mosher, psychiatrist, established first psychiatric ward in a medical hospital.
David Nalin, discoverer oforal rehydration therapy, which is accredited with saving an estimated 50 million lives from diarrhea across the world. BothThe Lancet andUNICEF cited ORT as one of the most important medical advances in the 20th century.[7][8]
William H. Oldendorf (1925 – December 14, 1992), an American neurologist, physician, researcher, medical pioneer, founding member of the American Society for Neuroimaging (ASN), and originator of the technique ofcomputed tomography. Winner of theLasker 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 1979Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with his colleagues, his name was eventually withdrawn for political reasons.[9][10][11]
SirSan Crombie Po (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.
Theobald Smith, pioneeringmicrobiologist 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]
^Dolman, C.E.; Wolfe, R.J. (2003).Suppressing the Diseases of Animals and Man : Theobald Smith, Microbiologist. Boston Medical Library.ISBN978-0-674-01220-2.
