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The Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program is an MD-PhD program based in New York City that was formed by combining earlier MD-PhD programs that had their inceptions in 1972. The current version of the program, which is operated by Weill Cornell Medical College (WMC), The Rockefeller University (RU) and Sloan Kettering Institute, was created in 1991.[1][2][3][4] Located in the Upper East Side of New York City, the program is directed by Olaf Andersen of Weill Cornell.[5] Students who successfully complete the program are awarded an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College and a PhD from Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences, The Rockefeller University, or the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.


Program

Weill Medical Center

Each year about 15 students are admitted to the program; the positions are funded by National Institutes of Health Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)[6] for the full length of training (usually 7–8 years)[7]. The students have their medical studies at Weill Cornell and may choose a PhD thesis advisor and do their Ph.D research in any of the institutions.

The medical curriculum is characterized by problem based learning and early exposure to medical interviewing. While the Cornell Medical Center is frequented by Manhattan celebrities and the wealthy, opportunities to serve in the new student-run free clinic or abroad in Haiti, Brazil, Tanzania or Weill Cornell-Qatar campus are also available.[citation needed]

Students arrive the July 4th weekend before their first year of medical school to complete one of three rotations for the summer. The first year curriculum is similar to Cornell MD students except that MD-PhD students take Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences I (Frontiers). Students complete a second rotation after their first year and complete second year of Cornell MD curriculum while taking Frontiers II and the USMLE in June. In the Thesis Years (3,4,5 and maybe 6 and 7), students complete thesis research and graduate school requirements in one of the 270 campus laboratories. Clinical electives and courses are offered, and during the 6th and 7th years, students complete clinical requirements at Cornell.[citation needed]

Reputation

The Tri-I program boasts extensive medical and basic science resources. Notable achievements in the past year include the ranking of MSKCC as the nation's top cancer center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital ranked 8th[8] by the U.S. News & World Report, and Rockefeller University as a top biomedical graduate school for cell and molecular biology, biochemistry and structural biology.[citation needed] The institution has been associated with 25 Nobel Prize winners in its 100+ year history.[9]

Notable faculty

Housing

Subsidized housing by the program is available to Tri-I students for all years.

Other Programs

Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program[10]: program for underrepresented minority and disadvantaged college students who wish to pursue the combined MD-PhD degree

See also

References

  1. ^ Gotto, Antonio M.; Moon, Jennifer (2016). Weill Cornell Medicine: A History of Cornell's Medical School. Cornell University Press. p. 177. ISBN 9781501703669.
  2. ^ Paul Smaglik. New York: Building cooperation.Nature. vol. 419, no. 4-5 (September 2002). Accessed July 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Weill Cornell: from scholars to scientists. The Scientist. November 22, 2004. Accessed July 3, 2008
  4. ^ Stem Cell Research in New York City Receives Pivotal Boost From The Starr Foundation; New Tri-Institutional Collaboration Aimed at Realizing Potential of Stem Cell Research. AScribe Medicine News Service. May 23, 2005. Accessed July 3, 2008.
  5. ^ "Faculty Directory for the Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College". physiology.med.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  6. ^ "Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Institutions - National Institute of General Medical Sciences". www.nigms.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  7. ^ "Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program". weill.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  8. ^ "US News and World Report Best Hospitals, 2017-2018". US News and World Report. Retrieved 29 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Nobel Prize - About". About. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  10. ^ Gituan, Ruth (May 2017). "Gateways to the Laboratory: How an MD–PhD Program Increased the Number of Minority Physician–Scientists". Academic Medicine. 92 (5): 628–634. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001478. Retrieved 9 March 2018 – via Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. 
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