New York Medical College

New York Medical College (NYMC or New York Med) is a private biomedical health sciences university based in Valhalla, New York. Founded in 1860, it is a member of the Touro College and University System.

NYMC offers advanced degrees through its three schools: the School of Medicine (SOM), the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences (GSBMS) and the School of Health Sciences and Practice (SHSP). Total enrollment is 1,660 students (including 774 medical students) in addition to 800 residents and clinical fellows.

NYMC employs 1,350 full-time faculty members and 1,450 part-time and voluntary faculty. The university has more than 12,000 alumni active in medical practice, healthcare administration, public health, teaching and research.

With a network of 20+ affiliated hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virginia, NYMC's hospital affiliations include large urban medical centres, small suburban clinics, rural medical centres and high-tech regional tertiary care facilities, where medical students and residents are afforded a wide variety of clinical training opportunities.

The New York Medical College has more hospitals ranked in the top 20 than any other university in the tri-state area. Located on campus, Westchester Medical Center University Hospital is the main academic medical centre of New York Medical College School of Medicine.

It is ranked among the top five hospitals in New York State for bariatric surgery and is one of only 25 hospitals in the nation to receive the American Heart Association's 2008 Triple Performance Award. Westchester Medical Center also boasts the highest case mix index of all hospitals in the United States.