Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University: Fact Sheet

The Stony Brook University School of Medicine is now the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in recognition of more than $500 million dollars in generous philanthropic investments by 111 Renaissance Technologies families in Stony Brook University – including the School of Medicine – over the past 35 years, including gifts through a $600 million Campaign for Stony Brook, the largest campaign in the history of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

Here are facts that speak to this important announcement:

Mission Focus

Three critical mission goals of the Renaissance School of Medicine:

1. Train the next generation of committed, curious and highly capable physicians
2. Advance our understanding of the origins of human health and disease
3. Deliver world-class, compassionate healthcare

Medical Education

• 500+ medical students trained annually
• 750+ medical residents and fellows trained annually
• 57 ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited residencies and fellowships in a broad range of specialties
• Public medical school providing medical students with a uniquely diverse patient population for training to provide medical care in an increasingly global society
• Clinical outreach, global health research, clinical electives and exchange programs for medical students facilitated by the Office of Global Medical Education with more than 20 partners around the globe
• International rotations for residents in the Departments of Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine at various partner sites, including Chile, China, Ecuador, Japan, Madagascar, Peru, Rwanda and Uganda
• 5 main care sites where residents and fellows train in various specialties:
  •  Stony Brook University Hospital
  •  Stony Brook Children’s Hospital
  •  Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
  •  Northport VA Medical Center
  •  Nassau University Medical Center
• In 2016, entered strategic partnership with Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine in Manhattan for collaborative education, research and clinical care programs

Impact of Medical Research

• #1 ranked public medical school in the State of New York and 57th in the nation among research medical schools (Source: U.S. News & World Report)
• Part of Stony Brook University, one of 62 members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), the invitation-only organization of the best research universities in North America
• World-class, National Institutes of Health-sponsored research programs in neurological diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, biomedical imaging, regenerative medicine and infectious diseases, among many other topics
• 25 percent increase in research funding since 2010
• $90 million in funded research annually
• 4 major innovations by Stony Brook researchers:
  •  Developed the Nobel Prize-winning technology that led to the MRI
  •  Helped develop the technology for PET scans
  •  Created technology for 3D virtual colonoscopy
  •  Discovered the cause of Lyme disease
• Groundbreaking new medications developed by Stony Brook researchers include:
  •  ReoPro® (a drug used for cardiac angioplasty)
  •  Periostat® (a drug used for periodontal disease)
  •  Xiaflex® (a drug used to treat Dupuytren’s disease)

Reach of Clinical Care

Residents deliver medical care at Stony Brook Medicine:

•  More than 33,000 inpatient visits
•  More than 104,000 emergency room visits
•  More than 950,000 outpatient visits

Growth and Development of Faculty and Scholars

• 22.3 percent increase in faculty over past five years (from 739 to 904)
• Increase in endowed chairs from 7 to 22 over past five years
• 10 faculty selected as inaugural members of Donoho Academy of Clinical and Educational Scholars (ACES) – funded by a generous gift from Miki and David Donoho – to provide continuous career development for clinician-educators. Faculty mentoring programs and series of three one-year fellowships began July 2017.

Student Success by the Numbers

• Fall 2018 matriculating class:
  •  136 students selected from 4,816 applications
  •  60 percent of incoming students from New York State
  •  26 percent of matriculating class from lower socioeconomic background
  •  3.80 cumulative GPA
• – 90th percentile overall MCAT average score
• 98 percent pass rate for graduates on national medical licensure examination (vs. 97 percent national average)
• 26 percent of graduates placed in Top 20 residency programs for the past two years
• 49 percent of graduates placed in residencies in New York State