CUNY School of Medicine / Sophie Davis Biomedical Education and PA Programs

We're proud to see Community Health and Social Medicine professor Elizabeth Cohn, RN, PhD, FAAN, and her work at the All of Us Research Program being featured 👏

A new study shows how the All of Us Research Program can advance women's health research.

Using the program’s dataset, researchers gained new insight into conditions that uniquely affect women, including risk factors for osteoporosis & postpartum hemorrhage.

Today, CUNY School of Medicine welcomed our NYC District Council Member Dr. Yusef Salaam. As a Harlem native, activist, and advocate for community well-being, Council Member Salaam recognizes the importance of delivering quality healthcare to our local community and working towards a better future for all New Yorkers.

During his visit, the council member met with Dean Carmen Renée Green and some of our faculty members. He also learned more about our dual mission of making medical education more affordable and serving neighborhoods like ours, where many have limited access to healthcare. We're thrilled to have this opportunity to highlight how we're training the next generation of healers, leaders, and scholars.

If you are a Sophie Davis graduate from the Class of ’91, we’re planning your 35th reunion! The Reunion Committee is working on an evening filled with nostalgia, laughter, connection…right where it all began in NYC.

Contact [email protected] for more information…and spread the word with your networks. We can’t wait to see you!

Today CUNY School of Medicine welcomed our US Representative Adriano Espaillat of New York’s Thirteenth Congressional District. In a district with the most hospital beds in New York City and in the country, Congressman Espaillat recognizes the importance of our mission to train healthcare professionals – most notably in primary care. From improving community health to contributing to the economic vibrancy of New York City, Representative Espaillat toured our school and met with several students who live within his district and are training with the intention to deliver healthcare on a hyper-local basis. Students presented him with a unique piece of artwork, symbolizing his proud Dominican American heritage and New York roots. We are grateful for his meaningful visit as we remain focused on training tomorrow’s Healers, Leaders, and Scholars.

At CUNY School of Medicine we welcomed 2026 with a celebratory event, and are incredibly proud of our graduating class of Physician Assistants from our historic PA program. Our most recent class paid a moving tribute to one of its first graduates, bestowing a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, to Ms. Annie Brown, an alumnus of our inaugural Class of 1973 and one of the first black Physician Assistants in the country. Keynote speaker Dr. Bishr Omary of Rutgers University also received an honorary degree, and gave a heartfelt and motivational keynote address to our graduates - the frontline of healthcare workers. Special guests included CUNY Vice Chancellor of Facilities Planning Dr. Mohamed Attalla and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Denise Maybank.

Congrats to our

Because of you, Giving Tuesday was a success!

With your support, we raised $50,290 for the CUNY School of Medicine Student Emergency Fund. These funds will provide immediate relief to students facing basic life needs like housing and food insecurity, helping them stay in school and continue their journey to becoming the physicians our communities so urgently need.

Your generosity is more than a gift—it’s an investment in the future of medicine, and in the students who will one day care for all of us.

On behalf of our students, faculty, and staff, thank you for standing with CUNY School of Medicine.

ends at midnight, and we’re so close to hitting our $50,000 goal for the CUNY Med Student Emergency Fund.

This is your last chance to give students facing food & housing insecurity the support they need—right now.

Make your gift before midnight: https://www.cunytuesday.org/organizations/cuny-school-of-medicine

On this Giving Tuesday, your donation will provide valuable resources to students facing financial challenges, and help them stay on their academic path.

We have raised over $34,000 of our $50,000 goal for the CUNY School of Medicine Student Emergency Fund. We’re on our way, but we’re not there yet!

Please donate now.

Donate today: https://www.cunytuesday.org/organizations/cuny-school-of-medicine

BLACK FRIDAY…
CYBER MONDAY…
GIVING TUESDAY!!!

We are on our way to meeting our fundraising goal for Giving Tuesday.

Please don’t forget to make a tax-deductible gift to the CUNY School of Medicine Student Emergency fund today!
https://www.cunytuesday.org/organizations/cuny-school-of-medicine

Donate to the CUNY School of Medicine Student Emergency Fund for Giving Tuesday!
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As an emergency room physician and a devoted NYPD Auxiliary Unit member, Dr. Clarence Kong’s sense of community and public service run deep. CUNY School of Medicine celebrates Dr. Kong, Class of 2021, on his well-deserved recognition of CUNY’s 50 under 50.

We thank Dr. Kong for leading by example, providing the healthcare that New York needs and New Yorkers want to see.

Read more about his story here: https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/communications-marketing/alumni-network/50under50/clarence-kong/

CUNY Announces 2025 50 Under 50 Alumni – The City University of New York The City University of New York today announced its second annual 50 Under 50 alumni awards celebrating the University's outstanding graduates and their social, cultural and economic contributions to New York and beyond. This year's cohort highlights the depth of talent within the CUNY community, re...