SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Type	Public medical school
Established	1860; 164 years ago (1860)
Parent institution	State University of New York
Chancellor	Deborah F. Stanley
President	Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP
Students	1,846[1][2]
Undergraduates	211
Postgraduates	1,635
Other students	1,040 residents[2]
Location	Brooklyn , New York 40°39′19″N 73°56′45″W / 40.6554°N 73.9457°W / 40.6554; -73.9457
Website	[1]

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is a public medical school and hospital in Brooklyn, New York. It is the southernmost member of the State University of New York (SUNY) system and the only academic medical center for health education, research, and patient care serving Brooklyn's 2.5 million residents. It is the only state-run hospital in New York City.^[3] As of Fall 2018, it had a total student body of 1,846 and approximately 8,000 faculty and staff.

Downstate Health Sciences University comprises a College of Medicine, Colleges of Nursing, School of Graduate Studies, School of Health Professions, and School of Public Health, and University Hospital of Brooklyn. It also includes a major research complex and biotechnology facilities.

SUNY Downstate ranks eighth nationally in the number of alumni who are on the faculty of American medical schools. More physicians practicing in New York City graduated from Downstate than from any other medical school. With 1,040 residents (young physicians in training), Downstate's residency program is the 16th largest in the country.

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is the fourth largest employer in Brooklyn. Eighty-six percent of its employees are New York City residents; 68 percent live in Brooklyn. The medical center's total direct, indirect, and induced economic impact on New York State is in excess of $2 billion. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University attracted close to $100 million in external research funding in 2011, which includes $26 million from federal sources. It ranks fourth among SUNY campuses in grant expenditures, and second among SUNY's academic health centers.