New York University Grossman School of Medicine
medical school of New York University
The New York University Grossman School of Medicine (previously the New York University School of Medicine from 1960 to 2019) is one of the two medical schools of New York University, the other being NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine. Both are part of NYU Langone Health. The school was founded in 1841.
History
The school was founded in 1841 as the Medical College of the University of New York, with an inaugural class of 239 students. Among the college's six original faculty members were renowned surgeon Valentine Mott and John Revere, son of Paul Revere. In 1898, the Medical College of New York University consolidated with Bellevue Hospital Medical College, forming the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University.
In 1935, the university and Bellevue Hospital Medical College was renamed the New York University College of Medicine. In 1960, New York University College of Medicine was renamed New York University School of Medicine.
The faculty and alumni of NYU Grossman School of Medicine have contributed to the control of tuberculosis, diphtheria, yellow fever, and sexually transmitted infections, as well as the development of vaccines for measles, rubella, hepatitis B, polio, and cancer; advances in the treatment and prevention of stroke and heart disease; and the introduction of minimally invasive surgical techniques. In the early 1980s, clinicians and researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine working at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue were among the first to identify an alarming increase in Kaposi's sarcoma, opportunistic infections, and immune system failure among young gay men and alert health authorities to an imminent health catastrophe, soon to be known as HIV/AIDS.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine counts among its faculty and alumni four Nobel laureates:
Otto Loewi (awarded 1936), who determined that the primary language of nerve cell communication is chemical rather than electrical
Severo Ochoa (awarded 1959), who conducted landmark studies in biochemical genetics and nucleic acids
Baruj Benacerraf (awarded 1980), who performed groundbreaking research on genetic regulation of the immune system
Eric Kandel (awarded 2000), who discovered molecular processes that underlie learning and memory
In 2007, Robert I. Grossman, a neuroradiologist who had served as chair of NYU Langone Health's Department of Radiology since 2001, was appointed the 15th Dean of NYU School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Medical Center.
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