Albany Medical College
Albany Medical Center is the only academic health sciences center in the 25 counties of eastern New York
The Center incorporates the 651-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, one of New York’s largest teaching hospitals; Albany Medical College, one of the nation’s first private medical schools; and the Albany Medical Center Foundation, Inc., one of the largest fund-raising organizations in the region.
Written by Greg McGarry, Albany Medical Center’s Vice President for Communications, The History of the Formation of Albany Medical Center chronicles the events leading up to the formation of the Center in 1982.
Traces the founding of Albany Medical College and Albany Hospital (the predecessor to Albany Medical Center Hospital) in 1839 and 1849 respectively, and discusses their complementary and reinforcing missions and the fact that they remained separate organizations for nearly a century and a half.
Mission
As an academic health sciences center, Albany Medical Center has a mission of providing excellence in medical education, biomedical research, and patient care. Albany Medical Center has a responsibility to: * Educate medical students, physicians, biomedical students, and other health care professionals from demographically diverse backgrounds in order to meet the future primary and specialty health care needs of the region and nation;
Vision
We at Albany Medical Center will continue to develop as a nationally recognized academic health science center. In collaboration with the community, we will provide excellence in education, research, and patient care programs. Our vision for the future includes a commitment to working with other providers to make comprehensive and advanced clinical services available to the public while emphasizing quality and service. We will be a leader in developing an innovative health care delivery system and educational consortium that respond to the needs of the community.
Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs
- Bachelor of Science
Graduate Programs
- Doctor of Philosophy Degree in the Basic Sciences
- Master of Science Degree in the Basic Sciences
- Master of Science Degree in the Clinical Sciences
Centers
- Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research
- Center for Cardiovascular Sciences
- Center for Immunology & Microbial Disease
- Center for Neuropharmacology & Neuroscience
Contact Details
Albany Medical Center
43 New Scotland Avenue,
Albany, NY 12208
518.262.3125
Official Website: http://www.amc.edu/
