Incorporated in 1967, the Deans of AMSNY member institutions comprise the Board of Trustees. The Board provides vision and leadership, ensuring the state’s preeminence in the fields of medical research, medical education and patient care. In NYS, medical education is a multi-billion dollar industry. In recent years, the schools have brought in nearly a billion dollars annually to the State in Federal research grants. NY’s academic medical centers have an estimated annual economical impact of $66 billion in jobs, construction, purchases and tax revenue.

AMSNY…

Collaborates

AMSNY connects the people, knowledge and resources of NYS’s fourteen public and private medical schools with civic and community health care, educational services and funding providers. AMSNY
responds to the needs of the NYS medical schools through its standing committees, ensuring the state’s preeminence in the fields of medical education, medical research and patient care.

Committees work to ensure:
• Improved health care throughout NYS through public education and outreach programs.
• Equitable medical education and care through academic and financial support to educationally and economically disadvantaged students who are underrepresented in medicine.
• Information dissemination and advocacy to policy makers and philanthropic foundations to enable adequate funding for medical education.

Educates

AMSNY provides educational opportunities for medical students, residents, faculty and those students wishing to follow a career in medicine. It coordinates an intensive statewide effort to increase equitable representation in medical education and access to healthcare for the economically disadvantaged. It's programs include the Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), the Post Baccaulaureate Program, and Faculty Development Programs in areas such as professionalism, clinical skills remediation and mentoring minority students.

Advocates

The knowledge and expertise of AMSNY member institutions have influenced healthcare policy by educating federal, state and local leaders. AMSNY has advocated for access to healthcare for all people, AIDS patient care responsibility, animal research, biomedical research and palliative care education.