Company Profile
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Company Overview
The UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is an academic unit of the State University of New York at Buffalo. It is a publicly owned and supported medical school, committed to excellence in medical education and biomedical research through the pursuit of scholarship, research, patient care and community service.
The School's vision is to be recognized as a comprehensive medical school which contributes to the public good through the preparation of informed critical and caring physicians, and innovative and productive basic and clinical scientists. The conduct of original research in the basic and applied medical sciences is fundamental to achievement of the vision.
The School emphasizes the preparation of students well grounded in the sciences basic to medicine and committed to the values of caring, dedication, compassion, humaneness and service to individual patients and to society as a whole. It seeks to uphold high standards of professional ethics in research, patient care, and institutional governance.
Company History
The School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo is now 154 years old and was the founding faculty of the University. It was a private Institution up untill 1962, but since tthen it has been part of the larger SUNY system. Throughout this long period, it has undergone many transformations, reflecting our changing society and its priorities.
In addition to training future physicians, the School has made a commitment to train future medical scientists. In 1987, the School of Medicine added to its masthead "and Biomedical Sciences", in recognition of the importance of the basic biologic science underpinning of medical knowledge. Therefore the combined MD-PhD program is an important "bridge" training experience focused on developing a special cadre of academic physicians.
Benefits
. The Buffalo area offeres affordable housing, excellent public schools and low living costs which make it attractive to young families. The University values its post-doctoral trainees and is committed to their successful transition into the job-market.