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On October 16 Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz and North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer Michael J. Dowling held a press conference to announce a partnership to plan the establishment of a new medical school on Hofstra’s campus. This announcement was as significant for New York state as it was for both institutions. The Hofstra University School of Medicine would be the first allopathic (traditional) medical school in Nassau County and the first new allopathic medical school established in New York since 1963.
The idea for a medical school came from a 2006 Association of American Medical Colleges report that recommended that enrollment in medical colleges be increased by 30 percent by 2015 to meet rising demand. But the new medical school will also have a major impact on the entire university. "The establishment of a new medical school brings new research and cutting-edge scholarship to our campus, provides our region with better health care resources and allows Hofstra University’s standing in the international academic community to continue to grow," President Rabinowitz said. "Our partnership with a renowned institution such as the North Shore-LIJ Health System will ensure that the Hofstra School of Medicine, once established, will have excellent clinical training and extensive resources from the outset."
The first step in moving forward with the medical school will be the accreditation process. The medical school must go through a program registration with the New York State Education Department’s Office of College and University Evaluation and the Board of Regents and the accreditation process with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. The target date for admission of the charter class, which will be approximately 30 students, is September of 2011, subject to receiving preliminary accreditation.
An 11-acre parcel, located in the northeast section of the Hofstra campus and bounded by Earle Ovington Boulevard and Charles Lindbergh Boulevard, is the planned site of a new academic facility and residential complex for medical students.
