Why Choose Us? by Dhanya Madhu https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr en-us 2017-01-20 14:37:31 UTC 2026-02-10 14:45:42 UTC hello@padlet.com First-Class Education fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148368471
A superior medical education awaits future physicians who enroll in Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.  Our program offers an innovative, highly interactive and participatory curriculum with emphasis on small group, case-based learning.  The School of Medicine presents information thematically by analyzing the human body’s systems and the diseases and conditions that affect them so that you learn scientific concepts in context and relate them directly, through practice, to health, disease and illness.]]> 2017-01-20 14:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148368471 Partnership with Northwell Health fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148373157 Guided by teams of experienced clinicians and medical scientists, you will put learning into action from the very first days of your training in state-of-the-art facilities at one of the country’s leading healthcare systems. Northwell Health is the second largest secular, non-profit health system in the nation with facilities located in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as Nassau and Suffolk counties in Long Island. The Health System offers both large tertiary care facilities and several community hospitals in varying sizes. You will train in many of these hospitals, including Zucker Hillside Hospital and Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center. You will have the opportunity to utilize Northwell Health’s Center for Learning and Innovation, the Patient Safety Institute and the Bioskills Education Center. These training facilities include the latest operative technologies, human simulation/robotic laboratories and high-tech research space.
 
In addition, during the first nine weeks of the curriculum, you will train as certified emergency medical technicians and work shifts on Northwell Health ambulances, responding to 911 calls.
]]> 2017-01-20 14:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148373157 The Match fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148373345 Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine graduates have successfully matched into highly competitive residency programs across the country in a wide variety of specialty areas. Take a look at our 2016 results where 100% of our students matched:]]> 2017-01-20 14:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148373345 Prime Location fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148374344
Located in western Long Island, NY, the School of Medicine is just 25 miles from the excitement of Manhattan, and is easily accessible by car or the Long Island Railroad.  Long Island is home to a plethora of attractions from world-famous Jones Beach and Long Beach, to the renowned Hamptons of the East End.  There are numerous shopping and restaurants options, as well as parks, golf courses, and several sporting arenas that make the medical school’s location ideal for a healthy, active and culture-driven experience. 
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At Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine we are committed to educating future physicians to embrace responsibility for the health of their communities, and to be activists who advocate at the local, regional, and national level for the best care for patients and their community.
 
Our students of all levels run the Hofstra Northwell Free Clinic located in Queens, NY, one of the most ethnically diverse urban counties in the country. This clinic serves uninsured patients in need. If you choose to participate, you will be guided on site by Hofstra Northwell faculty-physician volunteers. In addition, you will have the opportunity take part in a wide variety of community outreach programs including, but not limited to, the Gold Foundation’s Solidarity Day for Compassionate Care, a holiday toy drive, the Go Red for Women’s Heart Health Month, and St. Baldrick’s Day fundraising for childhood cancer research.
]]> 2017-01-20 14:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148375055 Research Opportunities fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148376422 As a student, you will have the opportunity to train at the world-renowned Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, the research arm of the Northwell Health system, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Students gain a strong foundation in critical thinking and application of the scientific method to the basic, translational and clinical research and scholarship championed by the School of Medicine. For more information, please visit our research opportunities section.

]]> 2017-01-20 14:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148376422 On-Campus Amenities fcsdzm https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148378057 Comfortable and attractive graduate student on-campus housing is offered, as well as multiple dining, recreation and entertainment options.  There’s an array of convenient dining halls and eateries, including the School of Medicine’s own café; extensive fitness and athletic facilities, including an indoor pool, gymnasium, and the state-of-the-art David S. Mack Fitness Center; outstanding entertainment such as concerts, theatre, films, lectures and sporting events; Hofstra University’s art museum; and ample parking.]]> 2017-01-20 15:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/fcsdzm/7dkzot1f5yvr/wish/148378057