Company Profile
Company Overview
Our Mission
To advance health and wellness across the life span for the people of New York and the world through the education of tomorrow’s leaders in health care and biomedical sciences, innovative research and outstanding clinical care.
Our Goals
Attract the most promising individuals and support their development
Enhance our intellectual and technological environment to foster exceptionally creative science and education
Develop and maintain excellent clinical programs to provide outstanding care
Cultivate excellence, collegiality, and diversity
Observe the highest standards of ethics, integrity, professionalism, and humanism
Apply advances in science, medicine, and education to the betterment of humanity
Company History
Founded in 1846, the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is one of the oldest medical schools in the United States.
Establishment
The school was established when Buffalo was a boomtown on the Erie Canal and the gateway to the West.
Leading citizens—primarily physicians and lawyers—proposed that an institution of higher learning be established, which led to the founding of the private, nonsectarian University of Buffalo.
The Medical School, or Medical Department, as it was called, was the first decanal unit within the university, and 40 years passed before other departments were added.
Medical classes began February 24, 1847, with an enrollment of 66 students.
On the move:
The medical school’s first permanent location was next to Buffalo General Hospital in downtown Buffalo.
In 1893, the school relocated to High Street in the city, where it remained until 1953, when it moved to its current location on the university’s South Campus.
In 1962, University of Buffalo merged with the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The Medical School then became the School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Throughout its history, the university has not owned or operated a teaching hospital, but instead has instructed students in affiliated hospitals throughout the city.
Today’s network of teaching affiliations was formalized in 1983 as the Graduate Medical Dental Education Consortium of Buffalo. It offers students a wide range of clinical experiences and training opportunities, and has served as a national model for graduate medical education.
In 1987, the school’s name was changed to the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in recognition of the basic sciences underpinning medical knowledge.
Today, the school enrolls 140 medical students each year, 110 doctoral students, 28 MD/PhD students, 65 master’s students and 445 undergraduate.
Over the last century and a half, our faculty have made significant contributions to the advancement of the basic sciences and clinical care.
Notable among these accomplishments:
Development of the implantable cardiac pacemaker
Pioneering of newborn screening
Isolation of the B-antigen found in human blood that made blood transfusions safer
Invention of the Lippes Loop, the first Double-S intrauterine contraceptive device
Advancement of treatments that help slow progression of multiple sclerosis
Discovery of lung surfactant therapy for premature infants suffering from respiratory distress syndrome
The first minimally invasive spinal surgery in the United States
Paving the way for future physicians
At the start of the 21st century, our school’s clinical and basic-science strengths are evident in cardiovascular and neurologic disorders, ion-channel physiology and biophysics, retinal and cardiac electrophysiology, cellular and molecular signaling, computational biophysics and exercise physiology. Our Center for Single Molecule Biophysics and the Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology enjoy national reputations.
Benefits
UB offers excellent medical insurance programs to our faculty and staff who meet the eligibility requirements. You can choose from several plans based on your own and your family’s medical needs. All of our plans include prescription drug coverage.