Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) is a New
York-based medical school founded in 1963. It was chartered through the Mount
Sinai Hospital. It is numbered among the
premier medical schools in the US. In the US News & World Report, ISMMS placed 19th
in research. This year, ISMMS is 18th among the US medical schools funded by
the NIH.
In January 1958, the board of trustees of Mount Sinai
Hospital made the first official proposal to establish a medical school. The
school was known then as Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM). MSSM held its
first class in 1968. As Mount Sinai Hospital became known for advanced
laboratories and, patient care, MSSM also became one of the leading medical
schools in the US.
The degrees at MSSM were granted by the City University of
New York (CUNY). But following the merger of Mount Sinai and the New York
University (NYU) in 1998 which created the Mount Sinai-NYU Medical Center and
Health Systems, MSSM’s university affiliation changed to NYU. The Middle States
Commission on Higher Education accredited MSSM in 2010 and granted
independence to MSSM to confer degrees.
To honor Carl Icahn, MSSM was renamed Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai in November 2012.
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