Ross University School of Medicine Expands Clinical Rotations in New York
Fifty New Spots Added at Caritas Health Care Planning's Mary
Immaculate and St. John's Queens Hospitals
EDISON, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
Ross University School of Medicine is pleased to announce it will
add a total of 50 new core clinical rotation spots at Caritas Health
Care Planning's Mary Immaculate and St. John's Queens hospitals in New
York City. Ross University has clinical rotations available at 22
hospitals in New York.
With over 1,100 opportunities available at more than 70
institutions nationwide, Ross University offers more clinical rotation
spots in the United States than any medical school in the world. In
2007, Ross had more than 1,300 students complete over 60,000 clinical
weeks.
"We aim to provide our students with the best educational
experience possible to prepare them for their future careers, and this
includes their clinical rotations," said Dr. Thomas Shepherd,
president of Ross University. "We are very pleased to have the ability
to offer our students additional opportunities in the New York area,
and more importantly, opportunities at some of the country's most
outstanding hospitals."
With these recent additions, Ross University now has 110 core
clinical positions available at Caritas hospitals in New York. Ross
University also offers students the chance to complete their core
clinical rotations at 20 additional New York-area hospitals that
include Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical
Center, Brooklyn Hospital Center, King's County Hospital Center, Long
Beach Medical Center, Long Island College Hospital, Lutheran Medical
Center, Maimonides Medical Center, Mount Vernon Hospital, New York
Downtown Hospital, North General Hospital, NYU Hospital for Joint
Diseases, Peninsula Hospital Center, Queen's Hospital Center,
Rochester General Hospital, Staten Island University Hospital, St.
Barnabas Hospital, St. Clare's Hospital of Schenectady, St. John's
Episcopal Hospital, and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
About Ross University School of Medicine:
Ross University was founded in 1978 and is a provider of medical
and veterinary education offering doctor of medicine and doctor of
veterinary medicine degree programs. The School of Medicine is located
in Dominica, West Indies, and the School of Veterinary Medicine is in
St. Kitts.
The first four semesters of pre-clinical training are taught in
Dominica over a 16-month period. Students complete their fifth
semester, Advanced Introduction to Clinical Medicine, in either Miami,
Florida or Saginaw, Michigan. Semesters six through ten consist of
core and elective clinical rotations in U.S. affiliated teaching
hospitals. Ross University graduates are eligible to practice medicine
in all 50 U.S. states and 10 provinces of Canada upon successful
completion of the requisite licensing examinations.
Ross University's administrative offices are located in Edison,
NJ. For more information about Ross University, visit www.rossu.edu or
call 732.978.5300.
Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, Inc.
Josh Epstein or Erin Howard, 212-575-4545
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