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Upstate University Hospital serves a vast region that includes rural, suburban and urban areas, resulting in opportunities for medical students to be exposed to unusually varied cases and patient needs.
Large and diverse Upstate Medical University’s College of Medicine is at the core of the region’s only academic medical center. The largest employer in the area, Upstate serves a vast region that reaches from Pennsylvania to Canada. The area is diverse. There are rural areas with hundreds of farms. There are forests stretching for miles. There are lakes and rivers that attract recreational users. And there are urban and suburban areas, including the urban center of Syracuse where poverty runs at nearly triple the national average. Upstate serves this diverse community through University Hospital, Community Hospital and the Golisano Children’s Hospital. University Hospital includes the region’s only level-one trauma center. The helicopter landing pad atop the hospital receives patients too injured or sick to be cared for by the smaller healthcare facilities throughout the region. The College of Medicine has made strides to help prepare the next generation of physicians who will serve an increasingly diverse America. More than a quarter of this year’s incoming class students are from racial and ethnic groups traditionally Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM). Rural students constitute 10 percent of the class. 16 SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
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