SUNY Downstate Medical Center Employee Directory
Hospitals and Health CareNew York, United States1001-5000 Employees
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is a major urban medical center based in Brooklyn, New York, affiliated with the State University of New York system. It comprises the College of Medicine, College of Health Related Professions, College of Nursing, School of Graduate Studies, School of Public Health, and University Hospital of Brooklyn, and traces its origins to 1860 when bedside teaching was introduced at Long Island College Hospital. It functions as an integrated teaching hospital and health sciences institution delivering education, patient care, and research in an urban setting. As a provider of care and an educator, it serves students, trainees, and patients in Brooklyn, with a mission aligned to serving diverse urban communities. It promotes equal opportunity and diversity as an affirmative action employer within the SUNY system. In 2026, it partnered with the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health to develop a survey addressing discrimination, cultural humility, structural racism, and inequities in access to care.