Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is one of UB's 13 schools and colleges. It is located on the Downtown Campus and South Campus.[1] As of 2025, the school has over 700 medical students, over 800 residents and fellows, and over 1,000 undergraduate students.[2]
The medical school is the oldest school at UB and was founded in 1846.[3]
Academic Programs & Departments
Academic Departments
- Department of Anesthesiology[4]
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Biomedical Informatics
- Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences
- Department of Dermatology
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Family Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Orthopaedics
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Structural Biology
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Urology
Additional Programs
- Medical Education Program (the school's Medical Doctor (MD) program)[5]
- Prehealth Advising Program[6]
- PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences[7]
- Biomedical Sciences Master's Program[8]
- Office of Graduate Medical Education[9]
Dual Degree Programs
The school offers a joint MD/MBA program (with the School of Management), MD/MPH program (with the School of Public Health and Health Professions), a Medical Oral Maxillofacial Surgery MD/Certificate program (with the School of Dental Medicine), and an MD/PhD program.[10]
MD-PhD Program
The Jacobs School offers a joint Medical Doctor/Doctor of Philosophy program with the Medical Education Program and PhD programs across the university:[11]
- Biochemistry (with the Department of Biochemistry)
- Biomedical Informatics (with the Department of Biomedical Informatics)
- Biophysics (with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics)
- Computational Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Pathology (with the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences)
- Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics (with the Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Program)
- Microbiology and Immunology (with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology)
- Neuroscience (with the Neuroscience Program)
- Oral Biology (with the School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral Biology)
- Pathology (with the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences)
- Pharmacology and Toxicology (with the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology)
- Physiology (with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics)
- Structural Biology (with the Department of Structural Biology)
- Epidemiology (with the School of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health)
- Nutrition and Exercise Science (with the SPHHP Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences)
- Biomedical Engineering (with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department of Biomedical Engineering)
- Chemical and Biological Engineering (with the SEAS Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (with the SEAS Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
- Cancer Prevention (with the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center)
- Cancer Genetics, Genomics and Development (with RPCCC)
- Tumor Immunology (with RPCCC)
- Cell Stress and Biophysical Oncology (with RPCCC)
- Experimental Therapeutics (with RPCCC)
Locations & Facilities
Brain Museum
The Brain Museum has locations on the Downtown Campus at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Building and on South Campus at the Biomedical Education Building.[12] This museum is free, open to the public, and hosts a collection of human brains.[13]
Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic
The Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic is a student-run medical clinic in Buffalo providing free services to the community.[14]
Associated Research Centers and Facilities
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Confocal Microscope and Flow Cytometry Facility[15]
- Electron Microscopy Core Lab
- Histology Core
- Multispectral Imaging Suite
- Western New York Stem Culture and Analysis Center
- Biochemistry Stockroom
- Clinical Research Center
- CTSI Translational Imaging Center
- Health Sciences Instrument Shops
- Institute for Healthcare Informatics
- Molecular Interactions Facility
- Next-Generation Sequencing and Expression Facility
- Protein Expression and Crystallization Facility
- Proteomics/Mass Spectrometry
- Toxicology Research Center
- Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute[16]
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
- Alzheimer's Disease Translational Genomics Research Laboratory[17]
- Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center
- Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center
- Center for Computational Research
- Center for Developmental Biology of the Lung
- Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Children's Guild Foundation Autism Spectrum Disorder Center
- Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions (with faculty membership from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Social Work, School of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, and School of Public Health and Health Professions)[18]
- Cystic Fibrosis Center of Western New York
- Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of Western New York
- Institute for Myelin and Glia Exploration
- Ira G. Ross Eye Institute Research Center
- Jacobs Multiple Sclerosis Center for Treatment and Research
- Liver Biorepository at the UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Center for Biomedical Imaging
- Neuromuscular Disease Research Center
- Neuropsychology Center
- Primary Care Research Institute
- Upstate New York Practice Based Research Network
- Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology
Affiliated Hospitals
The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is affiliated with many hospitals in the WNY region:[19]
- Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute
- Oishei Children's Hospital
- Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital
- DeGraff Medical Park
- Erie County Medical Center
- Great Lakes Health System of Western New York
- Buffalo VA Medical Center
- Sisters of Charity Hospital
- Kenmore Mercy Hospital
- Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
- Sisters of Charity Hospital St. Joseph Campus
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Residency Controversies
References
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/maps_and_directions.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/employment.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/175/celebrating.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/departments.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/md.html
- ↑ https://www.buffalo.edu/prehealth.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/phdprogram.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/nsim.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/offices/gme.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/md/about-the-program/joint-and-dual-degree-programs.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/education/mdphd/education/phd-overview/phd-programs.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/community_outreach/brain-museum.html
- ↑ https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/38659
- ↑ https://www.lighthousefreemedicalclinic.com/
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/research/core_facilities.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/hospital_and_researchaffiliations/institutes.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/research/research_centers.html
- ↑ https://www.buffalo.edu/cria/staff/scientists.html
- ↑ https://medicine.buffalo.edu/about/hospital_and_researchaffiliations/hospital.html