The State University of New York Upstate Medical University is a SUNY health sciences university located primarily in the University Hill district of Syracuse, New York. SUNY Upstate is an upper-division transfer and graduate college with degree programs within the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Health Professions, and the College of Graduate Studies. Its Syracuse campus includes Upstate University Hospital.Upstate has numerous partnerships, including a joint Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering with Syracuse University; science enrichment programs for local youth in tandem with the SC Hope Clinic.

Campus:The university’s main campus is located in downtown Syracuse, New York flanking Interstate 81. It includes Upstate University Hospital, the Institute for Human Performance, Setnor Academic Building, Central New York Gamma Knife Center, Jacobsen Hall, Regional Oncology Center, Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, Weiskotten Hall, the Health Sciences Library, Silverman Hall and Clark Tower.A clinical campus in Binghamton, New York was established in 1979.The College of Nursing offers graduate programs in: nurse practitioner (family and psychiatric), and clinical nurse specialist.The College of Health Professions offers programs in Physician Assistant (MS), Physical Therapy (DPT), Cardiovascular Perfusion (BS), Medical Technology (BS and MS), Medical Biotechnology (BS), Radiation Therapy (BS and BPS), Respiratory Therapy (BS), Medical Imaging (BS and BPS), and Ultrasound (BS and BPS).

Address: 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, New York, USA
Tel. No.: 315 464-5540 ,15 464-4570
Email: admissfa@upstate.edu
Website: www.upstate.edu

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Courses

Health Science

BSc in Nursing

Students having RN degree can apply for BSc in Nursing. Nurses work directly with patients in hospitals, outpatient clinics, physicians’ offices, schools, extended care facilities and other clinical settings. Nurses are a vital part of the health care team that diagnoses and treats patients of all ages and conditions. program focuses on theory and application, provides exposure to many areas of nursing, and serves as a foundation for graduate study. It prepares you to deliver comprehensive care to patients of all ages in a variety of settings as a direct care provider and as a nursing leader.

Duration: 2 Years (5 Semester)

Bachelor of Medical Imaging Sciences

Medical imaging professionals use a variety of complex technologies and computer applications to provide practitioners with crucial visual information for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.In radiography (X-ray), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)  there is a high level of patient contact.

UNIVERSITY OFFERS:program educates students in the use of sophisticated equipment and procedures to Produce radiographic images (X-rays). Computed tomography scans (CTs).Magnetic resonance images. Related Degree Offered: Bachelor of Professional Studies in Medical Imaging Sciences.

Duration: 2 Year (5 Semester)

Bachelor of Medical Imaging Sciences (Ultrasound)

An Ultrasound Technologist (also called a Sonographer) is a specially trained medical imager who uses sound waves to create images of organs and tissues within the body. The Ultrasound Technologists performs a preliminary examination of the patient and creates images for the Radiologist to examine.

Duration: 2 Years (5 Semester)

Bachelor of Science In Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory therapists treat patients who have difficulty breathing because of illness or injury including heart failure, chest trauma, asthma, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, bronchitis, SIDS, near drowning, excessive bleeding and shock. Respiratory therapists use ventilators, medical gas, humidity, aerosols, intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB), bronchopulmonary drainage and exercises and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Clinical settings include surgical and medical units, emergency rooms, outpatient departments, intensive care units,extended-care

facilities, pulmonary function labs, homes, rehabilitation facilities, and rescue vehicles on the ground and in the air.

Duration: 2 Years (5 Semester)

Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

The Clinical Laboratory Sciences encompass two related fields, medical technology and medical biotechnology.Medical Biotechnologists develop, perform and supervise laboratory testing to diagnose and treat disease and to provide vital data for research studies.                                           MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OFFERS:• Abundant opportunities for students to gain excellent laboratory skills through hands-on experience with basic methods in the student laboratories and advanced

techniques in clinical or research  laboratories.Exposure to modern equipment in professional laboratory settings.                                    Related Degree Offered:Bachelor of Science in Medical Biotechnology.

Duration: 2 Years (5 Semester)

Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapists are part of a team of cancer care professionals who use carefully targeted doses of powerful radiation beams to destroy tumors without permanently damaging the surrounding normal tissues.

Working with physicians, medical physicists and medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists also assist in a wide range of other tasks including:

• Using x-ray equipment to locate the precise area to be treated

• Constructing patient immobilization and beam shaping devices

• Using highly specialized computers to plan treatment and calculate the radiation dose.                                                                                                  Related Degree Offered: Bachelor of Professional Studies in Radiation Therapy.

Duration: 2 Years (5 Semester)