Upstate Medical University history

He was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Geneva College of Medicine in 1842 and quickly became one of the most prominet surgeons in upstate New York.

When Geneva College changes its name to Hobart Free College in 1852, the medical school adopts the name it has been known by unofficially for decades, Geneva Medical College.

In 1854 he accepted a position as Chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women at Geneva Medical College.

John Towler is appointed Dean of the Geneva Medical College in 1855.

In 1865, Blackwell established a women's medical college in connection with the hospital.

Acting as a private citizen, Towler donated these materials to the new Syracuse University on condition that the trustees immediately establish an AMA-approved medical school. Thus the Syracuse University College of Medicine came into being on December 4, 1871, with Frederick Hyde as dean.

A $15,000 state grant provided the funding for the construction of the building, which remained in use until 1872 when decreasing enrollment and increasing financial difficulties led to the dissolution of the Geneva Medical College.

In 1875, the name of the medical school changes from College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Syracuse University to Syracuse University College of Medicine.

After graduating from the Syracuse University College of Medicine in 1881, Heffron opened a private practice and served as a faculty member.

The building burned down in 1885, long after the medical school was sold to Syracuse University.

Syracuse University begins to financially support the College of Medicine with the legal transfer of College of Medicine property to the University in 1888.

He held this position until 1892 when he became the chairman of Physiology.

When the new medical college building was constructed in 1896, the Syracuse Free Dispensary moved first to a house at 407 South Warren Street and then to the slightly larger house at 506 South Warren Street, but neither building had been large enough to meet the growing demand.

Upon the death of Henry Darwin Didama in 1905, Clark is named Dean of the College of Medicine.

The Flexner Report (also known as Carnegie Foundation Bulletin Number Four), issued in 1910, lead to the closing or merging of almost half the medical colleges in the country because they could not meet the more rigorous standards.

Estimates of recruits and active service members in 1918 posited that approximately 27% of the alumni of the College of Medicine entered military service during the First World War.

In 1923, Syracuse University purchases the Yates Castle grounds as the future site of a proposed medical center complex.

James H. Abbott, a native of Syracuse, is appointed Administrator for the Hospital of the Good Shepherd in 1953.

Joseph Whalen graduated from the Upstate College of Medicine in 1959 and performed his residency in Radiology at University Hospital.

With construction completed and the hospital already in use, the State University Hospital is formally dedicated on May 24, 1965.

Doctor Dewan's career at Upstate began in 1975 as an intern in Psychiatry.

When President Schmidt retires in 1984, George F. Reed Reed serves as Acting President of SUNY Upstate Medical Center.

Steven J. Scheinman M.D. is appointed Dean of Upstate College of Medicine in 2004.