Alumni

Graduates of Upstate's MD/PhD program have found success as physician-scientists in prestigious academic medical centers and hospitals. Here are two of our graduates, and an accompanying list of MD/PhD graduates from the past few years who have gone on to residencies and fellowships.

Paul Kent, MD, PhD

"The MD/PhD degree opens up a wealth of opportunities," said Paul Kent, the first student (in 1990) to earn the dual degree from SUNY Upstate.

"There are opportunities in academic medicine that are not always available to pure MDs," said Kent, an associate professor of neurology at Upstate. "It's hard to do basic science with just the MD. You can do clinical trials, but it's difficult to do basic science research."

Craig E. Grossman, MD, PhD

Craig Grossman, MD, PhD

"I want to be a doctor because I enjoy science, helping others and problem-solving," I said when I entered college as a biology major.

Flash forward to 1997, as I sat in a chair at SUNY Upstate Medical University, trying to justify why I should be offered a residency position.

"I am interested in not only using current treatment modalities to eradicate disease as a practicing clinician, but also searching for the mechanisms for how and why the human body goes awry," I emphatically proclaimed.