Osteopathic Medicine, D.O. / Medical & Biological Sciences, Ph.D.

Many of today’s life-saving advancements can be traced to physician-scientists. With an intimate perspective of the patient experience, their insight from the clinical setting—like drug interactions, surgery techniques, and patterns among patients—guides research and accelerates innovation in the laboratory.
New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) D.O.Ph.D. dual-degree program positions you to lead these discoveries and deliver compassionate, comprehensive patient care. Acquiring expertise in both areas, you’ll approach human health with a perspective informed by extensive laboratory and on-the-ground clinical experience. As a result, you’ll become a better physician, a researcher with a firsthand view of holistic care delivery, and a leader with a breadth of understanding few can match.
Our curriculum seamlessly integrates medical and research aspects, so your studies in one area inform and reinforce what you’re learning in the other.
A streamlined, seven-year track positions you with the highly sought-after expertise to pursue career opportunities in healthcare, industry, academia, and government institutions.

Admission to the Osteopathic Medicine, D.O./Medical & Biological Sciences, Ph.D. dual degree program is a two-step process. Applicants must first apply to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program.

Once admitted, they may then request admission to the D.O./Ph.D. program. In addition to materials required for the D.O. application, candidates will need to supply:

• An essay explaining their interest in the Ph.D. program
• A CV

Additional letters of recommendation from research mentors may be submitted, but are not required.