Sophie Davis


There is a continuing shortage of primary care physicians in our nation, creating an urgent need for more family practitioners, general internists, pediatricians, and obstetrician/gynecologists in many communities. The shortage of African-American and Hispanic primary care physicians and of primary care physicians in inner city areas is particularly acute.


Headquartered at City College, The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education has a special mission: to encourage enrollment by minority groups in medicine, and to educate a high proportion of primary care physicians who will seek practice opportunities in medically underserved communities, particularly in New York City.


The Sophie Davis School began as a unique program to increase access to medical and health training for inner-city youths, particularly under-represented minorities, from the City's communities and schools. The Medical School is based on the premedical program at the Sophie Davis which, since 1973, has integrated undergraduate education with the first two years of medical school and has sent its students on to become leading physicians.

 

Sophie Davis Pre-Med Students Meet R&B Singer Trey Songz

 

 

 

Sophie Making A Difference in the Community