School of Public Health - Program - Speech-Language Pathology

Speech-Language Pathology - What Makes us Special?

We are a medically-oriented program in Medical Speech-Language Pathology, specifically designed to prepare graduates to pursue a career path in healthcare settings. Located in an academic health center environment, the program draws on unique academic and clinical resources to teach the skills required of speech-language pathologists as they fill an expanding role in health care settings, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and skilled nursing facilities. Medically-oriented education and training are enriched by the integration of resources from the schools of public health, basic medical sciences, and medicine. Faculty and students use state-of-the-art clinical and technological resources to advance the field of communication science through research and clinical care. Gross anatomy is taught during the first year by the same faculty who teach our medical students. Coursework emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of medically-involved patients from pediatrics through geriatrics. Clinical rotations include tertiary care hospitals, rehabilitation centers, outpatient clinics, and schools for children with special needs.

The Master of Science program in Medical Speech-Language Pathology provides entry-level professional education. Our curriculum accommodates students who do not have an undergraduate degree in speech-language pathology without the need for additional coursework. Instead, these students are provided with a self-directed program of study that introduces them to basic concepts in the field.

Our program prepares skilled clinicians who are committed to excellence in the delivery of speech-language pathology services in health care facilities and other professional settings. Although we are medically oriented, the program provides a quality generalized training that prepares new clinicians for practice in any setting.

Completion of the program leads to qualification for licensure and credentials necessary for entry into the profession. In addition to preparing graduates to meet the healthcare needs of many populations in a variety of settings, the program is a regional resource for information and continuing professional education in speech-language pathology.

The program admits full-time day students only, for an intensive twenty-month program.

School of Public Health at New York Medical College

New York Medical College (NYMC) is chartered as a health sciences university, and its mission is carried out through three schools: the Medical School, the School of Public Health, and the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences. The Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech-Language Pathology is offered by the School of Public Health. The program in Speech-Language Pathology enjoys collegial relationships with the school's other master's degree programs, including Developmental Disabilities, Health Quantitative Sciences (including biostatistics and epidemiology), Public Health (including gerontology), and Health Services Management and Policy as well as with the doctoral program in Physical Therapy.

Students and faculty in speech-language pathology have available to them the collaborative teaching and research capabilities of other faculty in anatomy, neuroscience, physiology, and the specific clinical sciences from the School of Medicine germane to speech-language pathology, including neurology, pediatrics, and gerontology.

New York Medical College has geographic and administrative ties to a number of facilities that offer opportunities for students to obtain exceptional experience in many areas, but particularly working with persons who are living with very challenging speech-language pathology problems.

Location

The School of Public Health at New York Medical College is located on a beautiful 565-acre campus shared with Westchester Medical Center and the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD). The campus is centrally located in Westchester, close to several major roadways, including the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287), the Sprain Brook Parkway, the Taconic State Parkway, and the Saw Mill River Parkway. It is a 45-minute drive from midtown Manhattan. Click here for a campus map and directions.