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Geneva Medical College was founded on September 15, 1834, in Geneva, New York, as a separate department (college) of Geneva College, currently known as Hobart and William Smith Colleges. In 1871, the medical school was transferred to Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York .
Geneva Medical College was officially dissolved in 1871 and reopened in their new location and the new name of College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Syracuse University. Geneva Medical College is the predecessor of the Syracuse University College of Medicine and the current SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Oct 21, 2019 · At a graduation ceremony at a church in Geneva, New York on January 23, 1849, Geneva Medical College bestows a medical degree upon Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman in the United States...
The first proposal to establish a medical department at Geneva College under Dr. Thomas Spencer and Dr. John Morgan, 1834. The Geneva branch of the Rutgers Medical Faculty of Geneva College was deeply dependent on Dr. Hosack.
In 1813, the only two medical schools in New York, the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Medical Department of Columbia University, merged into one body under the former’s name. This created a monopoly on medical education in New York State and caused the first ripple that eventually led to the creation of Geneva Medical College.
Geneva College provided the ability to grant diplomas from New York State, and Rutgers College and Dr. Hosack contributed both the medical professionals and the apparatus needed to host the medical school.
Feb 5, 2021 · A presentation exploring the history of Geneva Medical College and it's most famous graduate, Elizabeth Blackwell.
