History of Medicine

Overview

History of medicine has been part of both Medical Humanities at Stony Brook University Medical Center and the Department of History in the College of Arts & Sciences for more than three decades. The history of medicine has long been part of Stony Brook’s program in Medicine in Contemporary Society, and electives in the history of medicine are offered for 2nd and 4th year medical students. Founded by Barry S. Coller, MD and Ira Rezak, MD, Stony Brook University has hosted a lecture series in the history of medicine since 1978, bringing leading scholars in the history of medicine. The Department of History at Stony Brook has several distinguished historians of medicine on its faculty and offers courses in the history of medicine to undergraduates and graduate students.