Arts & Sciences

Pre-Medicine and Other Pre-Health Professions

St. Bonaventure University’s emphasis on the value of others can be a transforming trait for young men and women seeking advanced education and a career in health care.

 

Under the umbrella of the Franciscan Health Care Professions, St. Bonaventure has several avenues for students to pursue a medical career:


  • acceptance as freshmen into a combined-degree program

  • the opportunity to apply for early assurance admission to medical schools as sophomores

  • traditional pre-med students who will seek enrollment into doctoral programs after they complete their SBU careers
 		 St. Bonaventure has several avenues for students to pursue a medical career  
 

SBU has combined degree programs for:

  • Medicine (M.D. and D.O.)
  • Dentistry (D.D.S.)
  • Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
  • Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)

Follow the links below to individual programs for application deadlines.

 

Combined Degree & Early Acceptance

The combined-degree programs grant talented high school seniors acceptance into medical school upon entry to St. Bonaventure. Early assurance programs allow students to apply for early acceptance to medical school as SBU sophomores.


Medicine (M.D.) 

  • SBU-George Washington University School of Medicine 4+4 B.S./B.A.-M.D.
    www.sbu.edu/gwmedicine 
  • SBU-SUNY-Upstate College of Medicine 4+4 B.S./B.A.-M.D.
    www.sbu.edu/upstatemd 
  • SBU-George Washington University School of Medicine Early Assurance Program (early acceptance to medical school as a college sophomore).
    www.sbu.edu/gweap 
  • SBU-SUNY-Upstate College of Medicine Early Assurance Program (early acceptance to medical school as a college sophomore).
    www.sbu.edu/upstateeap 

Medicine (D.O.) 

Dentistry (D.D.S.) 

Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 

Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) 

  • SBU-Daemen College Department of Physical Therapy 3+3 accelerated B.S.-D.P.T.
    www.sbu.edu/daemenpt  

   

 

For a printable PDF outline of all programs, click here.    

 

 


Traditional Pre-Medicine and Pre-Health

Most health care professionals reach a decision on career goals during college and use the traditional routes of entry into professional training. In addition to excellent academic preparation for professional schools and their entrance exams, SBU offers dedicated pre-health advisers and career counseling. 


Traditional pre-health students have access to the same clinical experience programs and service activities that have developed around our large cohort of dual admission students.


With a large proportion of our pre-professional students having reserved seats awaiting them through their dual admission programs, the atmosphere among SBU students is cooperation and collegiality, not competition. 


At SBU you can pursue your education in the same way you will later practice your profession, working together with your colleagues for the betterment of all.

 

Pre-health advisers

 

Schneible pic 

Fr. Peter Schneibel,
O.F.M., Ph.D., assistant professor of biology;

 

Donna M. Brestensky,
Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry.
 

 Brestensky pic 
 

The William F. Walsh Science Center
State-Of-The-Art
Facilities 

The William F. Walsh Science Center offers state-of-the-art science, computer, lab and classroom space, a Natural World lab, and a 150-seat indoor amphitheater. 
 

Students at OGH
Unique
Opportunities 

St. Bonaventure joined forces with Olean General Hospital to offer the Experience in
Clinical Medicine, which exposes students to different medical and surgical services at the hospital. 

Watch Video   
 

Biology major Tommy Zaikos in lab
Outstanding
Partnerships 

Tommy Zaikos was accepted at George Washington University School of Medicine in his sophomore year at SBU. 

 Watch Video   
 
 

Contact Information

For more information on any of these programs, contact:
Allen Knowles M.D.
Director, Franciscan Health Care Professions
De La Roche Hall Rm. 219
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
716-375-2656
aknowles@sbu.edu