Programs begin at the public school level and extend through continuing medical education.
The Academy provides a place for individuals and institutions to convene, as well as a publically accessible comprehensive medical library of over 700,000 original medical and public health materials, including 49,000 volumes in the history of medicine, rare materials from 1700 BC to 1800 AD, medical Americana, classic works, 16-th Century medical incunabula, broadsides and manuscripts and a series of special exhibitions. NY Jointly Sponsored by the NYAM Section on Geriatrics and the Metropolitan Area Geriatric Society. This class shows how to search for and evaluate medical information on the Internet for content, validity and accuracy. NY Co-sponsored by the American Heart Association. Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University.