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SUNY Downstate Medical Center (DMC) is one of the 64 SUNY campuses located throughout New York State. It traces its roots to 1860. Today, the campus encompasses thirteen acres with a total student body of approximately 1,600. The College of Health Related Professions (CHRP) was established in 1966 as one of SUNY Downstate's four schools and approximately 300 full and part-time students are currently enrolled. The nurse-midwifery program was one of CHRP's original academic units. In 1996, the program was the first program accredited by the American College of Nurse-Midwives to accept students with other than a nursing background.

he program is only one of two in the U.S. to offer a Master's degree with a specialization in Midwifery. To date, more than 1,000 CNMs have been educated in the MCA/Downstate Program, many of whom have become leaders within the midwifery profession.
The opportunity for the development of the graduate midwifery track within the program evolved over almost four decades. In the 1950's the MCA faculty envisioned that in the future, the nurse-midwifery program on the Downstate campus would be offering a program of study at the graduate level. Over the years, this one year certificate nurse-midwifery program has offered nurses with associate, baccalaureate, and masters degrees the opportunity to become nurse-midwives. The lack of graduate programs in both the College of Nursing (CON) and CHRP through the early 1980's precluded the faculty from fulfilling their hopes of changing the certificate program to a master's degree program.
photo of Health Science CenterIn the early 1990's, the midwifery faculty began joint planning with the CON faculty to launch a master's completion program in the CON for nurse-midwifery graduates. In 1997, SUNY Central Administration and the New York State Education Department (SED) approved the CON's master of science completion program leading to a MS degree in nursing with a concentration in nurse-midwifery and in July 1998 approved CHRP's master of science degree in midwifery. The program is only one of two in the United States to offer a Master's degree with a specialization in Midwifery.

For further information: Call the Program Office at 718.270.7740 or send us an e-mail: [email protected]
The Downstate midwifery program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME), 8403 Colesville Rd., Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 240-485-1802, www.midwife.org/acme.