School of Health Professions

Dean: Stacy Jaffee Gropack
Office: Health Sciences Tower, Level 2, Room 400
Phone: (631) 444-2252
School of Health Professions Website

American demographics, economics and technological advances in diagnostics, treatment and therapy have combined to create an environment where patients are diagnosed earlier, are more likely to survive disease or trauma, live longer, participate in ambulatory-based treatment, and asked to take a more participatory role in their own health care.

As advances in science and information technology collide with a new consumerism and cry for reform of systematic health care processes, educators find themselves in the midst of transition as we move from one health care model to another. Whatever the new health care model evolves into, you can be assured that the School of Health Professions will provide its graduates with the necessary skills to practice their profession.

The school offers baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in both clinical and non-clinical areas that include applied health informatics, athletic training, clinical laboratory sciences, health science, medical molecular biology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, respiratory care, and speech language pathology. These programs are full-time entry-level except for the health science program and the graduate program in medical molecular biology which is for health care professionals. Students in the professional programs pursue core and basic science curricula, as well as the professional courses required for competence in their specific profession.

The School of Health Professions offers non-credit certificate programs in anesthesia technology, EMT-paramedic, medical dosimetry, phlebotomy, radiation therapy, and radiologic technology.