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The Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine officially launched on August 1, 2015 with the merger of the former Department of Family Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, both of which were established when the medical school first opened in 1971. With the recognition of numerous synergies between them, along with the growing focus on prevention, population health, and transformation of the delivery of primary care, the time was opportune for the creation of a department with Population as part of its name and identity. Indeed, the new department is well poised to build on the concepts espoused in the Institute of Medicine’s 2012 report Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health
Mission
The Department’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of patients, families, providers, and communities through clinical, educational and research programs that incorporate primary care, public health, nutrition and preventive medicine.
Vision
In general terms, we fulfill our mission by:
- Providing comprehensive family medicine based primary care utilizing a biopsychosocial focus and the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) delivery model
- Providing specialized services in Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Travel Medicine & Adult Vaccinations and Lifestyle & Integrative Medicine
- Conducting extensive educational activities for a diverse group of learners and trainees
- Conducting a broad range of interdisciplinary research
- Participating in partnerships with communities and institutions to improve the healthcare and health status of populations
Divisions
The Department is organized into the following 8 Divisions. Click on the links to view descriptions of each division’s focus, activities, and programs.
In addition to teaching in the two Residency Programs, (Family Medicine Residency Program and General Preventive Medicine & Public Health), our faculty are actively involved in various educational programs throughout Stony Brook Medicine and the University. This includes teaching and mentoring medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty from other departments, graduate students in the School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, Program in Public Health, and the Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics.
The Department’s Nutrition Division offers an online MS Degree in Nutrition and a Dietetic Internship.
The Medicine in Society Division offers a MA Degree in Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics.
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