Montefiore's Albert Einstein College of Medicine Announces Free Tuition in Perpetuity for All Medical School Students

Made Possible by Transformational Gift - the Largest to Any Medical School in the Country

BRONX, NY—February 26, 2024—Dr. Philip Ozuah, President and CEO of Montefiore Einstein, the umbrella organization for Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System,
today announced that Albert Einstein College of Medicine has received a transformational gift from Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D., Chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and Montefiore Health System board member. This historic gift — the largest
made to any medical school in the country — will ensure that no student at Einstein will have to pay tuition again.


 

“This donation radically revolutionizes our ability to continue attracting students who are committed
to our mission, not just those who can afford it.
Additionally, it will free up and lift our students,
enabling them to pursue projects and ideas that
might otherwise be prohibitive. We will be reminded of
the legacy this historic gift represents each spring
as we send another diverse class of physicians out across the Bronx and around the world to provide compassionate care
and transform their communities,” said Dr. Yaron Tomer,
the Marilyn and Stanley Katz Dean at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

 

This donation radically revolutionizes our ability
to continue attracting students who are committed to
our mission, not just those who can afford it.


Dean Yaron Tomer, M.D.

This transformational gift is intended to attract
a talented and diverse pool of individuals who
may not otherwise have the means to pursue a medical
education. It will enable generations of healthcare
leaders who will advance the boundaries of research
and care, free from the burden of crushing loan indebtedness.

With this donation, all current fourth-year
students will be reimbursed their spring 2024
semester tuition and, effective beginning in August
of this year, all students moving forward will receive free tuition at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine was founded
in 1955 with a mission to welcome all students,
without restrictions. Today this gift furthers
that mission by removing the financial restrictions
for those without the economic means to afford
medical school.

Dr. Gottesman joined
Einstein’s Children’s Evaluation and
Rehabilitation Center (CERC) in 1968. At a time
when learning problems were often unrecognized
and misdiagnosed, she developed widely used screening, evaluation, and treatment modalities that have
helped tens of thousands of children. In 1992,
she started the Adult Literacy Program at CERC,
the first of its kind, which is still in operation.
In 1998, she was named the founding director of
the Emily Fisher Landau Center for the Treatment
of Learning Disabilities (at CERC). Dr. Gottesman
earned her bachelor’s degree at Barnard College
and her master’s and doctoral degrees from
Teachers College, Columbia University. She is
Clinical Professor Emerita of Pediatrics
(Developmental Medicine) at Einstein.

 

With this gift, Dr. Gottesman will fund excellence in perpetuity and secure our foundational mission
of advancing human health,

President and
CEO Philip O. Ozuah, M.D., Ph.D.
 

Over the course of her 55-year association with
the College of Medicine, Dr. Gottesman’s dedication and philanthropic vision have helped make Einstein the
remarkable institution it is today. She and her
late husband, David S. Gottesman, have been
enormously generous donors in the past to Einstein’s
innovative research and education initiatives.

“I am profoundly grateful to Dr. Gottesman for this
historic and transformational gift. I believe
we can change healthcare history when we recognize
that access is the path to excellence. With this gift, Dr. Gottesman will fund excellence in perpetuity and
secure our foundational mission of advancing
human health,” said Philip O. Ozuah, M.D., Ph.D.,
President and CEO of Montefiore Einstein.

“Each year, well over 100 students enter Albert Einstein College of Medicine
in their quest for degrees in medicine and science.
They leave as superbly trained scientists and
compassionate and knowledgeable physicians,
with the expertise to find new ways to prevent
diseases and provide the finest health care to
communities here in the Bronx and all over the world.
I am very thankful to my late husband, Sandy,
for leaving these funds in my care, and l feel
blessed to be given the great privilege of making
this gift to such a worthy cause,” said
Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D., Chair of the
Einstein Board of Trustees and Montefiore
Health System board member.

“Ruth Gottesman’s
extraordinary and unprecedented gift gives new meaning to selfless determination and transformational
philanthropy. She has always been an inspiration
to her fellow board members and the entire
Montefiore Einstein community. She will have
the lasting gratitude of all who choose to train
and learn here,” said Dan Tishman, Chair of the
Board of Trustees of Montefiore Einstein.