Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College (TCDM), located in Hawthorne, Westchester County, is a private dental school affiliated with Touro University — a Jewish heritage institution committed to intellectual inquiry and public service. Founded in 2016 as part of NYMC, TCDM benefits from co-location with a medical school, enabling interprofessional education. The Westchester County campus is approximately 30 miles north of New York City, providing a suburban training environment with access to the broader New York metropolitan area patient population.
What makes it different
Applications via ADEA AADSAS. Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC, founded in 2016, is affiliated with New York Medical College (NYMC) in Hawthorne, Westchester County. Touro University is a Jewish heritage institution; TCDM is open to students of all backgrounds. The school benefits from co-location with NYMC, enabling interprofessional education with medical students and hospital clinical affiliates. Westchester County location provides a suburban New York clinical training environment. Following a 2023 enrollment expansion, TCDM now also operates a clinical campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico (Touro Dental Health, at the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute) — the first pre-doctoral dental clinical training facility in the state; all students complete their first two years in Hawthorne, after which about 100 per class undertake their final two clinical years in New Mexico while the remainder stay in New York.
Course & teaching
Integrated curriculum. 4-year DDS curriculum. TCDM integrates basic sciences and clinical education from Year 1. Co-location with New York Medical College enables interprofessional education through shared curriculum components. Clinical training at TCDM's Hawthorne clinic and affiliated community health sites in Westchester and the greater New York metropolitan area.
Research strengths
Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC (DDS) has notable research strength in Oral biology, Dental biomaterials, Community oral health, Oral-systemic health, Dental education.
Interview
Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC (DDS) interviews via Traditional one-on-one or panel interview with faculty. Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC conducts a traditional faculty interview at its Hawthorne, New York campus in Westchester County. The interview day includes a faculty panel or one-on-one session, a tour of the dental school's clinical and simulation facilities, and informal interactions with current students. The school's affiliation with New York Medical College and its Touro University heritage — a Jewish heritage institution committed to intellectual openness and community service — shapes the interview culture. Interviewers probe motivation, ethical values, and community health commitment.
Intake
Approximately 214 students per year (114 in New York + 100 clinical in New Mexico).
At a glance
Founded in 2016, based in Hawthorne, NY. Programmes offered: General Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics, Oral Medicine.
