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The college opened its doors to its first class of 56 students on the 12th of September 1955. This event occurred months after Albert Einstein died on the 18th of April 1955.
Yeshiva University President Samuel Belkin began planning a new medical school in 1945. The institution officially opened in 1955 with support from physicist Albert Einstein who agreed to lend his name at an event marking his 74th birthday on the 14th of March 1953.
Ruth Gottesman donated $1 billion in 2024 to make tuition free for all students. As of 2025, all students are awarded the full-tuition Gottesman Scholarship making the average post-scholarship cost of attendance for four years $138,000.
As of 2025, the school had 789 medical students according to U.S. News & World Report. Admission to the program remains highly selective with an acceptance rate of 1.85% in 2024.
Yeshiva University transferred ownership of the medical school to Montefiore in 2015. The deal resulted in a new entity with 51 percent ownership by Montefiore and 49 percent by Yeshiva until the school achieved independent degree-granting authority in 2019.