The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, which is based in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, is one of the leading health-care institutions in the United States, with a tradition of excellence in patient care, research and medical education.
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center is located at the heart of one of the greatest biomedical complexes in the world. Throughout its history, the Medical Center has worked in close cooperation with such distinquished neighboring institutions as the Rockefeller University (which trains graduate students in the biomedical sciences), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Today, physicians, nurses and allied health-care professionals at the 1,304-bed Medical Center provide quality medical care for thousands of patients each year. At the same time, biomedical scientists at the Medical Center are engaged in cutting-edge research aimed at unlocking the secrets of disease. The Medical Center's full-time faculty combine active clinical practice with pioneering research, which means that future physicians and scientists receive the finest medical education available, and patients benefit from the most up-to-date medical expertise.
The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center offers a full-range of care and conducts research activities in all areas of general medicine, opthalmology, pediatrics, urology, obstetrics/gynecology, surgery, cancer care, dermatology, neurology, psychiatry, radiology, otorhinolaryngology and anesthesiology.
| Founded in 1771 by a Royal Charter granted by King George
III of England, The New York Hospital is the second oldest hospital in
the country. Cornell University Medical College was established in 1898.
In 1927, the two institutions entered into a formal affiliation and became
known as The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. In 1932, NYH-CMC
opened the doors to its current facilities.
NYH-CMC has a tradition of leadership in health care, medical education and research. The New York Hospital was the first in the United States to treat mental illness as a curable disease. The Medical "Pap" test, and as the site of the first successful "embryo biopsy" pregnancy and birth in the U.S. The Medical College was one of the first in the country to admit women and, along with Harvard and Johns Hopkins, the first to require an undergraduate degree, or its equivalent, as standard for admission. |
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| The New York Hospital is now constructing a new 11-story,
850,000 square foot hospital building on a platform over the FDR Drive,
one of New York City's major highways which is adjacent to the medical-center
campus. The building is the keystone of the Hospital's $810-million Major
Modernization Project and is scheduled for completion in 1997. As part
of the modernization program, the hospital is also renovating existing
facilities to meet the challenges of a new century. In addition, the medical
college is in the process of constructing new learning facilities, renovating
and updating laboratories, and forging new research initiatives.
To help meet the health-care needs of residents of the metropolitan area, The New York Hospital has developed a health-care provider network, known as The New York Hospital Care Network. The comprehensive Network links acute-care and community hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, ambulatory sites, physicians groups and other health-care entities committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective, and conveniently accessible care to the communities they serve. |
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