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In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  Welcome to the Columbia University Department of Neurological Surgery
The Neurosurgery department of the Neurological Institute at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center represents the most comprehensive multisubspecialty group in the New York metropolitan area.
Neurosurgery is one of 16 clinical departments at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical center, composed of 12 attending neurosurgeons in academic private practice, doing over 2000 operations per year.
By any measure, the Neurosurgery department at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center is considered one of the best neurosurgery programs in the United States.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /dept/nsg   (314 words)

  
  Columbia University Health Sciences Library Archives & Special Collections: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Neighbors, 1892-1967: a History of the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Columbia University, 1937-1967, and its Predecessor, the School of Nursing of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York, 1892-1937.
Rappleye was Dean of the medical faculty and vice president in charge of medical affairs at Columbia, 1930-1958, and was involved in many other aspects of American health care and medical education.
Richards was professor of medicine at Columbia and was co-winner with Cournand of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
library.cpmc.columbia.edu /hsl/archives/cpmcbib.html   (1153 words)

  
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Columbia was also better able to finance the new facilities and staff for the medical school because it had access to the resources of the entire university.
While both the medical school and the Roosevelt Hospital shared a commitment to the scientific basis of medicine, the hospital was not convinced that admitting medical students to the wards furthered their education.
However important the needs of medical education, we must ask you to recognize that they represent but a small portion of the demands which the University is called upon to meet, and that we are in duty forced to consider the interests of other departments of education as well as of medicine and surgery.
beatl.barnard.columbia.edu /cuhistory/archives/Robilotti.htm   (4618 words)

  
 Department of Psychiatry
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest in the country in terms of faculty size as well as state, federal, and foundation research support.
The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is located at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in northern Manhattan, part of an urban neighborhood that is ethnically and economically diverse in a city that has been called the capital of the world.
The medical school is considered to be among the finest in America, and has traditionally been one of the nation's primary sources of practicing doctors and researchers.
columbiapsychiatry.org /about.html   (966 words)

  
 Columbia University Health Sciences Library Archives & Special Collections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When I arrived at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center last year to assume responsibility for overseeing its scholarly resources, one of the first things I heard about was the remarkably comprehensive Elizabeth Wilcox Photographic Collection, housed in the Health Sciences Library.
The joint statement of ownership reflects the close links Libby had to the various divisions of the Medical Center while she served as the "un-official" photographer from 1957 to 1991.
She weaves intimate narratives around exchanges among the Medical Center's cast of characters, most of whom are involved in providing or receiving health care.
library.cpmc.columbia.edu /hsl/archives/wilcoxfore.html   (805 words)

  
 CGC Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
From its conception in 1995, the Columbia Genome Center (CGC) was envisioned as a bridge between the biomedical and science/engineering communities of the two main Columbia University campuses.
Located in the heart of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, it is befitting that the intellectual focus of the Center is the study of heritable human disease.
On July 1, 1995, the Columbia Genome Center (CGC) was established officially as a University-wide enterprise, broadening its goals under the Direction of Dr. Isidore Edelman, to include sequencing, gene discovery, and technology development.
genome4.cpmc.columbia.edu /overview.html   (501 words)

  
 Article on the Center for Research on Information Access - D-Lib Magazine March 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A new center, the Center for Research on Information Access (CRIA) has been established at Columbia University to encourage further integration between existing digital library projects already underway throughout Columbia University and to initiate new interdisciplinary projects reaching both within and outside Columbia University.
The Center for Research on Information Access (CRIA) at Columbia University was founded in January 1995 with the goals of providing an integrating function for ongoing digital library projects, both within the university itself, and between the university and industry, educational, and foundation partners.
Columbia has a significant operational effort, and is advancing the technology and applications with a set of digital library research projects; indeed, this is the function of CRIA within the information services division of the University.
www1.cs.columbia.edu /~klavans/Cria/Articles/d-lib.html-bak   (1256 words)

  
 Sarver Heart Center: Director Morkin
Eugene Morkin, MD Dr. Morkin is the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology.
He was an intern and assistant resident on the Second (Cornell) Medical Division at Bellevue Hospital in New York City from 1959 to 1961.
He was a resident in medicine and research fellow at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center from 1961 to 1966.
www.heart.arizona.edu /aboutCenter/directors-morkin.htm   (247 words)

  
 CURE Program
The quest to interest under-represented minority pre-college and college students in health professions careers and improve their academic preparation for such careers has resulted in the implementation of a variety of programs across the nation aimed at improving the interests in and knowledge of biomedical sciences among pre-college and college students.
The Cancer Center was a recipient of a two-year CURE grant and thus has a history of success with the Program.
The program makes effective use of the variety of medical educational, clinical and research strengths of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, the New York Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Cancer Center.
www.ccc.columbia.edu /Education/curestudents/cure.html   (313 words)

  
 All Medical Services.com - Health Resources
CPMCnet represents the clinical, educational, and administrative activities of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
As a key component of Columbia University in the City of New York, the medical center is a world leader in patient care and education in the areas of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and public health.
The On-line Medical Dictionary is a searchable dictionary of terms from medicine and related fields.
www.allmedicalservices.com /resources.html   (468 words)

  
 Facilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Columbia University was founded in 1754 by King George II as Kings College.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University is part of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and is located at the northwestern edge of Manhattan, overlooking the Hudson River.
Follow this link for an interesting view of Washington Heights, the neighborhood in which the medical Center is located.
cumicro2.cpmc.columbia.edu /Micro_Files/Facilities.html   (128 words)

  
 Columbia University Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Columbia University Medical Center is the name of the medical complex associated with Columbia University, and is located at 630 West 168th Street, in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan.
It is home to Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health.
Formerly known as the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC), the name change followed the 1997 formation of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a merger of two medical centers each affiliated with an Ivy League university: CPMC and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, home of Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medical College.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Columbia_University_Medical_Center   (154 words)

  
 Medical news tips
Elsa-Grace Giardina, M.D., professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and medical director of The Center for Women' s Health at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Giardina and colleagues at the Columbia Presbyterian Center for Women's Health used a precise lab test called an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to check levels of the three factors in 19 women at days 2, 9, 16, and 23 of their menstrual cycles.
Dr. Shunichi Homma M.D., assistant chief of cardiology at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of New York Presbyterian Hospital, and colleagues checked ADMA levels in 53 volunteers who were undergoing coronary angiography, a test that evaluates blood flow in the heart.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-03/CUCo-Mnt-1103100.php   (552 words)

  
 Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Dorothy Hansine Andersen
After earning her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1926, Andersen completed a surgical internship at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York, then taught anatomy at the University of Rochester.
When she was denied a surgical residency at Strong because she was a woman, she joined the staff in the department of pathology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
In 1958, she was made chief of pathology at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and a full professor of pathology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
www.nlm.nih.gov /changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_8.html   (526 words)

  
 Performance of Second 50 Completed ATP Projects — Status Report Number 3
In 1994, medical spending exceeded $938 billion, and 20 percent of that amount was related to inefficiencies associated with the processing of information.
One study conducted in the mid-1990s at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a major university hospital in New York, showed that adherence to care plans for a high-volume procedure reduced the length of the hospital stay and the cost of care by 20 percent.
Data from the initial study at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center showed that an annual potential savings of $5.48 million was possible by using best-practice care plans on just the current load of 548 CABG patients.
www.atp.nist.gov /eao/sp950-3/ahs.htm   (2071 words)

  
 Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
William V.S. Thorne (1865-1920) was a manager and treasurer of the Presbyterian Hospital from 1899 to 1920, a manager of the Manhattan Maternity Hospital and Dispensary, and chairman of the board of managers of the Woman's Hospital.
James R. Sheffield was a trustee of Presbyterian Hospital from 1912 to 1938.
Weinberg was elected a trustee of Presbyterian Hospital in 1946.
www.smokershistory.com /columbia.htm   (3402 words)

  
 Epilepsy Center
The Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (CCEC) is dedicated to the care of people with epilepsy.
The Center's goal is to help patients gain control of seizures and optimize their quality of life.
The center's inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit combines video and EEG monitoring of patients to determine epilepsy type, number and location of seizures.
www.columbiaepilepsy.org   (212 words)

  
 Columbia and Cornell Plan Alliance--2,800 Physicians Strong. Columbia University Record. September 6, 1996
Columbia and Cornell universities announced this summer plans to establish an alliance of 2,800 physicians at their Ivy League medical schools to negotiate jointly with managed care companies and insurers and to develop joint practice sites throughout the metropolitan region.
Columbia ranks fourth in the country in terms of federal research dollars and Cornell ranks tenth.
Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Cornell University Medical College, both based in Manhattan, are two of the country's premier medical schools.
www.columbia.edu /cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss1/Columbia_Cornell_Alliance.html   (566 words)

  
 Welcome to Lyme Disease Research Studies
Ronald Van Heertum, MD is Professor and Vice-Chair of Radiology, Chief of Nuclear Medicine, and Director of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center PET Center.
Harold Sackeim, PhD is Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at Columbia University and Chief of Biological Psychiatry at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Sackeim is an international authority on the conduct and analysis of brain imaging studies, having conducted pioneering studies since 1982 of cerebral blood flow and metabolism in such disorders as depression, cerebrovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Lyme disease.
www.columbia-lyme.org /flatp/staff.html   (540 words)

  
 Chemical Engineering at Columbia University :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Columbia has one of the top ten largest academic libraries in the nation and a well-equipped physical fitness center.
Much of Columbia's large collection of art is on view in campus libraries, lounges, offices, and outdoors including several notable sculptures.
Concerts, opera and ballet at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the vital theater life on and off Broadway are all part of life in New York.
www.cheme.columbia.edu /K.asp   (544 words)

  
 Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Schullinger serves on the Admissions Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the PandS Alumni Council, and the Columbia University Alumni Trustee Nominating Committee.
A lectureship in Childhood Cancer was established in his name in 1997 at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
Columbia-Presbyterian and Weill-Cornell Medical Centers, the Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian, and the Division of Pediatric Surgery will not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages arising therefrom.
www.babysurg.org /schullinger.html   (296 words)

  
 The Columbia EMG Laboratory
The EMG laboratory of New York Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center provides state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and neuromuscular evaluations.
Members also serve as examiners for the certifying board in the discipline and play leadership roles in the national medical societies devoted to this specialty.
The goal of our laboratory is to provide the most advanced and highest quality diagnostic testing available for our patients and referring physicians in a professional and comfortable environment.
www.columbiaemg.org /index.html   (156 words)

  
 Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia scientists peer into stem cells in live brain
Situated on 20-acre campus in Washington Heights, northern Manhattan, New York
Comprises roughly half of Columbia University's nearly $2.4 billion annual budget.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu   (93 words)

  
 Graduate Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, has a remarkable history of fundamental discoveries in intermediary metabolism, DNA chemistry, enzymology, and neurochemistry.
The third area of research focuses on neurobiology and includes the molecular biology of neuronal receptors, studies of proteins that affect neural differentiation and growth, definition of the molecules involved in long and short term memory, and characterization of signal transducers.
The Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center overlooks the Hudson River from the cliffs of northern Manhattan.
convex.hhmi.columbia.edu /grad_program.html   (880 words)

  
 Welcome to Starion Instruments
Michael R. Treat MD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University in New York.
His MD degree was from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and he also earned an MS degree in Physics during a year of graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.
He and others in the Department of Surgery at Columbia have performed a great deal of research relating to the use of energy to tissue cutting and welding.
www.starioninstruments.com /Treat.htm   (273 words)

  
 Office of Communications & External Relations - Columbia University Medical Center
Seven faculty members of Columbia University Medical Center have been elected to fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s oldest, largest, and most prestigious scientific societies.
The new fellows—who represent medical specialties and departments ranging from biochemistry and microbiology to radiation oncology and population research—join more than 440 additional inductees this year from across the nation.
Michael Terman, one of the nation’s leading experts in treating SAD, is the director of the Center for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.
asp.cumc.columbia.edu /fp/newsroom.asp   (575 words)

  
 The Institute for Urban and Minority Education
She obtained her graduate education at Teachers College- Columbia University where she completed her Masters degree in Psychology and Education with honors.
Mejia worked at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in the Associates of Internal Medicine Clinic as the Project Coordinator or the Mental Health Survey in Primary Care: Study II.
Mejia was responsible for the recruitment of patients, administration of a standardized diagnostic and screening questionnaire, translation of the diagnostic survey and study instruments, arranging participant payments, training of research assistants, coordination and management of the study.
iume.tc.columbia.edu /staffcv.asp?id=16   (445 words)

  
 Dr. Casco Alston Jr. Is Dead; Columbia Medicine Professor - New York Times
Casco Alston Jr., one of the first fls hired by the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center medicine department, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan.
Alston, who was born in Philadelphia, was an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania and the Howard University Medical School.
He was also on the medical faculty of New York University and the New York Medical College for many years.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDE133AF93BA15753C1A961948260   (165 words)

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