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NYU Langone Medical Center consists of the New York University School of Medicine
and the NYU Hospitals Center, which includes Tisch Hospital and
the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine.
- 1841
– University Medical College was organized (precursor to
NYU School of Medicine)
- 1861
– Bellevue Hospital Medical College was founded
- Became
integral part of New York University in 1898 under name of University
and Bellevue Hospital Medical College
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In 1935, name was changed to New York University College of Medicine
and to New York University School of Medicine in 1960
- 1,360
full-time faculty
- 2,175
part-time faculty
- Conducts
more than 1,000 research projects and programs at any given time
- Ranks
fourth in nation in percentage of alumni who become full-time
faculty at US medical schools
- Entering
students rank 15th among the nation’s 124 medical schools
on their MCATs and GPA
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Founded in 1882 under name of New York Post Graduate Hospital
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Became part of NYU Langone Medical Center in 1947
- 726-bed
acute-care general hospital
- Admits
approximately 29,000 patients per year
- Occupancy
rate is 87 percent
- More
than 1,000 attending physicians
- Emergency
Department receives approximately 13,000 visits annually
- Day
Surgery Unit was first ambulatory surgery unit in state of New
York and performs more than 10,000 procedures annually
Rusk
Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Founded
in 1948 by Dr. Howard A. Rusk, widely known as “the father
of rehabilitation medicine” for his revolutionary work in
the field
- With
174 beds, is nation’s first and largest university rehabilitation
center
- One
of world’s largest university centers for treatment and
training of disabled adults and children, as well as for research
in rehabilitation medicine
- Serves
approximately 2,500 inpatients and 55,000 outpatients each year
- Named
the top rehabilitation facility in New York, and one of the top
ten in the nation, for 12 consecutive years by U.S. News &
World Report
Affiliations
NYU
School of Medicine maintains affiliations with several leading hospitals
throughout New York City and Long Island: Bellevue Hospital, the
Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Downtown Hospital, and the epartment
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bellevue
Hospital
-
Chief teaching hospital for NYU School of Medicine
- Founded
in 1736
- Oldest
public hospital in United States
- Centerpiece
of New York City municipal hospital system
- 26,000
inpatients annually
- 500,000
outpatients annually
- 1,200
attending physicians
- World
renowned for its emergency services, Bellevue provides emergency
medical care for approximately 100,000 people annually
Hospital
for Joint Diseases
-
Staffed by more than 1,200 medical professionals
- Only
hospital of its kind offering a program in neurology
- One
of five orthopaedic/rheumatology hospitals in world
- Department
of Rheumatology and Medicine renowned for diagnosis and treatment
of musculoskeletal disorders
NYU
Downtown Hospital
-
300-bed facility
- Only
hospital in lower Manhattan
- Services
include sophisticated cardiopulmonary diagnostic and rehabilitation
program, minimally invasive surgery by top orthopedic surgeons,
and Strang Cancer Prevention Clinic
Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
-
851-bed tertiary, research, and teaching facility
- Offers
wide range of inpatient and outpatient services to all veterans
of United States Armed Forces who were discharged under honorable
conditions
NYU
physicians and scientists have contributed a number of significant
medical and scientific discoveries throughout history, such as:
- NYU
established first laboratory devoted to study of bacteriology
and pathology
- NYU
established first program in orthopaedic surgery
- Dr.
Walter Reed, a graduate of NYU School of Medicine, discovered
that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes
- Dr.
William S. Tillett, another NYU-trained physician, revealed the
role enzymes play in blood clotting – a discovery that led
to the first drugs to combat heart attacks
- NYU’s
Dr. Frank Spencer devised pioneering techniques for coronary artery
bypass surgery
- Dr.
Baruj Benacerraf, NYU pathologist, conducted groundbreaking research
on genetic regulation of the immune system, for which he was awarded
the Nobel Prize in 1980
- Dr.
Saul Krugman developed the first vaccine for hepatitis B while
at NYU
- In
1984, NYU’s Cochlear Implant Center was the first to implant
children with a multi-channel device (now has the largest group
of multi-channel-implanted patients in the nation)
- To
date, five NYU physicians have been awarded Nobel Prizes in Physiology
or Medicine
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