Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) was established in the 1920s , formerly known as the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC), the name change followed the 1997 formation of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a merger of two medical centers each affiliated with an Ivy League university: Columbia-Presbyterian with Columbia University, and the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, with Cornell Universitys Weill Cornell Medical College. It includes Columbia Universitys College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of
Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health, as well as the Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital, the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Audubon Biomedical Research Park, and numerous other institutions. The campus covers several blocks, primarily between West 165th and 169th Streets from Riverside Drive to Audubon Avenue, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. CUMC is affiliated with Harlem Hospital Center, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center and the Isabella Geriatric Center, which are all located in Manhattan, as well as Bassett
Healthcare in Cooperstown, New York and Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, New York.CUMC has more than 40 active research and clinical programs in Northern Manhattan, including Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood .
Last Updated on: Nov 25, 2024