
Columbia University Medical Center
Washington Heights / Inwood
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About Columbia University Medical Center
CUMC UPDATE from Gerry Fischbach
-->Situated on a 20-acre campus in the Washington Heights community of northern Manhattan and comprising roughly half of Columbia University's nearly $2 billion annual budget, Columbia University's Medical Center provides world-class leadership in:
- scientific research
- health and medical education
- patient care
Faculty members from its four schools (College of Physicians & Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing, and Mailman School of Public Health):
- Carry out the school's core mission of educating and training future generations of health care professionals.
- Conduct basic research with the ultimate goal of translating discoveries into new techniques for fighting disease and improving health
- Are responsible for a number of significant clinical breakthroughs - among them, the first blood test for cancer, the first medical use of the laser, and the first successful transfer of genes from one cell to another
Community Washington Heights / Inwood
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Columbia University Medical Center630 W. 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
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