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