Columbia University Medical Center, Main

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Name :

Columbia University Medical Center, Main

Address  :

622 West 168th Street

Town  :

New York

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

10032 3720

Phone  :

212 305 3819

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

About Columbia University Medical Center
Situated on a 20acre campus in the Washington Heights community of northern Manhattan and comprising roughly half of Columbia Universitys nearly 3 billion annual budget Columbia Universitys Medical Center provides worldclass leadership in

scientific research

health and medical education

patient care

Faculty members from its four schools College of Physicians amp Surgeons College of Dental Medicine School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health

Carry out the schools 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




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