University Hospital Zurich
Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
German Hospital Service
Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Drive, Bedford Park South Australia (Australia)
Columbia University Medical Center, Main
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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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