NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was formed in 1998 with the merger of two large, previously independent hospitals, the New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital1. The NYPH system includes a variety of outlying hospitals that had previously been acquired by NYH or Presbyterian; these hospitals stretch throughout the five boroughs, Westchester County, Long Island and New Jersey. NYPH is now the largest private employer in New York City.
The two medical schools remain essentially autonomous, though there is increasing cooperation and coordination of clinical, research, and residency training programs. The hospitals, themselves, have merged administrations, with Herb Pardes, M.D., having led the hospital system since the merger.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine.
The institution's five main facilities are:
- The Allen Pavilion
- Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division
The hospital is a member of the Planetree Alliance, a nonprofit association of health-care institutions set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
As of 2006, the U.S. News and World Report rankings place NYPH overall as the sixth-best hospital in the United States. Every specialty was ranked by US News, and the following were ranked in the top 10: gynecology (4); heart and heart surgery (8); endocrinology (8); kidney disease (5); neurology and neurosurgery (4); urology (5); pediatrics (6); and psychiatry (3).
[edit] History
The New York Hospital was founded in 1771 by a Royal Charter granted by King George III of England and was associated with Weill Cornell Medical College. It was the second oldest hospital in the United States. A 1927 endowment of more than $20 million by Payne Whitney expanded the hospital significantly and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic is named in his honor. Other prominent donors include Howard Hughes, William Randolph Hearst, Harry and Leona Helmsley, Maurice R. Greenberg, and the Baker, Whitney, Lasdon, and Payson families.
The Presbyterian Hospital was founded in 1868 by James Lenox, a New York philanthropist and was associated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
[edit] NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
For more information, see NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
The hospital, along with Weill Cornell Medical College or Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, runs the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, a network of independent, cooperating, acute-care and community hospitals, continuum-of-care facilities, home-health agencies, ambulatory sites, and specialty institutes in the New York metropolitan area.<ref>[1]NewYork-Presbyterian Web site, Web page titled "NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System" accessed September 8, 2006</ref>
[edit] Trivia
As of 2006, Sunny von Bülow, a heiress, remains hospitalized in persistent vegetative state since she was transferred in 1981 after initial treatment in Boston.
[edit] Notes
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- After the merger, the hospital name is written as "NewYork-Presbyterian," without a space between New and York, to denote an entity separate from the city; and a hyphen between York and Presbyterian, that is key to representing the merger.
