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Member Profile: New York University Langone Medical Center
Background
Comprised of the NYU School of Medicine and the NYU Hospitals Center,
NYU Langone Medical Center
is a world-class patient-centered integrated academic medical center
and stands as one of the nation's premier centers of excellence
in health care, biomedical research, and medical education.
An integral part of the NYU Langone Medical Center, the NYU School
of Medicine
has trained thousands of physician-scientists for almost 170 years
who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich
the lives of countless people. Through its innovative approach to
medical education, the NYU School of Medicine continues to demonstrate
its deep, abiding commitment to improving the human condition.
In 1841, the University Medical College was organized and instruction
began in the following subjects: Surgery, Anatomy, Chemistry, Theory
and Practice of Medicine, Institutes of Medicine and Materia Medica,
Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Clinical instruction
began in Bellevue Hospital in 1847. In 1861 the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College was founded when a college building was approved
by the New York City Council and erected on the hospital grounds.
In 1898 the University Medical College merged with Bellevue Hospital
Medical College and the medical school became an important part
of New York University under the name of University and Bellevue
Hospital Medical Colleges. In 1935 the name was changed to New York
University College of Medicine and in 1960, to the NYU School of
Medicine, which celebrated its sesquicennial year in 1991.
1,557 full-time faculty and 3,304 part-time faculty and 88 Endowed
Professorships.
The percentage of NYU School of Medicine graduates who are members
of medical school faculties is among the highest in the nation.
For most of them, an invaluable part of that training was their
service at Bellevue Hospital, one of the nation's oldest municipal
hospitals, where NYU Langone Medical Center physicians have provided
clinical and emergency care to the under-served of New York City
for more than a century.
Innovations
1841 |
The New York University College of Medicine opens, 10 years
after the founding of the university. The college is committed
to strengthening the education of American Physicians; among
the original faculty is John Revere, son of patriot Paul Revere
and Valentine Mott, probably the foremost surgeon of his day. |
1854 |
Human dissection in New York is legalized due in part to the
efforts of the faculty at the NYU College of Medicine, and
becomes an important tool in the study of disease. |
1861-65 |
Faculty members of the NYU College of Medicine play a leading
role in treating soldiers wounded during the Civil War, chiefly
through work on the United States Sanitary Commission. |
1866 |
NYU and Bellevue professors of medicine produce a report for
the Council of Hygiene and Public Health. It leads to the
establishment of New York City's Health Department. |
1911 |
The first outpatient cardiac clinic in New York is established
at Bellevue Hospital by NYU's Hubert V. Guile, M.D. |
1931 |
Albert Sabin, who later developed a live-virus vaccine against
polio, received his M.D. degree at University and Bellevue Hospital
Medical Colleges. |
1932 |
The first department of forensic medicine in the United States
is established at NYU. |
1932 |
NYU organizes one of the nation's first interdisciplinary research
efforts, the Rheumatic Diseases Study Group, helping to usher
in the era of modern rheumatology. |
1933 |
William S. Tillett, M.D., conducts groundbreaking studies of enzymes
involved in blood clotting. His work leads to the development
of streptokinase, used to combat heart attacks. |
1939 |
Jonas Salk, developer of the first vaccine against polio, receives
his M.D. degree at NYU. |
1941 |
The first department of physical medicine and rehabilitation
in the United States is established at Bellevue Hospital. |
1947 |
A site for a new Medical Center, consisting of the NYU School
of Medicine, the Post-Graduate Medical School, University (now
Tisch) Hospital, and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine,
is selected. |
1947 |
The Institute of Industrial Medicine is established. |
1948 |
University Hospital is created through a merger of the New York
Post-Graduate Hospital and New York Skin and Cancer Hospital. |
1954 |
Lewis Thomas, M.D., assumes chairmanship of the Department of
Pathology. |
1955 |
The Medical Science Building and the Henry W. and Albert Berg
Institute open at NYU. |
1957 |
The Hall of Residence and Alumni Hall are constructed. |
1959 |
The Nobel Prize for medicine is awarded to NYU faculty member
Servero Ochoa, M.D., for his seminal study of biochemical genetics
and nucleic acids. |
1960 |
The Clinical Research Center, funded by the NIH, is established
at NYU. |
1960s |
NYU pathologist Baruj Benacerraf, M.D., conducts pioneering research
on genetic regulation of the immune system, for which he is
later awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1980. |
1962 |
One of the first M.D.-PhD, programs in the United States is established
at NYU. |
1963 |
The new University Hospital opens. |
1964 |
The Institute and Department of Environmental Medicine are established. |
1975 |
One of the first designated national cancer centers is established
at NYU, later named the Rita and Stanley H. Kaplan Center. |
1980 |
The work of Saul Krugman, M.D., professor of pediatrics, results
in the development of the first vaccinations against hepatitis
B and rubella. |
1981 |
NYU scientists present the first evidence linking rare cancer,
Kaposi's sarcoma, with immune deficiency in a distinct population
of homosexual men, a key step in identifying AIDS. |
1992 |
NYU Medical Center opens Women's Health Services under the auspices
of the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiology. |
1993 |
The School of Medicine's Skirball Institute of Biomolecular
Medicine, the largest building project in history of NYU, is
opened as an uncompromising commitment to the advancement and
understanding of molecular approaches for the treatment of various
important diseases. |
2004 |
The NYU Clinical Cancer Center opens, a 13-story building, which
offers comprehensive outpatient cancer services under one roof. |
2006 |
Building on a 20-year affiliation relationship, the Hospital
for Joint Diseases merges with NYU Medical Center. The new facility
is known as NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. |
2006 |
The Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center opens, a 13-story,
state-of-the-art research facility dedicated to translational
research. Located at the southeast corner of the campus, near
30th Street and the FDR Drive, the Smilow Research Center houses
multidisciplinary research teams, a mix of current investigators
and new recruits, dedicated to such fields as cancer, cardiovascular
biology, neuroscience, dermatology, genetics, and infectious
diseases. |
2007 |
Robert I. Grossman, M.D., chairman of radiology, is named the
15th dean of the NYU School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Hospitals
Center. One of his primary objectives is to create an integrated
academic medical center, comprising the School of Medicine and
the Hospitals (Tisch Hospital, Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation
Medicine, and NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases). |
2007 |
NYU School of Medicine becomes the largest academic affiliate
for the New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC),
as Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center joins Bellevue
Hospital Center, Gouverneur Healthcare Services, and Cumberland
Diagnostic and Treatment Center as partner institutions of our
Medical School. These affiliations with city hospitals, alongside
the federal affiliation with NY Harbor Healthcare System (i.e.
Manhattan VA) allow us to extend our reach and expertise to
other communities, while also providing outstanding training
for our students and residents in sites with very diverse patient
populations. |
2008 |
NYU Medical Center is renamed the Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone
Medical Center, in honor of the chairman of the board of trustees
and his wife, whose unrestricted $200 million gift is the largest
in the Medical Center's history. This became a record year in
the Medical Center's philanthropic history, augmented by a gift
of $150 million from Helen L. Kimmel for a new clinical pavilion
and an anonymous gift of $110 million to redesign Tisch Hospital. |
Information Technology at NYU Langone Medical
Center
NYU Langone Medical Center was an early pioneer of Computerized
Physician Order Entry (CPOE), implementing the TDS system in the
1970s, and was also among the early advocates of the personal computer
as an important medium for medical education. In 1987 the Medical
Center established the Hippocrates Project, developing interactive
multimedia programs and expertise that have become essential resources
for the curriculum. Recognition of the growing importance of IT
to all aspects of undergraduate medical education led to the expansion
of the Hippocrates Project in 1997 to an Educational Computing Division
(ECD), and again in 2007 to become the Division of Educational Informatics
(DEI).
Over a period of more than 20 years, the Medical Center developed
and deployed interactive physiologic simulations, computing infrastructure
(anchored by relational databases for administrative aspects of
medical education), e-mail and computerized grading of examinations
with tailored statistical reports, and automated course survey results,
as well as databases for clinical research and mobile applications
for PDAs. A major collaborative effort with the Department of Surgery
produced the WISE-MD surgical hypermedia modules currently used
by more than 20 medical schools in the United States and abroad.
As technical lead of the groundbreaking New York Clinical Information
Exchange (NYCLIX), NYU Langone Medical Center supports a multi-institution
consortium using collaborative technologies to allow emergency department
physicians access to clinical background information on patients
who may have previously been treated in other participating hospitals.
NYCLIX is being expanded to link participating hospitals' clinical
information systems through a regional data interchange, and to
enable access to other, non-emergent settings.
Today DEI operates as an educational technology laboratory within
Medical Center IT and also reports to the Deans Office. DEI supports
the goals of the Medical Center through the discovery, development
and validation of new information technologies for medical education
through academic collaborations focusing on novel research and curricular
transformation. DEI also has operational oversight of core medical
education systems such as the Advanced Learning Exchange (ALEX),
leveraging the Medical Center's common IT processes and infrastructure.
NYU Langone Medical Center is also executing major clinical, research
and administrative components of its integrated IT architecture,
having begun a multi-year deployment of the full Epic EMR across
its entire inpatient and ambulatory system. In addition to enabling
a common workflow across care settings, Epic is being integrated
with the new PeopleSoft ERP system also being deployed. Data from
these systems is being collected in a new enterprise data warehouse
along with information from other administrative and research systems
such as PeopleSoft HR and InfoEd, and will enable vastly improved
enterprise workflows and business intelligence.
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