NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Nonprofit academic medical center in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a nonprofit[1] academic medical center in New York City, is the primary teaching hospital for two Ivy League medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine at Cornell University and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. The hospital includes seven campuses located throughout the New York metropolitan area.[2] The hospital's two flagship medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, are located on opposite sides of Upper Manhattan.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | New York metropolitan area, New York, United States |
Organization | |
Care system | Medicare, Medicaid, Public |
Funding | 501(c)(3)[1] nonprofit |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Weill Cornell Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons |
Services | |
Beds | 2,600[2] |
History | |
Opened | 1771 (as New York Hospital) 1868 (as Presbyterian Hospital) 1998 (as NewYork-Presbyterian) |
Links | |
Website | nyp |
Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Other links | Hospitals in Manhattan |
As of 2022[update], the hospital is ranked the seventh-best hospital in the United States and second-best in the New York City metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report.[3][4] The hospital has more than 6,500 affiliated physicians, 20,000 employees and 2,600 beds in total. It is one of the largest hospitals in the world. NYPH annually treats about 310,000 patients in its emergency department and delivers about 15,000 babies.[2][5][6]