|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
About Columbia University Medical Center
|
Situated on a 20-acre campus in the Washington Heights community of northern Manhattan and comprising roughly half of Columbia University's nearly $3 billion annual budget, Columbia University's Medical Center provides world-class leadership in:
- scientific research
- health and medical education
- patient care
Faculty members from its four schools (College of Physicians & Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing, and Mailman School of Public Health):
- Carry out the school's 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.
|
Columbia University Medical Center Address
Administration Directory; Contact information: (pdf  )
Columbia University Medical Center – At a Glance (2008)
Vital Statistics 2008
| Academic Schools |
4 |
College of Physicians & Surgeons
(includes biomedical departments of the
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences)
Mailman School of Public Health
College of Dental Medicine
School of Nursing |
| Budget (FY 2007) |
$1.56 billion |
| Endowment (June 1, 2008) |
$1.67 billion |
| Philanthropic gifts |
$200.032 million |
| Endowed chairs |
198 |
| Total enrollment, Fall 2007 |
3,4651 |
| Degrees Granted, 2007 |
1,422 |
| Full-time faculty |
2,4162 |
| Total faculty |
5,4622 |
| Research expenditures, 2007 |
$584.8 million |
| Nobel Prizes |
16 in Medicine or Physiology
(2 current) |
1 Total exceeds sum of enrollment numbers in all schools because schools count students differently.
2 Total is less than the sum of faculty numbers listed with each school because many faculty members have appointments in more than one school. |
Columbia University Audited Financial Statements
|
| TOP |
Last updated 7/26/2007
|
|
|
|
|
