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News

  • Breast Cancer: Latest Findings from Columbia

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    October 18, 2019

    Exercise may lower breast cancer risk in all women and young survivors underutilize fertility-preservation services: These are among recent breast cancer findings from Columbia scientists.

    Cancer
    Strong woman

  • CUIMC Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    October 21, 2019

    Three CUIMC faculty members—oncologist Anil Rustgi, neuroscientist Rui Costa, and epidemiologist Charles Branas—have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

    Campus News
    National Academy of Medicine

  • Ex-Smokers, Light Smokers Not Exempt from Lung Damage

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    October 9, 2019

    A new study shows that smoking even a few cigarettes a day is harmful to lungs and that former smokers continue to lose lung function at a faster rate than never-smokers for decades after quitting.

    Pulmonary
    Smoker

  • CUIMC Students Present Global and Population Health Research

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    October 2, 2019

    Fifty-six students from CUIMC schools presented projects conducted in the summer through the Program for Education in Global and Population Health.

    Campus News
    Columbia University MD students

  • A Place for Transformational Learning

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    VP&S YouTube
    June 10, 2019

    Simulation experiences are integral to medical education at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

    Medical School
    Medical students demonstrate simulation.
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Message from the Dean

Lee Goldman, MD

Welcome to the Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, part of a unique collection of health sciences schools that make up the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, is the Harold and Margaret Hatch Professor, Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, and Chief Executive of Columbia University Medical Center.

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The medical faculty at King's College was organized in 1767, it was the first institution in the North American Colonies to confer the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
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