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News

  • Columbia to Help Create New Center for Ethics and Genetics

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    September 26, 2019

    Columbia bioethicists are helping to create a central resource for scientists, journalists, lawmakers, and others with questions about the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics research.

    Campus News
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  • Bone, Not Adrenaline, Drives Fight or Flight Response

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    September 12, 2019

    Adrenaline is considered crucial in triggering a “fight or flight” response, but new research shows the response can’t even get started without a hormone made in bone.

    Research
    A cat chases a mouse.

  • 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

  • Columbia Ranked Top Medical Center for Research

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    CUIMC Newsroom
    September 4, 2019

    Columbia University Irving Medical Center has been named the top health care institution for scientific research by the 2019 Nature Index Annual Tables.

    Research
    Columbia researcher uses a microscope to look at a slide.

  • 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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