NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health’s precursor, the Medical College of New York University, was founded in 1841.[7] Among the college’s six original faculty members were renowned surgeon Valentine Mott, MD, and John Revere, MD, the youngest son of patriot Paul Revere.[7][8]

In 1898, the Medical College consolidated with Bellevue Hospital Medical College, forming University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University, established at 26th Street and First Avenue in New York City, New York.[7][9] This began NYU Langone Health’s long relationship with its primary teaching affiliate, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, America’s oldest public hospital, founded in 1736.[10]

NYU Langone Health’s first hospital, established in 1948 as University Hospital on lower Broadway, was created through a merger of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital and the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital.[7] In 1963, a newly-acquired site in midtown Manhattan bounded by First Avenue and the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, between 30th and 34th Streets—became the home of University Hospital’s new 18-story building, which housed expanded research labs.[11][12]

University Hospital was renamed Tisch Hospital in 1989 in gratitude to Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch and their families, benefactors of New York University.[12]

In 2008, NYU Medical Center, as the institution was then known, was renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center in honor of its chair of the Board of Trustees and his wife, whose total unrestricted gifts of $200 million represent the largest donation in the institution’s history.[13][14] In 2017, NYU Langone Medical Center was renamed NYU Langone Health.[15]

NYU Langone Health’s long-time affiliate, the Hospital for Joint Diseases, now known as NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, was the first hospital to merge with the institution in 2006, becoming its dedicated orthopedic hospital.[16][17][18]

In November 2008, a $150 million donation was given for the construction of the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion in honor of the late real estate developer and philanthropist Martin Kimmel.[19]

In 2016, NYU Langone Health acquired Lutheran Medical Center, a 444-bed hospital in southwest Brooklyn, renaming it NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn.[20][21][10]

In 2019, NYU Langone Health acquired Winthrop University Hospital, a 591-bed hospital in Mineola on Long Island, renaming it NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island.[22][1][23]

NYU Langone Health also treats patients through a large network of ambulatory care facilities. By 2021, it had more than 300 locations in the New York area.[24][25]

When NYU Grossman School of Medicine was founded in 1841, its precursor, the Medical College of New York University, had an inaugural class of 239 students.[7]

In 2007, Robert I. Grossman, M.D., an internationally distinguished neuroradiologist who had served as chair of NYU Langone Health’s Department of Radiology since 2001, was appointed the Dean of NYU School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Medical Center, as they were then named.[26][27] In 2019, the School was renamed NYU Grossman School of Medicine in honor of his academic achievements.[28][27] Grossman introduced Curriculum for the 21st Century (C21), a new curriculum that allows students to have earlier and more frequent interaction with patients.[29]

The building before the name change.

In 2013, NYU Grossman School of Medicine began offering an accelerated three-year M.D. degree for select medical students to pursue a career in either primary care or the medical specialty of their choice.[30] The first of its kind in the United States, the program is designed to ease the financial burden of medical school and launch medical careers one year earlier than traditional students.[30]

In 2018, the school became the first top-ranked medical school in the nation to provide full-tuition scholarships to reduce the staggering debt incurred by medical students due to the ever-rising cost of their education.[27][31] In 2019, NYU Langone Health expanded its medical student training when it launched NYU Long Island School of Medicine, a joint venture between New York University and NYU Langone Health.[29][30] The school provides full-tuition scholarships and offers an accelerated three-year M.D. program that focuses on primary care.[29][30][32]

NYU Grossman School of Medicine has 29 academic departments in the clinical and basic sciences.[28] In addition to the medical degree, students can also earn a dual M.D./master’s degree.[33]

Medical students, residents, and fellows at NYU Grossman School of Medicine receive much of their clinical training at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The school also maintains affiliations with several other hospitals, including the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur in Manhattan, and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in Brooklyn.[34][35][36]

With a tradition of responding to urgent public health issues, the faculty and alumni of NYU Grossman School of Medicine have contributed to the control of tuberculosis, diphtheria, yellow fever, and sexually transmitted infections,[37] the development of vaccines for hepatitis B, polio, and cancer,[38] advances in the treatment and prevention of stroke and heart disease, the introduction of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and others. In the early 1980s, clinicians and researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, including dermatologists, infectious disease specialists, immunologists, oncologists, and epidemiologists, were among the first to identify an alarming increase in Kaposi's sarcoma,[39] opportunistic infections, and immune system failure among young gay men, and alert health authorities to an imminent health catastrophe, soon to be known as HIV/AIDS.

Tisch Hospital is an acute-care hospital with more than 350 beds located in midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York.[40][12] The hospital has a critical care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center, and the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services.[40][41][42] Tisch Hospital opened in 1963 as University Hospital.[12][43] It was renamed Tisch Hospital in 1989 in gratitude to Laurence A. Tisch and Preston Robert Tisch and their families, benefactors of New York University.[12][44] Tisch Hospital is a quaternary care hospital, where clinical trials are offered and highly specialized procedures are performed.[40] More than 5,500 babies are born at Tisch Hospital each year.[45]

The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion is a 374-bed hospital composed of single rooms. It also contains 30 operating rooms and image-guided labs, and 4 procedural rooms.[46] It opened in June 2018.[47]

Hassenfeld Children's Hospital (HCH) at NYU Langone (formerly Children's Health at NYU Hospitals Center) is a pediatric acute care children's hospital located on the NYU Langone campus in Manhattan, New York. Hassenfeld Children's Hospital has 102 pediatric beds and is located in the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion.[48] It is directly affiliated with the pediatrics department of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine. The hospital treats infants, children, teens, and young adults aged 0–21,[49][50] with some programs treating up until age 25.[51] While not a trauma center, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital contains the KiDS Emergency Department to treat children with injuries.

NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, formerly known as Hospital for Joint Diseases, provides medical and surgical care for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of orthopedic, musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and neurological conditions, as well as other related diseases and injuries.[16]

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a 444-bed acute-care hospital located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York City, New York.[20][21] Formerly known as NYU Lutheran Medical Center, the hospital merged with NYU Langone Health in 2016.[20][21] The hospital’s Level 1 Trauma Center is certified by the American College of Surgeons.[40] More than 4,000 babies are born at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn each year.[20]

NYU Langone Hospital — Long Island is a hospital in Mineola, New York that is the Long Island hospital base of NYU Langone Health System. It was previously known as Nassau Hospital and later Winthrop-University Hospital.[22]

NYU Langone was ranked No. 3 on the U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" 2022-2023 Honor Roll.[55] In addition, NYU Langone rose to No. 1 in New York state and No.1 in the New York metro area.[55]