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Pages in category "Medical research institutes in New York (state)" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Research institutes in New York (state)" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Rusk Institute has been voted the best rehabilitation hospital in New York and among the top ten in the country since 1989, when U.S. News & World Report introduced its annual "Best Hospitals" rankings. As of 2008 Steven Flanagan is the chairman of rehabilitation medicine and medical director of the Rusk Institute. [1]
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, chartered as The New York and Presbyterian Hospital by the State of New York in 1996, was formed in 1998 with the merger of two large, previously independent hospitals, the New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital. The merger had been announced on January 1, 1998.
The Wadsworth Center, originally the New York State's Antitoxin Laboratory, was established in 1901. Its mission was to standardize and manufacture antitoxin, which was for the treatment of communicable diseases such as diphtheria and anthrax. In 1914, the Antitoxin Laboratory was designated the Division of Laboratories and Research.
[5] [6] In 2001 the institute's funding was withdrawn and it closed; [7] in 2002 it was acquired by The Institute for Medical Research at North Shore-LIJ. [8] In 2005 board member Leonard Feinstein, co-founder of Bed Bath & Beyond , made a $25 million gift that led to its renaming The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research . [ 8 ]
Rusk soon went on to establish the first Air Force rehabilitation center, in Pawling, New York, which was to treat airmen returning from battle with physical and psychological disabilities. Rusk described it as "a combination of a hospital, a country club, a school, a farm, a vocational training center, a resort and a little bit of home as well."
Founded in 1898 as the world's first institute devoted exclusively to cancer research [8] 1884 – On May 31, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is founded as New York Cancer Hospital at 106th Street and Central Park West in Manhattan. New York Cancer Hospital is the first institution in the United States devoted exclusively to the ...