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58-451: NYU Langone Health is ranked the #1 comprehensive academic medical center and the #1 ambulatory care system for quality and safety in the U.S. by Vizient, Inc. , the nation's largest healthcare performance improvement organization. NYU Langone is among the best hospitals in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report ' s 2023–24 "Best Hospitals Honor Roll", earning top 10 rankings in 10 specialties. NYU Grossman School of Medicine

116-665: A Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto . He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and Royal Society of Canada . Neel was born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania but grew up in Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, New Jersey . Shortly following his birth in 1956, Neel's parents divorced and he grew up with his mother who worked as a bookkeeper. While a student at Cherry Hill High School East , Neel

174-550: A United States health organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Benjamin G. Neel Benjamin G. Neel (born 1956) is an American cancer biologist and a Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health . He served as Director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health from 2015-2023, and formerly served as the Director of Research for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and

232-504: A career in either primary care or the medical specialty of their choice. 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. 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

290-643: A critical care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center, and the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services. Tisch Hospital opened in 1963 as University Hospital. 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. Tisch Hospital is a quaternary care hospital, where clinical trials are offered and highly specialized procedures are performed. More than 5,500 babies are born at Tisch Hospital each year. The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion

348-467: A digital communication tool that allows patients to ask questions about their treatment plan, view educational videos, order meals and control the ambiance of their room. Hassenfeld Children's Hospital—34th Street, NYU Langone Health's primary location for pediatric inpatient care, is a 68-bed pediatric acute-care facility within the Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion. When the facility opened in 2018, it

406-449: A graduate student at Rockefeller, Neel began research on the activation of endogenous oncogenes by slowly transforming RNA tumor viruses. Following his medical degree, Neel conducted his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Hospital and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University . Upon completing his postdoctoral fellowship, Neel served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School from 1988 to 2006. In 1993, Neel

464-403: A group of NYU Langone Health's physicians at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue coauthored the first paper published in a medical journal, The Lancet, linking HIV/AIDS to cases of Kaposi's sarcoma , a previously rare skin cancer that would become an AIDS-defining illness. In 2001, Charles S. Hirsch, M.D., chair of NYU Langone Health's Department of Forensic Medicine and Chief Medical Examiner of

522-570: A plan to safely evacuate 20 at-risk infants from Tisch Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit, was one of the honored guests at President Obama's State of the Union Address on February 12, 2013. Lighting the way with flashlights and iPhones, clinicians carried the infants down eight flights of stairs and transferred them to local hospitals. In 2021, NYU Langone Health was selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to be

580-541: A protein that enables the body to overcome resistance to the hormone leptin. In 2006, he was one of the lead scientists who discovered that mutations in the SOS1 gene account for many cases of Noonan syndrome . In 2006, Neel was recruited from Harvard to serve as the Director of the Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre . He was also appointed a professor of Medical Biophysics and

638-583: A team of surgeons performed the first successful triple transplant for heart, lungs, and kidney in the Northeast. In 2023, surgeons led by Eduardo D. Rodriguez , M.D., D.D.S., the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and chair of NYU Langone Health’s Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, performed the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant. Two alumni of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Jonas Salk , M.D., and Albert Sabin , M.D., developed vaccines for polio, approved in

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696-563: Is a 225-bed specialty hospital located in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York. The hospital provides medical and surgical care for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of orthopedic, musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and neurological conditions, as well as specialized care for conditions such as brain injury, joint pain, and osteoporosis. One of the nation's first dedicated orthopedic hospitals,

754-545: Is a 374-bed acute-care inpatient facility adjacent to Tisch Hospital in midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. The Pavilion provides clinical services that include general and subspecialty surgery, intensive care, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, hematology, bone marrow transplant, and solid organ transplant. The Pavilion, which opened in June 2018, is New York City's only inpatient clinical facility with exclusively private rooms. Each patient room features MyWall,

812-453: Is a corporation that serves over 5,000 not-for-profit health system members and their affiliates, including 1,360 acute care hospitals. Founded in 2016, it is a successor company to VHA, Inc. , founded in 1977 as a network of not-for-profit health care organizations working in clinical, financial, and operational management. VHA and UHC ( University HealthSystem Consortium ) owned a supply chain company called Novation and aptitude(R),

870-654: Is certified by the American College of Surgeons. More than 5,000 babies are born at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island each year. The Science Building, the largest research facility at NYU Langone Health, is located at 435 East 30th Street in New York City, New York. Opened in 2018, the 16-story building accommodates up to 800 researchers, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and support staff, uniting teams from neuroscience systems genetics, computational medicine, cardiology, rheumatology, and endocrinology. The Science Building includes 10 floors of laboratory space that

928-593: Is certified by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy to perform autologous and allogeneic transplants for adult patients, and autologous transplants for pediatric patients. Dermatologists at NYU Langone Health were the first to develop criteria for early detection of melanoma. Rusk Rehabilitation is ranked the #1 rehabilitation program in New York State and one of the top five in

986-553: Is directed by Robert A. Montgomery, M.D., D.Phil. the H. Leon Pachter, M.D. Professor of Surgery and chair of the Department of Surgery. The institute performs heart, lung, adult and pediatric kidney, heart-lung, kidney-pancreas, liver, and pancreas transplants. According to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), the kidney and heart transplant programs have a one-year survival rate of 100%. In 2022,

1044-480: Is open and adaptable to promote investigations. The Joan and Joel Smilow Research Center, devoted to translational research, is located on NYU Langone Health's midtown Manhattan campus along the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive. Opened in 2006, the 13-story building houses more than 40 multidisciplinary research teams in cancer, cardiovascular biology, dermatology, genetics, and infectious diseases. It serves as

1102-427: Is ranked #10 in the nation on U.S. News & World Report ' s 2023–24 list of "Best Graduate Schools for Research". Rusk Rehabilitation is ranked the #1 rehabilitation program in New York State and one of the top five in the country by U.S. News & World Report . The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has awarded the institution a five-star rating. NYU Langone Health's four hospitals have all earned

1160-704: Is recognized by The Joint Commission and the New York State Department of Health for providing advanced stroke care. The center has also earned the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines—Stroke Gold Plus award and Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus award, which recognize consistent compliance with quality measures for treating stroke. Vizient, Inc. Vizient Inc. , based in Irving , Texas ,

1218-635: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission . In 2008, NYU Langone Health launched a decade-long Campus Transformation Plan, an infrastructure modernization program that has expanded its footprint to more than 14 million square feet of clinical, educational, and research space across its campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Long Island. Tisch Hospital is an acute-care hospital with more than 350 beds located in midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York. The hospital has

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1276-496: The Israel-Hamas war , in which Neel reposted content that critics have referred to as "racist" and "anti-Arab." A spokesperson for NYU Langone Health defending the firing, saying that all employees had been reminded "several times" in the month before Neel's firing of NYU Langone Health's social media policy and "high standards." In response, Neel filed a lawsuit against NYU Langone Health for wrongful termination . Zaki Masoud

1334-658: The Magnet designation for excellence in nursing and quality patient care from the American Nurses Credentialing Center , an honor achieved by only 9.4% of hospitals in the U.S. NYU Langone Health’s precursor, the Medical College of New York University, was founded in 1841. 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 . In 1898,

1392-535: The Chair of Signal Transduction and Human Disease at the University of Toronto and University Health Network . In 2007, Neel was appointed a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto. His research at the University of Toronto helped to unravel cell signaling pathways involved in developmental disease which resulted in new therapeutic approaches to cancers caused by KRAS mutations. He also contributed to

1450-546: The City of New York, coordinated the largest forensic investigation in history, cataloguing some 22,000 individual human remains and identifying about 60% of the 2,753 victims of the World Trade Center attack. In 2015, surgeons led by Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., D.D.S., the Helen L. Kimmel Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and chair of NYU Langone Health's Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, performed

1508-743: The Clinical Science Core of the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative. RECOVER is a project aimed at understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19 to help develop new approaches to diagnosis and treatment. As part of the research, NYU Langone received a parent award of more than $ 450 million. The institution is charged with leading and integrating the research activities of 35 institutions and 100 researchers nationwide, to which it will make sub-awards. RECOVER will study adults, children, and electronic health records to examine how many people are affected by COVID in

1566-537: The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. In 2020, the institute, which offers programs in the basic medical sciences leading to a Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D., was named in honor of Jan T. Vilcek , MD, PhD, a professor emeritus of microbiology and trustee of NYU Langone Health. Vilcek codeveloped the monoclonal antibody that is the basis for Remicade , a drug widely used to treat certain chronic inflammatory disorders. The NYU Langone Transplant Institute

1624-572: The East River. Hurricane Sandy inflicted more than $ 1 billion of damage to the institution's infrastructure, forcing a temporary shutdown. Within 13 hours, some 1,000 medical and professional personnel safely evacuated 322 patients and transferred them to 14 other hospitals. On December 27, major clinical units reopened, 59 days after the storm. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer helped secure more than $ 150 million of federal aid to repair and replace damaged facilities. Nurse Menchu de Luna Sanchez, who devised

1682-668: The Fall of 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, all of NYU Langone’s inpatient locations earned an “A” rating for the seventh consecutive time. NYU Langone Health has been awarded full accreditation and the Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission , the country's leading accreditor of healthcare organizations, in recognition of its commitment to quality and safety. The Joint Commission has also recognized NYU Langone for excellence in perinatal, palliative, and ventricular assist device care. NYU Langone Health's four hospitals have all earned

1740-635: The Magnet designation for excellence in nursing and quality patient care from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, an honor achieved by only 9.4% of hospitals in the U.S.. NYU Langone is the only health system in New York State that has earned Magnet recognition for all of its hospitals. NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is the only hospital in Brooklyn with Magnet recognition. NYU Langone Health's Comprehensive Stroke Center

1798-497: 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. 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. NYU Langone Health's first hospital, established in 1948 as University Hospital on lower Broadway,

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1856-407: The U.S. 1955. Saul Krugman , M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine from 1960 to 1974, conducted research that led to vaccines for measles, rubella, and hepatitis B. In 1948, Howard A. Rusk, M.D., drew on his experience caring for wounded World War II veterans to establish the world's first comprehensive training program in rehabilitation medicine. In 1981,

1914-610: The U.S. by Vizient, Inc. , the nation’s largest healthcare performance improvement organization. Vizient also ranks NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island the #1 large specialized complex medical center in the nation, and NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn #7 in that cohort. NYU Langone Health is recognized among the top health systems nationwide for quality and safety by The Leapfrog Group , a national health quality and safety association. Tisch Hospital, Kimmel Pavilion, and NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island were named top teaching hospitals, an honor attained by only 6% of hospitals surveyed nationally. In

1972-909: The clinical and basic sciences. In addition to the medical degree, students can also earn a dual M.D./master's degree. 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. NYU Grossman School of Medicine counts among its faculty and alumni four Nobel laureates: In November 2023, NYU Langone Health fired Benjamin Neel , head of NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, for social media posts he made on X (formerly Twitter) regarding

2030-450: The country by U.S. News & World Report. At 27 inpatient and outpatient locations, its clinicians treat a range of adult and pediatric conditions, including brain injury, spinal cord injury, cancer, cardiac and pulmonary diseases, chronic neurological diseases, orthopedic and musculoskeletal diseases, limb loss, and stroke. Rusk Rehabilitation was established in 1948 as the first comprehensive medical training program in rehabilitation in

2088-777: The development of effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Perlmutter Cancer Center was ranked among the top 25 hospitals in the US for cancer on the 2023–2024 U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll.The publication also rated Perlmutter Cancer Center as "high performing" for these procedures and cancer conditions for adults: colon cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, ovarian cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery, uterine cancer surgery, and leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma treatment. The Center pursues research in cancer genome dynamics, cancer cell biology, melanoma, tumor immunology, and epidemiology and cancer control. The center's Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

2146-418: The ever-rising cost of their education. 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. The school provides full-tuition scholarships and offers an accelerated three-year M.D. program that focuses on primary care. NYU Grossman School of Medicine has 29 academic departments in

2204-505: The greater understanding on the functional genomics of breast cancer and generated new models of ovarian cancer. Neel eventually returned to the United States in 2014 to serve as Director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center and Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health . While serving in this role, Neel was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. The following year, in recognition of his efforts while in Toronto, Neel

2262-496: The hospital merged with NYU Langone Health in 2016. The hospital's Level 1 Trauma Center is certified by the American College of Surgeons. More than 4,000 babies are born at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn each year. NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed acute-care hospital located in Mineola, New York. Formerly known as Winthrop University Hospital, it merged with NYU Langone Health in 2019. The hospital's Level 1 Trauma Center

2320-615: The hospital was a long-time affiliate of NYU Langone Health before it merged with the institution in 2006. Its name was later changed from the Hospital for Joint Diseases to NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. In 2022, the hospital's Samuels Orthopedic Immediate Care Center treated more than 7,000 patients. 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. Formerly known as NYU Lutheran Medical Center,

2378-413: The industry's first online direct market for local contracting. VHA also owned Provista , the enterprise's supply chain company serving the non-acute market as well as government, education, and business sectors. There are over 4,000 employees across the enterprise. VHA changed its name in 1994, adopting the initials of its former name ( Voluntary Hospitals of America ). The name change was to move beyond

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2436-572: 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. In 2017, NYU Langone Medical Center was renamed NYU Langone Health. NYU Langone Health's long-time affiliate, the Hospital for Joint Diseases, now known as NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital,

2494-414: The latest advance toward addressing the nationwide organ shortage and developing a clinical protocol that would provide an alternative supply of organs for people with life-threatening heart disease. On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy , the worst storm to strike New York City in two centuries, flooded NYU Langone Health's midtown Manhattan campus with more than 15 million gallons of water overflowing from

2552-475: The long term, which treatments contribute to recovery, and why some patients are vulnerable to lingering symptoms while others are not. NYU Langone Health has earned a five-star rating for safety, quality, and patient experience from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. NYU Langone Health is ranked the #1 comprehensive academic medical center and the #1 ambulatory care system for quality and safety in

2610-542: The main research hub for the NYU Langone's Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center. Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center is one of 56 cancer centers in the U.S. designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. The designation signifies a commitment to research, clinical trials, education and training, community outreach, and

2668-708: The most extensive face transplant to date, followed in 2020 by the world's first successful face and double hand transplant. In 2021, surgeons led by Robert A. Montgomery, M.D., D.Phil., director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute, performed the first investigational transplant of a kidney grown in a genetically altered pig to a brain-dead person whose bodily functions were sustained by mechanical support. In separate investigational procedures performed in June and July 2022, surgeons led by Robert Montgomery successfully transplanted hearts from genetically altered pigs into brain-dead patients, marking

2726-462: The outdated and often-misunderstood concepts of "voluntary" and "hospitals", while retaining its name recognition. On April 1, 2015, VHA and UHC (University HealthSystem Consortium) merged to make one company, Vizient, making them the largest member-owned health care company in the nation. The combined organization officially aligned under the Vizient brand in 2016. This article about

2784-455: The women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza ." A spokesperson for NYU Langone Health confirmed that Jabr was fired for her speech after having been warned "not to bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace." Jabr stated that she planned to take legal action against NYU Langone Health and to file a complaint with

2842-468: The world. Its founder, Howard A. Rusk, MD, chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at what is now NYU Grossman School of Medicine, is considered the father of comprehensive rehabilitation medicine. He drew on his experience treating wounded World War II veterans to develop a philosophy of caring for the patient as whole person. Rusk Rehabilitation's inpatient programs at Tisch Hospital and NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital are accredited by

2900-612: Was appointed the Dean of NYU School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Medical Center, as they were then named. In 2019, the School was renamed NYU Grossman School of Medicine in honor of his academic achievements. In 2010, Grossman introduced Curriculum for the 21st Century (C21), a new curriculum that allows students to have earlier and more frequent interaction with patients. In 2013, NYU Grossman School of Medicine began offering an accelerated three-year M.D. degree for select medical students to pursue

2958-716: Was created through a merger of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital and the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital. 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. 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. In 2008, NYU Medical Center, as

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3016-562: Was more than $ 12 billion, including more than $ 4.9 billion in philanthropy since 2007. 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. NYU Grossman School of Medicine was ranked #2 for research on U.S. News & World Report ’s 2022–23 list of “Best Medical Schools: Research.” 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,

3074-612: Was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada . On November 1, 2023, members of the NYU Langone Health community were informed via email that Neel had, effective immediately, been suspended from his position as Director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center. The New York Times subsequently confirmed that Neel was let go for his postings and reposts on the X social media platform, which included "offensive caricatures of Arab people" and posts that "appeared to question

3132-667: Was removed from his resident position at NYU Langone Health after expressing support for the Palestinian struggle against Israel in October 2023. In May 2024, NYU Langone Health fired Hesen Jabr, a labor and delivery nurse who had worked at NYU Langone Health for almost 10 years, for her remarks on the Israel-Hamas war at a ceremony where Jabr was accepting an award for providing compassionate care to patients suffering perinatal loss, during which Jabr stated, "It pains me to see

3190-657: Was selected to present his original research at the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium in 1972 and 1973. Following his junior year, Neel participated in a National Science Foundation program in biochemistry. Upon returning home, his grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, which sparked his interest in becoming a cancer researcher. Following high school, Neel completed his Bachelor's degree at Cornell University in 1977 and his PhD in viral oncology at Rockefeller University . Neel returned to Cornell for his medical degree, which he earned in 1983. As

3248-455: Was the first hospital to merge with the institution in 2006, becoming its dedicated orthopedic hospital. In 2016, NYU Langone Health acquired Lutheran Medical Center, a 444-bed hospital in southwest Brooklyn, renaming it NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn. 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. In 2023, NYU Langone Health’s revenue

3306-488: Was the first new children's hospital established in New York City in nearly 15 years. The hospital's single-bedded patient rooms are designed to reduce the risk of infection and provide privacy for families. Support services and resilience programs that focus on the health and wellbeing of children and their families are provided by the Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

3364-670: Was the inaugural recipient of the Gertrude Elion Award of the American Association for Cancer Research. During his tenure at the school, Neel served as the Director of the Cancer Biology Program and as deputy director for Basic Research, Hematology Division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center . While serving in these roles, Neel continued to conduct research on gene mutations. In 2002, Neel and co-senior author Barbara B. Kahn identified

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