About P&S


Columbia University Trustees

Committee on the Health Sciences

Alfred Lerner, chairman (2000)
Walter Burke (1998)
Jerome A. Chazen (1998)
Maureen A. Cogan (1998)
Stephen Friedman, ex-officio
Henry L. King (1998)
Marilyn Laurie (1999)
Marylin Levitt, D.S.W., ex-officio
Margaret Mahoney (1999)
Mathy Mezey, Ed.D. (1998)
Arnold Relman, M.D. (1998)
Jerry I. Speyer (2000)
David Stern (2000)
Clyde Wu, M.D. (1999)
Lionel I. Pincus (2000)
George Rupp, Ph.D., ex-officio
Herbert Irving (2000)
Judith Sulzberger, M.D. (2000)

Columbia-Presbyterian Health Sciences Advisory Council
Henry L. King, chairman
Barry Alperin
Jeremiah A. Barondess, M.D.
Robert Berkley
Angelica Berrie
Page Morton Black
Frederic A. Bourke
Tove Brown
Nicholas P. Christy, M.D.
Thomas L. Chrystie
Maureen Cogan
Ron Cohen, M.D.
Stephen Cohen, M.D.
Robin Cook, M.D.
Ursula Corning
Robert K. Dresing
Richard Elias, M.D.
Gloria Farber, Ed.D.
Phyllis Farley
James W. Fordyce
Louis R. Gary
Sandra O. Gold, Ed.D.
Ruth Guttmann, M.D.
Daniel Hauser, Ph.D.
Bonnie Burke Himmelman
Helen Hintz
Herbert Irving
Robert E. Jacoby
Barbara Jonas
Vera Joseph, M.D.
Mathilde Krim, Ph.D.
E. Peter Krulewitch
William F. Laporte
Burton J. Lee III, M.D.
Deanna Levine
Constance Lieber
Mary Ann Liebert
David J. Mahoney
John H. Manice
David I. Margolis
Paul A. Marks, M.D.
William F. May
Guri McKinnell
Seymour Milstein
S. Leslie Misrock
Shelby Modell
JoAnn Murphy
Joseph M. Murphy
William Murray
Emanuel M. Papper, M.D.
Gordon B. Pattee
Ponchitta Pierce
John Pinto
Arnold S. Relman, M.D.
William S. Robertson
E. Robert Roskind
Peter Schweitzer
Pearl Seiden
John R. Stafford
Judith Sulzberger, M.D.
Jeff C. Tarr
Doris F. Tulcin
P. Roy Vagelos, M.D.
Audrey Weiderlight
Sidney J. Weinberg Jr.
Dayna J. Wilkinson
Joseph D. Williams
Ruth A. Wooden
Clyde Wu, M.D., P.C.

Administration, Health Sciences and College of Physicians & Surgeons

Herbert Pardes, M.D.,
vice president and dean

Thomas Q. Morris, M.D.,
senior associate vice president and vice dean

Donald F. Tapley, M.D.,
senior deputy vice president

Joan Leiman, Ph.D.,
executive deputy vice president

Morton Grusky,
deputy vice president for budget and finance

Kathleen O'Donnell,
deputy vice president for medical center affairs and associate dean

William A. Polf, Ph.D.,
deputy vice president for external relations and strategic programs

Eileen Willner,
deputy vice president for Health Sciences development

James S. Lieberman, M.D.,
assistant vice president and senior associate dean for clinical services

Gerald E. Thomson, M.D.,
assistant vice president and senior associate dean

David Figurski, Ph.D.,
associate dean for graduate students

Pat Molholt, Ph.D.,
assistant vice president and associate dean for scholarly resources

Bonita Eaton Enochs,
assistant vice president, external relations

Mitch Gipson,
assistant vice president, external relations

Galene Kessin,
assistant vice president, human resources

Robert Lemieux,
assistant vice president for facilities management

Anthony O'Toole,
assistant vice president for financial systems and services

Lynne Roth,
assistant vice president of development

Kathleen Savolt,
assistant dean and assistant vice president for clinical planning

Jeffrey Szmulewicz,
assistant vice president for biomedical communications

Frederic Kass, M.D.,
senior associate dean for clinical affairs

Anke Nolting, Ph.D.,
associate dean for development and executive director for alumni relations

Richard Sohn, Ph.D.,
associate dean for research administration and director of grants and contracts

Ronald Drusin, M.D.,
associate dean for curricular affairs

Edward B. Healton, M.D.,
senior associate dean for Harlem Hospital affairs

Brian F. Hoffman, M.D.,
associate dean

Donald Kornfeld, M.D.,
associate dean

Linda D. Lewis, M.D.,
associate dean for student affairs

Edgar M. Housepian, M.D.,
special adviser for international affiliations to the vice president and dean

Ashley Mui, assistant dean for clinical affairs

Executive Committee of the Faculty Council

Linda J. Addonizio, M.D.,
associate professor, pediatrics

Alan I. Benvenisty, M.D.,
associate professor, clinical surgery

Darryl C. DeVivo, M.D.,
professor, pediatrics and neurology

Jay F. Dobkin, M.D.,
associate professor, clinical medicine

Hanina H. Hibshoosh, M.D.,
assistant professor, clinical pathology

James G. McMurtry, M.D.,
professor, neurological surgery

Aaron P. Mitchell, Ph.D.,
associate professor, microbiology

Douglas R. Nordli, M.D.,
assistant professor, neurology and pediatrics

David Schachter, M.D.,
professor, physiology and cellular biophysics

Robert L. Seigle, M.D.,
assistant professor, pediatrics

Margaret Wood, M.D.,
professor, anesthesiology

Thomas C. Wright, M.D.,
associate professor, pathology

Department Chairs

Anatomy & Cell Biology:
Michael D. Gershon, M.D.

Anesthesiology: Margaret
Wood, M.D.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics:
David I. Hirsh, Ph.D.

Dermatology:
David R. Bickers, M.D.

Genetics & Development:
Claudio Stern, Ph.D.

Medical Informatics:
Paul D. Clayton, Ph.D.

Medicine:
Myron Weisfeldt, M.D.

Microbiology:
Saul Silverstein, Ph.D. (acting)

Neurological Surgery:
Robert A. Solomon, M.D.

Neurology:
Timothy A. Pedley, M.D.

Obstetrics & Gynecology:
Rogerio A. Lobo, M.D.

Ophthalmology:
Stanley Chang, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery:
Harold M. Dick, M.D.

Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery:
Lanny Garth Close, M.D.

Pathology:
Michael Shelanski, M.D./Ph.D.

Pediatrics:
John M. Driscoll Jr., M.D.

Pharmacology:
Robert S. Kass, Ph.D.

Physiology & Cellular Biophysics:
Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D.

Psychiatry:
Herbert Pardes, M.D.

Radiation Oncology:
Peter B. Schiff, Ph.D./M.D.

Radiology:
Philip O. Alderson, M.D.

Rehabilitation Medicine:
James S. Lieberman, M.D.

Surgery:
Eric Rose, M.D.

Urology:
Carl A. Olsson, M.D.

Directors of Centers, Institutes, and Programs

Rosenthal Center for Complementary/Alternative Medicine:
Fredi Kronenberg, Ph.D.

Columbia Genome Center:
Isidore S. Edelman, Ph.D.

Institute of Comparative Medicine:
Dennis Kohn, D.V.M./Ph.D.

Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Karen Antman, M.D.

Center for Family Medicine:
Christopher Wang, M.D.

Institute of Human Nutrition:
Richard Deckelbaum, M.D.

Irving Center for Clinical Research:
Henry N. Ginsberg, M.D.

Center for Molecular Recognition:
Arthur Karlin, Ph.D.

Center for Neurobiology & Behavior:
John Koester, M.D. (acting)

Programs in Occupational Therapy:
Cynthia Harris, Ph.D.

Program in Physical Therapy:
Joan Edelstein

Center for Population & Family Health:
James McCarthy, Ph.D.

Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research:
Robert A. Glick, M.D.

Center for Radiological Research:
Eric J. Hall, D.Phil./D.Sc.

Center for Reproductive Sciences:
Rogerio A. Lobo, M.D.

Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center: Richard Mayeux, M.D.

Center for the Study of Society & Medicine:
David J. Rothman, Ph.D.

Morris W. Stroud III Center for Study of Quality of Life:
Barry Gurland, M.D.

Taub Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research:
Richard Mayeux, M.D., and Michael Shelanski, M.D./Ph.D. (co-directors)

Audubon Biomedical Science and Technology Park:
Mitch Gipson

Affiliated Hospitals
(in addition to Presbyterian Hospital and the New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center)


Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, N.Y.

Harlem Hospital Center, New York City

Helen Hayes Hospital, West Haverstraw, N.Y.

Horton Memorial Hospital, Middletown, N.Y.

Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, N.Y.

Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York City

New Milford Hospital, New Milford, Conn.

Nyack Hospital, Nyack, N.Y.

Overlook Hospital, Summit, N.J.

St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, N.Y.

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City

Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, N.J.

White Plains Hospital Center, White Plains, N.Y.

 

P&S Faculty 1996-97

Full-time: 1,929

Part-time: 3,369


Tuition 1996-97

M.D. Program: $26,548

Ph.D. Program: $21,132

M.D./Ph.D. Program: $24,518

Occupational Therapy: $8,970/semester

Physical Therapy: $598/credit

M.S. in Nutrition: $22,688


Enrolled Students 1996-97

M.D. Program: 626

Ph.D. Program: 404

M.D./Ph.D. Program: 71

Occupational Therapy: 129

Physical Therapy: 93

M.S. in Nutrition: 27


Degrees Granted in 1997

M.D.: 141

Ph.D.: 42

M.D./Ph.D.: 6

Occupational Therapy: 43

Physical Therapy: 43

M.S. in Nutrition: 18

Living alumni

6,709


Endowment 1997

$644 million, as of Sept. 30, 1997


Number of Endowed Chairs

71


Research Funding 1996-97

$129 million in government funds

$26 million in non-government funds