NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
hospital in Manhattan, New York City
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (abbreviated as NYP) is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City. It is the primary teaching hospital for Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. The hospital includes nine campuses located throughout the New York metropolitan area. The hospital's two flagship medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, are located on opposite sides of Upper Manhattan.
As of 2026, the hospital is ranked as the #1 hospital in New York and the New York City metropolitan area and #10 for children's specialties in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital has more than 6,500 affiliated physicians, 20,000 employees and operates 4,000+ beds in total. It is one of the largest hospitals in the world. NYPH annually treats about 310,000 patients in its emergency department and delivers about 15,000 babies.
History
New York Hospital was founded in 1771 by Edinburgh Medical School graduate Samuel Bard. The hospital was granted a Royal Charter by King George III of Great Britain It is the third oldest hospital in the United States, after Bellevue Hospital in New York City (1736) and Pennsylvania Hospital (1751).
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