"The Sackler Brain and Spine Institute will be transformative in the way we care for our neurological and neurosurgical patients," said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. "We are very proud that our neurology and neurosurgical programs are currently among the top-ranked in the country, and this new, state-of-the-art, hospital-within-a-hospital will build upon this foundation of excellence and bring a new level of expertise and continuity of patient care."

The gift also establishes the Sackler Brain and Spine Institute Endowment, which will be used to support the recruitment and retention of preeminent physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and scientists to further the work of the institute and provide research grants and fellowships to scientists and clinicians.


New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, located in New York City, is one of the leading academic medical centers in the world, comprising the teaching hospital New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medical College, the medical school of Cornell University. New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell provides state-of-the-art inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care in all areas of medicine, and is committed to excellence in patient care, education, research and community service. Weill Cornell physician-scientists have been responsible for many medical advances - including the development of the Pap test for cervical cancer; the synthesis of penicillin; the first successful embryo-biopsy pregnancy and birth in the U.S.; the first clinical trial for gene therapy for Parkinson's disease; the first indication of bone marrow's critical role in tumor growth; and, most recently, the world's first successful use of deep brain stimulation to treat a minimally conscious brain-injured patient. New York-Presbyterian Hospital also comprises New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York-Presbyterian/Westchester Division, New York-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital, and New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. New York-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in the New York metropolitan area and is consistently ranked among the best academic medical institutions in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report. Weill Cornell Medical College is the first U.S. medical college to offer a medical degree overseas and maintains a strong global presence in Austria, Brazil, Haiti, Tanzania, Turkey and Qatar. For more information, visit www.nyp.org and weill.cornell.edu.

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