From 19th century medical students denied their degrees to today's surgeons, many Black clinicians have connections to Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
The Hispanic Student Dental Association chapter at Columbia’s College of Dental Medicine placed third in the 2020 Orgullo (Pride) Competition for its video providing oral hygiene guidance to kids.
As VP&S begins implementing an action plan for anti-racism in medical education, students and faculty share their own perspectives on the intersection of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter.
One student's research could inform the development of an HIV vaccine. Theodora Karagounis also has gained experience caring for patients at Columbia's student-run clinics.
This video celebrates eminent P&S alumni, including the father of modern American surgical education and the co-inventor of the world's first artificial heart valve.
CUIMC’s Summer Program for Underrepresented Students celebrated its 15th anniversary this summer with one of its largest classes in the program’s history.
In 1767, the governors of King's College unanimously approved a petition from New York physicians to establish the medical school that would become P&S.
Columbia professor Dr. David Hosack served for years as Alexander Hamilton's—and Aaron Burr's—family doctor and attended to Hamilton after his famous duel with Burr on July 11, 1804.