History of the Institutions

Many institutions have played a role in the formation of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Please browse the Historical Timeline, Historical Beginnings and Institutional Archives.

• Historical Timeline
• History of the Medical Center
• Institutional Archives

Primary Institutions

• NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York Hospital)
• Weill Cornell Medical College (Cornell University Medical College)
• Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
• Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing (New York Hospital Training School for Nurses; New York Hospital School of Nursing) – closed in 1979 

Affiliated Institutions

• Lying-In Hospital of City of New York (became Department of OB/GYN)
• Manhattan Maternity and Dispensary (became Department of Pediatrics)
• New York Nursery and Child Hospital (became Department of Pediatrics)     
• New York Asylum of Lying-In Women
• New York Infant Asylum
• Nursery and Child Hospital