Weill Cornell Medical College

The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College is the medical school and biomedical research unit of Cornell University. Usually referred to as simply Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC or WCMC-NYC), it is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, along with the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Approximately 400 medical students are enrolled.

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Medical school - Cornell University - Upper East Side - Manhattan - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences

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While similar to other elite medical schools, Weill Cornell is different in some important respects. Problem-based learning is emphasized more thoroughly than at perhaps any other school. Cornell recruits the highest percentage of underrepresented minorities of any non-minority medical school (e.g., Howard University or Meharry Medical College). Over half of the medical students do international clinical rotations. The MD/PhD program relies upon not only the faculty and resources of Cornell but on Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University, both of which lie adjacent to the Cornell campus.

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Problem-based learning - Howard University - Meharry Medical College - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Rockefeller University

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Weill-Cornell's administrative connections are complex and far ranging. Its primary hospital affiliation is with New York-Presbyterian Hospital, which is also the primary teaching hospital for Cornell's primary rival and ally, Columbia University. Unlike many similar efforts, the New York Hospital-Columbia Presbyterian Hospital merger has not only led to the reduction of administrative redundancy but has strengthened academic programs on both campuses.

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New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University

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In addition to its affiliations with NYPH, MSKCC, and Rockefeller, Weill Cornell is the academic center for the Hospital for Special Surgery, which lies across the street and the Methodist Hospital in Houston, a hospital which had been--until 2004--the primary private teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine.

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Hospital for Special Surgery - Methodist Hospital - Houston - Baylor College of Medicine

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Cornell has also opened the first American medical school to be located outside of U.S. borders. The Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar opened for instruction in 2004. Its facilities are found in Education City, Qatar near Doha. WCMC-Q offers a six-year integrated medical education program primarily focused on patient care.

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Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar - 2004 - Education City - Qatar - Doha

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