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.

History

Cornell University Medical College was founded April 14, 1898 with an endowment by Col. Oliver H. Payne. It was established in New York City as Ithaca, where the main campus is located, was deemed too small to offer adequate clinical training opportunities. It was one of the first medical schools to admit women alongside men.

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April 14 - 1898 - Ithaca

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A branch of the school operated in Stimson Hall on the main campus upstate. The two-year Ithaca course paralleled the first two years of the New York school. It closed in 1938 due to declining enrollment.

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Upstate - 1938

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In 1927, William Payne Whitney's $27 million donation led to the building of the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, which became the name for Cornell's large psychiatric effort. That same year, the college affiliated with New York Hospital and the two institutions moved to their current joint campus in 1932. The hospital's Training School for Nurses became affiliated with the university in 1942, operating as the Cornell Nursing School until it closed in 1979.

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1927 - William Payne Whitney - Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic - 1932 - 1942 - 1979

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In 1996, Cornell Medical College merged many of its administrative operations with those of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S); on the same day, New York Hospital merged with the Presbyterian Hospital, affiliated with P&S. The combined institution operates today as New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Despite the clinical alliance, faculty and instructional functions of the Cornell and Columbia units remain distinct and independent. Multiple fellowships and clinical programs have merged, however, and the institutions are continuing in their efforts to bring together whichever departments might enhance academic efforts, reduce costs, or increase public recognition.

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1996 - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons - New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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In 1998, the college was renamed after receiving a substantial endowment from Sanford I. Weill, then Chairman of Citigroup).

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1998 - Sanford I. Weill - Citigroup

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