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Students Arrive

In 1920, a building on 149 East 67th Street in New York City was immediately leased and eventually purchased; it was six floors high and had 57 patient beds. Four weeks later, the first operation at the new Institute was performed by Elsberg. The operation was the removal of a spinal cord tumor with subsequent cure. It took several years for the Institute to acquire radiology and pathology facilities, but the number of admissions and operations grew steadily.

The first medical students came from Cornell University, soon followed by students from Columbia University in 1921. In 1925, the Neurological Institute and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center decided to join forces. The site of the new Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, with the associated Neurological Institute, was between Broadway and Riverside Drive, from 165th to 168th Street, the location of a former ballpark for the New York Yankees.

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Alumni

There are more graduates of Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in neurosurgical residencies throughout the country than from any other medical school. More than 140 neurosurgeons have completed their residency training at the Neurological Institute and have gone on to become leaders in American neurosurgery.

The distinguished alumni have been active in academia and private practices. Many have become department chairmen and presidents of various national neurosurgical societies. The Neurological Institute of New York looks back on a proud and distinguished tradition and forward to a bright future.