Long Island College Hospital

Name :

Long Island College Hospital

Address  :

339 Hicks Street

Town  :

Brooklyn

State  :

New York

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

11201

Phone  :

718 780 1000

Web URL  :

Email  :


Description

Long Island College Hospital LICH which serves as the hub of Continuums services in Brooklyn is a 516bed teaching hospital located in the Brooklyn HeightsCobble Hill section LICH is the primary clinical teaching affiliate of the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn SUNYDownstate Medical Center The LICH School of Nursing is one of the oldest nursing schools in the country

Founded in 1858 as a medical school as well as a hospital Long Island College Hospital has made exceptional contributions to US medicine In 1860 it became the first US medical school to make bedside teaching a standard part of its medical curriculum establishing an approach that was subsequently adopted throughout the country Medical achievements of early LICH faculty include introduction of the stethoscope and early use of anesthesia In 1930 the Long Island College of Medicine was incorporated as a separate medical school with LICH as its hospital affiliate and the College of Medicine became part of SUNY in 1954 Still Downstates primary teaching affiliate LICH offers training programs for resident physicians in more than 20 medical specialties

Long Island College Hospital today prides itself on combining the best features of a major medical center with the personal caring approach of a communitycentered hospital
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