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NewYork-Presbyterian Breaks Ground on New
Ambulatory Care Center
The David H. Koch Center will offer state-of-the-art
outpatient care on Manhattan’s Upper East Side
NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital broke ground on The David H. Koch Center at the
hospital’s Upper East Side location on York Avenue
between 68th and
69th Streets
on Thursday, September 18. Supported by a record $100
million lead gift from Hospital trustee and longtime
supporter David H. Koch, the new outpatient center will
offer cutting-edge ambulatory care to patients when it
opens in 2018.
The David H. Koch Center is designed to provide patients
with the best personalized and integrated outpatient
care, from diagnosis to treatment to aftercare, in a
single, technologically sophisticated, patient-friendly
environment. The facility, with its light-filled and
airy spaces, will house a range of services, including
multidisciplinary care for digestive diseases, cancer,
eye diseases and other conditions, as well as outpatient
surgery, interventional radiology, diagnostic imaging,
preadmission testing and a wellness center.
Additionally, the center is specially designed to
accommodate the most advanced technologies, making it
possible to offer complex procedures on an outpatient
basis.
“This groundbreaking is an exciting milestone for
NewYork-Presbyterian and for our patients not only from
New York, but from across the nation and all over the
world, who turn to us for the most comprehensive,
state-of-the-art, personalized and compassionate care.”
said Dr. Steven J. Corwin, CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital. “The David H. Koch Center will be key to
making this a reality—it will transform the outpatient
experience and will be an ideal place for our physicians
to provide innovative patient-centered care while
advancing medicine.”
Frank A Bennack, Jr., chairman of the Board of Trustees
of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, said, “The David H.
Koch Center will set a new standard in health care
delivery by integrating state-of-the-art technology and
innovative clinical approaches. We are immensely
grateful to David Koch for his leadership and
generosity, which will help NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital continue to be one of the preeminent
institutions in the country.”
"During the nearly three decades that I have served on
the Board of Trustees, I have watched NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital grow to become the number one hospital in the
greater New York area. If it is to continue being one of
the finest hospitals in the country, we must build this
state of the art ambulatory care center to maintain our
leadership position and to provide the very best in
personalized medicine and care to New Yorkers and
visitor-patients," said David H. Koch. "I am proud to
contribute to this very important endeavor."
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, based in New York City,
is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive
hospitals and a leading provider of inpatient,
ambulatory, and preventive care in all areas of
medicine. With some 2,600 beds and more that 6,500
affiliated physicians and 20,000 employees, NewYork-Presbyterian
had more than 2 million visits in 2013, including close
to 15,000 infant deliveries and more than 310,000
emergency department visits. NewYork-Presbyterian
comprises six campuses: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan
Stanley Children's Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/The
Allen Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Westchester
Division, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan
Hospital. The hospital is also closely affiliated with
NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville.
NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in the New York
metropolitan area, according to U.S.
News & World Report, and consistently named to the
magazine’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the nation.
Affiliated with two world-renowned medical schools,
Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian
is committed to excellence in patient care, research,
education, and community service.
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