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Directors' Welcome

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We at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center are strongly committed to high quality training for a bright and diverse housestaff providing care to the most international city in the world. There is abundant data that low income and minority Americans suffer disproportionately poor health and premature death. Racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care and health care quality exist even when economic and insurance factors are controlled for. Minorities remain underrepresented in health professions, as medical researchers, and in academic medicine. The Institute of Medicine in its 2001 report “The right thing to do, the smart thing to do: enhancing diversity in the health profession promoted enhanced diversity in medical education for several reasons: the enhancement of educational and civic outcomes; building social capital and trust, and enhancing cultural competence in health care." The Center for Multicultural and Minority Health strives to be a focal point of efforts to enhance medical education, minority faculty development, community involvement, advocacy, and research to enhance the quality of health care of the underserved.

Diversity in Health Care, Education, and Research Diversity:
Why it's Important

Academic health science centers stand on three pillars; patient care, education, and research. The highest quality of patient care, research endeavors, and educational programs cannot be achieved unless an institution recruits and sustains a diverse and culturally representative medical community.

Our Patients and Our Community

New York City is the most diverse city in the world. We serve Manhattan and patients from each of the other four boroughs (Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island), as well as the tri-state area including Connecticut and New Jersey. Our residents serve a wide range of economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds, the entire multicultural melting pot that is our local environment.