The Clinical Research Center (CRC)

The main CRC, a combined adult/pediatric center of 6,000 sq. ft., is located on the eighth floor of the New Bellevue Hospital. The unit consists of three double-bedded rooms that can house either adult or adolescent patients and three rooms that can accommodate either one bed or two cribs. A fourth double-bedded room has been converted to an outpatient infusion room to accommodate patients requiring infused therapies. The central nursing station provides maximal view of the patients. There are separate adult and pediatric showers and baths, a small kitchen, and offices for the Administrative Director, Nurse Manager, and Clinical Research Informatics Core Manager. An outpatient facility is located across from the nursing station and has a waiting room and three treatment rooms.

A remote site located in the Skirball research building (&loquo;8Z&roquo;) and adjacent to Tisch Hospital provides a 300-sq. ft. space divided into two areas: an exam room, and a larger area for blood-draws and to house appropriate testing equipment.

Clinical Research Informatics and Data Management Services are provided through the service cores of the Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (CHIBI).  Steven Sotero, MCS, is the liason for Bellevue investigators and is available to provide immediate and effective services to those that need them. A liaison office is maintained on Bellevue 8E within the CRC.

The CTSI Core Laboratory consists of 1,200 sq. ft. located on Bellevue 8E. The Core Laboratory has bench space available for molecular biology experiments. A separate room is available to perform cell culture or to work with specimens containing pathogens.

AIDS Clinical Trials Unit

The ACTU is located in Bellevue Hospital (on the fifth floor of the C&D Building), the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit is a 6,000 square foot facility housing eight examination rooms and office space for coordinators, nurses and administrative support staff. This unit was constructed in the early 1990s and has been a major recruiting site for multicenter and international trials in AIDS. Both adults and children have been recruited to studies carried out on this unit.

Bluestone Center for Clinical Research - College of Dentistry

This center was opened in November of 2002 and is a full-service clinical research center. It is approximately an 8,500 square foot facility dedicated entirely to the development, implementation, performance, and analysis of clinical research. It is located at the NYU College of Dentistry and conducts phase I – III, pharmaceutical, biotech, medical and dental-device studies. There are four exam rooms with eight inpatient beds, office space for administration, coordinator's station, limited access chart/product storage room, two general surgical suites, an eight-chair dental suite, a CLEA-exempt laboratory with sub-80-degree freezer and pharmacy-grade refrigeration, secured access drug storage, kitchen, recruiters/data managers office and biostatisticians office.

The Seligman Center for Advanced Therapeutics

The Hospital for Joint Diseases (HJD see description below) remote site includes an exam room furnished and staffed by the Seligman Center for Advanced Therapeutics. The Seligman Center occupies 4,000 sq. ft. of dedicated space on East 20th Street and Second Avenue. It has a two-bed infusion suite for the administration of parenteral therapies, and six patient exam rooms. A laboratory with the ability to process blood samples for storage or shipping is available with personnel trained in handling human tissue, including DNA isolation. There is a dedicated -80 degree freezer for storage of samples. A second temperature-controlled dry-storage room and refrigerators are on-site. A conference room, monitor workroom, and kitchen are also located within the facility.

Tisch Hospital (TH)

TH was founded in 1882 as the New York Post Graduate Hospital and became part of NYU Medical Center in 1947. A major teaching hospital of NYU School of Medicine (SoM), Tisch is considered one of New York's finest acute-care general hospitals. Tisch is staffed by 1,500 attending physicians - all members of the NYU SoM faculty - 400 house officers, and 1,200 nurses, one-fifth of whom are certified nurse specialists. Tisch, which contains 726 beds, houses most of the Medical Center's inpatient services. Each year, the Hospital handles about 36,000 inpatient and 600,000 ambulatory visits, and performs 25,000 surgeries. Tisch's Emergency Department, a Level II Trauma Center, records approximately 13,000 annual visits. The Hospital's new Comprehensive Stroke Care Center, which includes a 30-bed rehabilitation unit in the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, was the first to be designated a Primary Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health.

Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Rusk Institute was founded in 1948 by Dr. Howard A. Rusk, widely known as "the father of rehabilitation medicine" for his revolutionary work in the field. Dr. Rusk's philosophy of care emphasized treating the entire person - an individual with emotional, psychological, and social needs - not just the illness or disability, an approach that still guides the Institute today. With 174 beds, Rusk is one of the world's largest university centers for treating and training disabled adults and children, as well as for research in rehabilitation medicine. U.S. News & World Report has named the Rusk Institute the top rehabilitation facility in New York State for 16 consecutive years. Rusk serves approximately 2,500 inpatients and 55,000 outpatients each year. In 2006, the Rusk Institute combined its programs with the Rehabilitation Program at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. Rusk now offers specialty rehabilitation programs in stroke rehabilitation, medically complex rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation, cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation, and general rehabilitation at its primary site on 34th Street, and brain injury rehabilitation and orthopedic rehabilitation at its 17th Street location. <!-- The Rusk Institute has also partnered with six of New York's finest regional skilled nursing facilities, creating the new Rusk Rehabilitation Network. Now, patients requiring sub-acute rehabilitation can receive the same excellence in care that has long been associated with the Institute's acute inpatient rehabilitation programs.-->

NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases (HJD)

HJD is one of only five orthopedic/rheumatology hospitals in the world, and the only one with a program in neurology. HJD was founded in Harlem in 1905 and quickly earned a reputation for innovation in musculoskeletal care. HJD researchers conducted the first extensive research in arthroscopic techniques in the U.S., beginning in the late twenties, developed the earliest orthopedic procedures for polio and congenital deformities in children in the 1940s, and discovered the gene that increases risk for rheumatoid arthritis in 1986, to name just a few breakthroughs. HJD maintains an extensive research program in musculoskeletal disease and is home to the nation's largest orthopedic residency program. In 1979, HJD moved to its present site at 17th Street and Second Avenue, a 17-floor facility with 190 beds. HJD merged with NYU Medical Center in 2006, creating the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. HJD now offers extensive clinical programs in orthopedics, rheumatology, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, physical and occupational therapy, and radiology. Treatment is provided in a variety of subspecialty areas, including joint replacement, pediatrics, sports medicine, spinal hand, shoulder, elbow, foot and ankle disorders, pain management, and urgent orthopedic care. HJD also offers primary and gynecological care for women with disabilities through its Initiative for Women with Disabilities/Elly and Steve Hammerman Health and Wellness Center. Each year, HJD treats about 5,100 inpatients and 96,000 outpatients and performs 12,000 surgeries.

The HJD remote site includes an exam room furnished and staffed by the Seligman Center for Advanced Therapeutics. The Seligman Center occupies 4,000 sq. ft. of dedicated space on East 20th Street and Second Avenue. It has a two-bed infusion suite for the administration of parenteral therapies, and six patient exam rooms. A laboratory with the ability to process blood samples for storage or shipping is available with personnel trained in handling human tissue, including DNA isolation. There is a dedicated -80 degree freezer for storage of samples. A second temperature-controlled dry-storage room and refrigerators are on-site. A conference room, monitor workroom, and kitchen are also located within the facility.

Manhattan VA Hospital

The New York Campus (formerly the Manhattan VA Hospital) of the VA Harbor Healthcare System is a tertiary-care medicine, surgery, and psychiatry facility with 171 beds, of which 64 are designated as Medicine beds. The New York Campus of the VA NYHHS has been designated the referral center for all invasive cardiovascular procedures in VISN 3. The hospital's HIV/AIDS and Dialysis Programs have been designated as Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Centers of Excellence. Physicians at the New York Campus of the VA Harbor Healthcare System participate in clinical research and there are nearly 70 IRB-approved projects ongoing in the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics of the hospital.

Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research

The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) is a dedicated psychiatric research facility of the NYS Office of Mental Health. The facility has approximately 200,000 square feet of research space, including 40,000 square feet of wet lab space. Additional research resources include a state-of-the-art MRI facility with three dedicated magnets (1.5T, 3T and 7T), laboratory space for dementia research with both electron and confocal microscopes, an analytical psychopharmacology lab and a 24-bed Clinical Research and Evaluation Facility. The Institute's research portfolio is broad but primarily seeks to find the causes, pathophysiology and treatments for schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. NKI also conducts basic and clinical research and mental health services research. Funding is from NYS, federal grants and contracts, foundation and industry grants, with an annual budget of approximately $25 million.  It has 300  employees.

Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare System

The New York Campus (formerly the Manhattan VA Hospital) of the VA Harbor Healthcare System is a tertiary-care medicine, surgery, and psychiatry facility with 171 beds, of which 64 are designated as Medicine beds. The New York Campus of the VA NYHHS has been designated the referral center for all invasive cardiovascular procedures in VISN 3. The hospital's HIV/AIDS and Dialysis Programs have been designated as Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Centers of Excellence. Physicians at the New York Campus of the VA Harbor Healthcare System participate in clinical research and there are nearly 70 IRB-approved projects ongoing in the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics of the hospital.