Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Herald New Agreement...

Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Herald New
Agreement To Continue Forty-Plus Year Historic Relationship

New agreement outlines an increased level of commitment to clinical care,
research and education

NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Montefiore Medical Center and
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University today announced a
new ten-year agreement to continue their existing partnership and strengthen
their ties in clinical care, medical research and teaching. The two
nationally known medical institutions have been affiliated since 1963 and are
committed to expanding their well established and highly successful
relationship.

"This agreement, while clearly recognizing the ongoing independence of both
organizations, provides a long-term framework that will streamline
collaborations in clinical, research and teaching programs," said Allen M.
Spiegel, MD, The Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine.

"The agreement is forward looking and fortifies each of our missions and core
programs," said Steven M. Safyer, MD, president and CEO of Montefiore. "It
enhances our ability to recruit the best and brightest faculty and clinical
staff in the nation; to spearhead new clinical trials in areas such as heart
disease, cancer, pediatrics, transplant, and neurosciences; to create a model
teaching environment for the 21st century; and to advance the health of the
communities we serve."

The new long-term agreement demonstrates a renewed level of commitment that
will align key strategic directions and raise the stature of both
organizations by:

-- Centering the administration of most new clinical and translational
research sponsored by the National Institutes of Health at Einstein;
-- Assuring the role of Montefiore as the primary clinical training site
for Einstein programs;
-- Increasing the representation of each institution on the other
party's governing board;
-- Providing a framework for identifying and cultivating joint
opportunities for philanthropic development; and

-- Identifying approaches to co-brand select clinical programs.

Montefiore Medical Center encompasses 125 years of outstanding patient care,
innovative medical "firsts," pioneering clinical research, dedicated community
service and ground-breaking social activism. A full-service, integrated
delivery system caring for patients in the New York metropolitan region and
beyond, Montefiore is a 1,491-bed medical center that includes: four hospitals
-- the Henry and Lucy Moses Division, the Jack D. Weiler Division, the North
Division and The Children's Hospital at Montefiore; a large home healthcare
agency; the largest school health program in the US; a 25-site medical group
practice integrated throughout the Bronx and Westchester; and, a care
management organization providing services to 179,000 health plan members.

In 2008, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore was ranked as one of "America's
Best Children's Hospitals" in US News & World Report's prestigious annual
listing and also received honors in the magazine's 2009 edition. The Leapfrog
Group lists Montefiore among the top one percent of all U.S. hospitals based
on its strategic investments in sophisticated and integrated healthcare
technology.

Montefiore is committed to meeting the healthcare needs of the future through
medical education and manages one of the largest residency programs in the
country. Montefiore is The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has an affiliation with New York
Medical College for residency programs at the North Division.

Distinguished centers of excellence at Montefiore include cardiology and
cardiac surgery, cancer care, tissue and organ transplantation, children's
health, women's health, surgery and the surgical subspecialties. Montefiore
is a national leader in the research and treatment of diabetes, headaches,
obesity, cough and sleep disorders, geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry,
neurology and neurosurgery, adolescent and family medicine, HIV/AIDS and
social and environmental medicine, among many other specialties. For more
information, please visit www.montefiore.org or www.montekids.org.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University is one of the
nation's premier centers for research, medical education and clinical
investigation. It is home to 2,775 faculty members, 625 M.D. students, 225
Ph.D. students, 125 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 380
postdoctoral research fellows. In 2008, Einstein received more than $130
million in support from the NIH. This includes the funding of major research
centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas
where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include
developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives
to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Through its
extensive affiliation network involving five hospital centers in the Bronx,
Manhattan and Long Island - which includes Montefiore Medical Center, The
University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for Einstein - the College of
Medicine runs one of the largest post-graduate medical training programs in
the United States, offering approximately 150 residency programs to more than
2,500 physicians in training. For more information, please visit
www.aecom.yu.edu

SOURCE Montefiore Medical Center

Deirdre Branley, Media Relations Manager of Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, +1-718-430-2923, sciencenews@aecom.yu.edu; or Steven Osborne,
Director of Media Relations of Montefiore Medical Center, +1-718-920-4011,
sosborne@montefiore.org