Cabrini Medical Center

Columbus Hospital was founded in 1892 (the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage), incorporated in 1895, and formally opened on March 18, 1896, by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to address the needs of Italian immigrants. The founding group included the now-canonized Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, and among the first physicians of the hospital was George Frederick Shrady Sr.{{Cite journal

| first = George Frederick |last = Shrady

| authorlink = George Frederick Shrady Sr.

| title = Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York

| journal = Medical Record

| date = March 28, 1896

| volume = 49

| issue = 13

| page = [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924056973278&seq=461&q1=columbus 451]

| issn = 0363-0803

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0h4CAAAAYAAJ

| quote = News of the Week. Opening of the Columbus Hospital, New York. -The Columbus Hospital on East Twentieth Street was formally opened March 18th. A large number of visitors was present. The reception lasted from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M., and the guests were received by the Salesian Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Preceding the inspecting of the institution by the visitors, the hospital was blessed by Archbishop Corrigan, who also made a short address. The medical staff consists of Drs. Stephen Smith, George F. Shrady, John Boucher, Charles Lewis, Bache Emmet, Peter Callan, Frank Ferguson, Cornelius Cokeley, Ramon Guitéras, and Joseph Winters

}}

The hospital was originally located in a former residence at 41 East 12th Street. In 1895 it moved to 226–228 East 20th Street, which had an approximate capacity of 100 beds.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fQsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA786 |title=History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 3 |first=James Joseph |last=Walsh |publisher=National Americana Society |year=1919 |pages=786–787}} In 1913 it expanded again, acquiring "annex" facilities vacated by the New York Polyclinic Hospital at 214–218 East 34th Street.{{Cite news

| title = Columbus Hospital; Seeks to Increase Accommodations for Italian Poor

| newspaper = The New York Times

| date = April 6, 1913

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1913/04/06/archives/columbus-hospital-seeks-to-increase-accommodations-for-italian-poor.html

}}

Italian Hospital was founded in 1937 by the Italian Hospital Society, with the assets and the West 110th Street location of the defunct Parkway Hospital.{{cite web

| title = About Us

| publisher = Italian Hospital Society

| url = http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/Pages/about%20us.htm

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060427055547/http://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/Pages/about%20us.htm

| archivedate = April 27, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

In July 1973, Columbus Hospital and Italian Hospital merged. The combined organization took the name Cabrini Health Care Center, after Mother Cabrini, and became a 490-bed facility located at 227 East 19th Street, between Second and Third Avenues near Gramercy Park. By 1976, it was using the name Cabrini Medical Center.{{cite book |url=https://archives.med.nyu.edu/islandora/object/nyumed%3A16212/datastream/OBJ/download/HJD__Hospital_for_Joint_Diseases_Annual_Report__1975.pdf |title=69th Annual Report – for the Year 1975 |publisher=Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center |date=May 1976 |page=29 |quote=Lectures... Cabrini Medical Center, New York City}} In the 1980s, it was one of the earliest hospitals to develop expertise for the AIDS epidemic that became a leading cause of death in its neighborhood.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDAnrFozKAoC&pg=PA101 |title=Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives |first=Jeffrey |last=Frerichs |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |date=November 9, 1993 |pages=101–103|isbn=9780160440991 }}

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The center closed permanently on March 16, 2008, due to financial difficulties that resulted in patients and staff seeking other health care and employment.{{cite news |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20080314/FREE/205936952/cabrini-medical-center-preparing-to-close|title=Cabrini Medical Center preparing to close |first=Gail |last=Scott |newspaper=Crain's New York Business |date=March 14, 2008 |accessdate=October 14, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cabrini-medical-center-closing-doors-article-1.288056 |title=Cabrini Medical Center closing doors |last=Schapiro |first=Rich |date=March 15, 2008 |work=Daily News |accessdate=October 29, 2019}}

On July 10, 2009, Cabrini Medical Center filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing assets of $46 million and liabilities of $167 million. The top-five secured creditors were the mortgage holder Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada ($35.1 million), Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chicago ($33 million), the New York branch of the Missionary Sisters ($18.7 million), Service Employees International Union National Benefits Fund ($5.1 million), and an affiliate of Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center ($4 million). The largest unsecured creditors were Consolidated Edison ($4.2 million), St. Vincent's ($3.2 million), and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ($2.6 million). Cabrini owed a $828,000 health facility assessment tax to New York State, $418,000 in fees to the New York State Department of Health, $412,000 in dues to the Healthcare Association of New York State, and $308,000 to Mount Sinai Hospital.{{cite news |first=Barbara |last=Benson |title=Absent a deal, Cabrini files for bankruptcy |newspaper=Crain's New York Business |date=July 10, 2009}}

Medical staff residency training records and verification have become available through the Federation Credentials Verification Service.{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |title=Federation Credentials Verification Service |publisher=Federation of State Medical Boards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528073121/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs.html |archivedate=May 28, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |title=Closed Residency Programs |publisher=Federation of State Medical Boards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235253/http://www.fsmb.org/fcvs_closedprograms.html |archivedate=December 2, 2013}}

Following the closure, the property was sold to developers and transformed into a luxury condo complex known as Gramercy Square which re-used some of the buildings while razing others and building new. The former emergency room is now a garden.{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=C. J. |date=2016-01-22 |title=From Hospital to Condo |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/24/realestate/from-hospital-to-condo.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Condo sales began in 2016 after several years of development.{{Cite news |last=newyorkyimby |date=2015-03-16 |title=Revealed: Cabrini Medical Center Conversion, aka Gramercy Square |url=https://newyorkyimby.com/2015/03/revealed-cabrini-medical-center-conversion-aka-gramercy-square.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Warerkar |first=Tanay |date=2016-09-15 |title=Gramercy hospital-turned-luxury condo launches sales from $1.2M |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/9/15/12930462/gramercy-square-cabrini-medical-condo-chetrit |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en}}

The development of the former Cabrini site has led to members of the City Council and NYS Assembly exploring limitations on what can be done with Mount Sinai Beth Israel upon its closure and sale.{{Cite news |last=Brenzel |first=Kathryn |date=2023-07-26 |title=Mount Sinai Beth Israel Selling Four Buildings in Manhattan |url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2023/07/26/officials-demand-affordable-housing-at-beth-israel-buildings/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |language=en}}

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• {{cite thesis |degree=M.A. |title=Corrigan, Cabrini and Columbus: The Foundation of Cabrini Medical Center, New York City |first=John P. |last=DeLora |publisher=St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie |date=1994}}

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