Summary of the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers (CNYGECs): To meet the health needs of a growing national geriatric population, the Federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions, funds a national network of interdisciplinary Geriatric Education Centers (GECs).

Joining that network is the Consortium of New York Geriatric Education Centers (CNYGECs); which represents the partnership of the Columbia University-New York GEC and the Hunter/Mt. Sinai GEC. This consortium brings together the combined resources of Columbia University, New York University, Maimonides Medical Center, Mt. Sinai/NYU Medical Center, the Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, and SUNY College of Optometry. It draws on the outstanding resources of five major teaching institutions, over 75 faculty, hundreds of clinical affiliates, and four major libraries.

The mission of the CNYGECs is to improve and expand geriatric health care particularly for minority, multi-ethnic, low-income, and under served elderly throughout the state of New York, by providing interdisciplinary, cutting-edge knowledge and training concerning issues, treatments, and service delivery models to a broad range of health care professionals and academic faculty leadership who will train others.

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National Association of Geriatric Education Centers (NAGEC)