NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has established a Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, led by Dr. Heakyung Kim. In this role, Dr. Kim will provide specialized care for children with neuromuscular disorders and other special needs at the Hospital's two major centers for pediatric care: Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and the Komansky Center for Children's Health at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety or tic disorders are being treated in a new specialized outpatient clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center — one of the only programs of its kind in the New York metro area.

Determining whether a mole is a potentially life-threatening melanoma is tricky business, leading to both under- and overdiagnosis. Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have designed, developed and studied a new diagnostic staining test they say can provide a novel measure of whether a mole is clearly cancerous or benign with the potential for expanded use across all cancers.

Michael J. Fosina, M.P.H., F.A.C.H.E., vice president and executive director of NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital, was honored as a 2011 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Senior Regent's Award Winner by the Healthcare Leaders of New York.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is the only tri-state-area hospital listed on the 2011–12 U.S. News Media Group Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll, and the hospital ranks eighth in the country in pediatric care.

Less-invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement has a similar one-year survival as open valve-replacement surgery for patients at high risk for surgery.

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital ranks #1 in New York and among the top six in the U.S. out of the nearly 5,000 hospitals evaluated by U.S. News Media & World Report for their 2011–12 Best Hospitals rankings.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, the Official Hospital of the New York Yankees, is teaming up with the Yankees during National Nurses Week, celebrated annually in May to honor the extraordinary patient care provided by New York metro-area nurses. The celebratory message will be broadcast to fans at Yankee Stadium on the true high-definition video board in center field prior to three home games vs. the Kansas City Royals on May 10, 11 and 12. Before the May 11 game, a pregame ceremony will recognize nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and throughout the metropolitan area.