Our History, Our Hospital

Established in 1977, the primary objective of the Stamford Hospital/Columbia University Family Medicine Program is to train residents to be excellent family physicians. Our program trains residents by applying the family practice principles of comprehensiveness, continuity, compassion, personal care, prevention, community involvement, family orientation, and commitment to continuing education throughout the residency experience.

The residents gain the knowledge necessary to function as independent family physicians as they proceed through the three-year curriculum. Through lectures, consultation with our excellent specialists, formal reading assignments, discussion with faculty, and (most importantly) managing their own patients, our residents are prepared to practice in a multitude of practice settings.

Quick Facts about Stamford Hospital

Stamford Hospital has 305 inpatient beds in medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and medical and surgical intensive care. The hospital is also:

• Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
• A certified Level II trauma center by the American College of Surgeons, one of only eight in Connecticut.
• A critical care unit recognized as one of the best in the nation by The National Coalition on Healthcare and the Joint Commisson.
• The only Teaching Hospital Cancer Program in lower Fairfield County, the highest designation for a community hospital, granted by the American College of Surgeons.

Affiliation

The hospital maintains an educational partnership with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for its teaching programs in internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and surgery.