New York College of Health Professions to inaugurate second Manhattan location

New York College of Health Professions, a private institutionally accredited college based in Syosset, N.Y., with a facility in Luo Yang, China, today announced the opening of its second Manhattan location at the University Settlement on Houston Street and Bowery in Chinatown. Due to high demand, the downtown Chinatown site quickly followed the opening of the College's first location at The Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, near Columbia University, Barnard and the City University. The only private institutionally accredited College of its kind in the Metropolitan area, the two new sites will be open for Fall classes.

"It seemed natural that an Oriental Medicine School should be in Chinatown," said Lisa Pamintuan, president of New York College of Health Professions. "For years, Chinese practitioners and herbalists have been working in Chinatown, and we are the first institutionally accredited College to open in the neighborhood. We look forward to serving the community, and to working with all students who want to learn about Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine, Massage Therapy or Holistic Nursing, and who now will have access to us on Houston Street."

The site at the University Settlement is located at in the hot new Soho / Chinatown hub that is an easy commute from Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Manhattan. The University Settlement also houses classrooms for NYU and Cooper Union, among other non-profit organizations.

"We are thrilled to welcome New York College and its students to this University Settlement site, where the mission of health and preventative activities are at the core of our services to the community," says Susan Haskell, Director of University Settlement at the Houston Street Center.  

Operating out of a 70,000 square foot campus in Syosset, Long Island, graduates from New York College are sought out because of the College's worldwide reputation for excellence. The College, a non-profit pioneer in Holistic Health for thirty years is on the forefront of holistic health and preventative medicine. In addition to being one of the premier institutions in the world in its field for higher education, the institution also has a portfolio of patents for everything from Acupressure Clothing to Ultraviolet LED's that can kill airborne bacteria as air re-circulates in the vents of planes, trains and buses.

"The field of holistic health is one of the hottest growing fields in health care, and with that demand there is a greater need for non-profit colleges to provide high quality education in this area," said president Pamintuan. "Bloomberg Businessweek rated Massage Therapy as the number one career for 2011."