Director: Colleen Lewis (pictured)
Senior Program Manager: Robyn Weiss
Program Coordinator: Sarah Damsky
Learning Specialist/First Year Coordinator: Michelle Witman
Coordinator of Reasonable Accommodations: Eileen Lograno
Administrative Coordinator: Diane Raboud
Morningside Campus:
Phone: (212) 854-2388
Phone: (TTY) (212) 854-2378
Fax: (212) 854-3448
Email: disability@columbia.edu
Web: www.health.columbia.edu
Location: 2920 Broadway,
MC 2605, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 801
Medical Center Campus:
Location: 50 Haven Avenue, 101 Bard Hall
The Office of Disability Services (ODS) facilitates equal access for students with disabilities by coordinating reasonable accommodations and support services.
Reasonable accommodations are adjustments to policy, practice, and programs that “level the playing field” for students with disabilities and provide equal access to Columbia’s programs and activities. Examples include the administration of exams, services such as note-taking, sign language interpreters, assistive technology, and coordination of accessible housing needs. Accommodation plans and services are custom designed to match the disability-related needs of each student and are determined according to documented needs and the student’s program requirements.
Registration includes submission of both the Application for Accommodations and Services and disability documentation. The application and disability documentation guidelines are available online and at the ODS office. Students are encouraged to register within the first two weeks of the semester to ensure that reasonable accommodations can be made for that term. Please note that students are not eligible to receive reasonable accommodations until the registration process is complete.
Disability Services Liaisons are representatives from the student’s respective school and assist ODS in coordinating the provisions of reasonable accommodations. The Liaison for P&S is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, P&S Room 3-401, 212 305-3806. You can also reach Dr. Carl Olsson, Chairman, President Advisory Committee on Disability for the Columbia University Medical Center, 212 305-7870.