Director (left): Colleen Lewis

Assistant Director: Sarah Damsky
CUMC Program Coordinator (right): Neera Jain
Administrative Coordinator: Diane Raboud

For a full staff directory, please consult our website at www.health.columbia.edu/ods.

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, 7th Floor

Medical Center Campus
Location: 50 Haven Avenue, 101 Bard Hall 

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) empowers students with disabilities to realize their academic and personal potential by facilitating equal access and coordinating reasonable accommodations and support services for eligible students.  This approach is consistent with the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act and emphasizes student ability and independence.

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.

To access academic accommodations, students must register with ODS.  To do so, students should submit a Graduate Application and disability documentation. The application and disability documentation guidelines (by disability type) are available for download on the ODS  website, 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 coordinated in a timely manner. 

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.