NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center have received $28 million for diabetes care and research, the medical center is expected to announce today.

The gift, from the Russell Berrie Foundation, will be split between the hospital and the medical center’s existing diabetes center. The Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, which opened in 1998, is named after the toy magnate Russell Berrie’s mother, who had diabetes, as did her son. Officials said the diabetes center is set to receive $21 million, which has been earmarked for patient care, research, and a new professorship. The gift also includes a challenge for the medical center to raise an additional $25 million to go toward diabetes research and care.

The hospital will receive $7 million to establish a Diabetes Heart Center of Excellence at its Washington Heights campus, officials said.

“This is major,” the diabetes center’s co-director, Dr. Robin Goland, said. “We’re all struggling in this health care environment to try to practice prevention.”

Citing a number of diabetes centers nationwide that were forced to shut down in recent years, she said, “This gift is going to help us sustain the future of the Berrie Center.”

The Berrie Center treats more than 13,000 patients annually. About one-third of patients are children. The center’s staff includes nine diabetes specialists, an ophthalmologist, three mental health professionals, nutritionists, nurses, and researchers.

About 700,000 New Yorkers — or 9.2% of city residents — have diabetes, according to city health officials. Another 200,000 people have diabetes but do not know it.