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york united states 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 founder merger of north shore health system and lij medical center headquarters great neck new york united states area served new york metropolitan area key people michael j. dowling president and chief executive officer since january 2002 services hospital network number of employees more than 61 000 divisions see prose website northwell.edu northwell health previously known as the north shore lij health system was founded in 1997 with the merger of the north shore health system and lij medical center creating a healthcare network that now includes 21 hospitals the feinstein institute for medical research rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities a home care network a hospice network and progressive care centers offering a range of outpatient services . headquartered in great neck new york northwell health is the largest integrated health system in new york state based on patient revenue 1 and the 14th largest healthcare system in the united states . 2 its service area encompasses more than eight million people throughout the new york metropolitan area . with more than 61 000 employees northwell is the largest private employer in new york state . 3 it was rebranded as northwell health in january 2016 . contents 1 medical specialties 2 hospitals 3 northwell physician partners 4 leadership 5 quality and public reporting 6 research 7 corporate training 8 clinical education 9 references 10 external links medical specialties edit this article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information . please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject s importance use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message cancer the northwell health cancer institute employs physicians who specialize in radiation medicine surgical oncology medical oncology and hematology pediatric hematology oncology urologic oncology and radiation oncology . treatment specialists are supported by diagnostic imaging including ct magnetic resonance imaging mri positron emission tomography pet scan and nuclear imaging and laboratory diagnostic programs . cardiovascular services northwell health s cardiovascular services provide a full range of cardiac care from diagnostic tests and educational classes to cardiac catheterization and surgery . neurosciences the cushing neuroscience institute offers diagnosis and treatment of chiari malformation and syringomyelia neurovascular diseases and stroke movement disorders brain and spinal cord tumors diseases of the spine neuromuscular and peripheral nerve diseases neurodegenerative diseases pain epilepsy neurological disease of infancy and childhood as well as neuro regeneration and neuro rehabilitation . orthopaedics the northwell orthopaedic institute offers programs in joint replacement spine care trauma and fractures musculoskelatal oncology foot and ankle hand and wrist sports medicine shoulder and elbow and pediatrics . citation needed pediatrics cohen children s medical center of new york formally the steven & alexandra cohen children s medical center of new york provides care in major clinical areas such as adolescent medicine neonatology cancer and blood disorders ophthalmology among others . citation needed urology the arthur smith institute for urology is dedicated to the treatment of urologic disease through surgical procedures diagnostics and medical care including minimally invasive treatment of the prostate bladder and kidneys . women s health the katz women s hospital at north shore university hospital and lij medical center offers programs in perinatal and obstetrics gynecology urogynecology minimally invasive and robotic surgery infertility and pediatric and adolescent gynecology . citation needed hospitals edit tertiary teaching hospitals lenox hill hospital manhattan new york long island jewish medical center new hyde park new york north shore university hospital manhasset new york southside hospital bay shore new york 3 staten island university hospital north staten island new york specialty care hospitals south oaks hospital amityville new york 4 the steven & alexandra cohen children s medical center of new york new hyde park new york 5 zucker hillside hospital glen oaks queens new york community hospitals forest hills hospital forest hills queens new york 6 franklin hospital valley stream new york 7 glen cove hospital glen cove new york 8 huntington hospital huntington new york 9 northern westchester hospital mount kisco new york 10 peconic bay medical center riverhead new york 11 phelps memorial hospital center sleepy hollow new york 12 plainview hospital plainview new york staten island university hospital south staten island new york syosset hospital syosset new york 13 affiliate hospitals boca raton regional hospital boca raton fl 14 maimonides medical center brooklyn 15 nassau university medical center east meadow new york 16 strategic partners barnabas health casa columbia the national center on addiction and substance abuse at columbia university new york city new york cleveland clinic cleveland ohio cold spring harbor laboratory cold spring harbor new york 17 karolinska institute solna stockholm county sweden montefiore medical center bronx new york 18 yale new haven health synergy health northeast bethpage ny new york http www.leadersmag.com issues 2015.3 jul north shore lij leaders donna drummond north shore lij health system.html northwell physician partners edit northwell has more than 2 750 employed physicians and one of the nation s largest medical groups northwell physician partners . leadership edit michael j. dowling has been the president and chief executive officer of northwell since january 2002 . prior to that dowling served as northwell s executive vice president and chief operating officer since october 1997 overseeing development planning and operations following the merger that created the health system . executive vice president lawrence g. smith md macp is northwell s physician in chief the health system s senior physician on all clinical issues . senior vice president david battinelli md is northwell s chief medical officer responsible for the overall professional management of clinical education research and operational issues related to all medical and clinical affairs throughout the health system . quality and public reporting edit northwell received the joint commission and the national quality forum s john m. eisenberg award for innovation in patient safety and quality for reducing sepsis mortality by 50 % . in 2010 the health system received national quality forum s 19 national quality healthcare award for delivering safe high quality patient centered care . also northwell is the recipient of the john q. sherman award for excellence in patient engagement from the national patient safety foundation and engagingpatients.org for standardizing processes for patient identification guided by input from patients and families . the health system discloses its hospitals quality performance data to the public on its web site which includes information on hospital acquired infection rates ; performance in treating patients for heart attacks heart failure and pneumonia ; and success rates in performing cardiac bypass surgery and joint replacement surgeries . patient satisfaction scores are also posted . research edit an integral part of the northwell health system the feinstein institute for medical research 20 is a disease oriented biomedical research institution . it ranks among the nation s top six percent of all institutions that receive funding from the national institutes of health . corporate training edit the center for learning and innovation cli 21 lake success new york is northwell s corporate training which offers courses programs and services for employees personal and professional development . cli s patient safety institute psi 22 lake success new york was established to reduce medical errors and hospital acquired infections . its full scale patient simulators based on computer based interactive technology and digitally enhanced mannequins enable instructors to replicate virtually any medical scenario . this gives medical students surgical residents nurses and other healthcare professionals the opportunity to practice clinical skills without risk to real patients . clinical education edit as a clinical medical educational institution northwell is responsible for more than 1 600 residents and fellows and 120 resident and fellow programs 23 . more than 1 200 medical students rotate through health system facilities . in 2011 northwell partnered with hofstra university to establish a new medical school on hofstra s campus in hempstead new york . the hofstra northwell school of medicine s first class of medical students began their studies in august 2011 and graduated in may 2015 . references edit ims top 100 integrated healthcare networks 2012 . 1 . healthcare finance news 2 . newsmax media external links edit www.northwell.edu the company s official website v t e northwell health tertiary teaching hospitals lenox hill long island jewish north shore university southside staten island university north specialty care hospitals south oaks cohen children s medical center zucker hillside community hospitals forest hills franklin glen cove huntington plainview staten island university south syosset affiliate hospital nassau university strategic partners casacolumbia cleveland clinic hackensack university karolinska institutet montefiore v t e hospitals in new york city manhattan bellevue coler gracie square harlem joint diseases lenox hill manhattan eye ear and throat manhattan psychiatric manhattan veterans administration memorial sloan kettering metropolitan morgan stanley children s mount sinai mount sinai beth israel mount sinai st. luke s 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