Long Island Jewish Medical Center
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center (also known as LIJ or LIJ Medical Center) is a clinical and academic hospital and medical campus within the Northwell Health system. It is a 1,004-bed,[1] non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital and medical campus serving the greater New York metropolitan area. The Template:Convert campus is Template:Convert east of Manhattan, on the border of Queens and Nassau Counties, in Glen Oaks, Queens and Lake Success, New York, respectively.
LIJMC has three hospitals that encompass the medical campus: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, and The Zucker Hillside Hospital (an in-patient and out-patient psychiatric hospital and clinic previously known as Hillside Hospital).
Long Island Jewish Medical Center (often simply called LIJ) is a 583-bed[2] tertiary, adult acute-care hospital with advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, and modern facilities for medical, surgical, dental and obstetrical care. LIJ is a Regional Perinatal Center and its maternity program is the busiest in New York State with just over 7,700 deliveries a year.[3]
As a primary teaching hospital (along with North Shore University Hospital) for the Zucker School of Medicine, the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, LIJMC's graduate medical education program is one of the largest in New York State, and whose programs are headed by full-time faculty.
LIJ's full-time staff includes more than 500 physicians, who supervise care in all major specialties and participate in the medical center's teaching and research programs.
The medical center is located on the southeast side of North Shore Towers. The center was founded in 1954 by a group of nine philanthropists, including Jacob H. Horwitz.[4]
In 2011, the Zuckerberg Pavilion was opened.[5] This was followed in 2012 by the Katz Women's Hospital, a nine-story glass tower with private delivery rooms nursery and additional private rooms for cardiac patients.
Notable people
Notable births
- April 12, 1961: Willi Ninja; dancer and choreographer.[6]
- March 6, 1965: John Bernikow; NYC graphic designer
- November 16, 1986: Omar Mateen; terrorist and perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[7]
Notable deaths
- September 14, 1992: Leon J. Davis; Polish-American labor leader who co-founded 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.[8]
- February 11, 1994; Saul Weprin; attorney and politician who was Speaker of the New York State Assembly.[9]
- November 13, 1998; Red Holzman; basketball player and coach.[10]
- June 25, 1999: Fred Trump; real estate developer and father of the 45th & 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump.[11]
Notable employees
- Sean Kenniff; 4-year residency and chief resident[12]
- Harold S. Koplewicz; Chief of child and adolescent psychiatry[13]
- Dr. Sandra Lindsay DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC; First person in the U.S. to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Transportation
The MTA's Template:NYC bus link bus stops inside the hospital. In addition, the Template:NYC bus link express buses to Manhattan all stop near LIJ.
References
External links
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- Teaching hospitals in New York (state)
- Jews and Judaism in Queens, New York
- Jews and Judaism in Nassau County, New York
- Jewish medical organizations
- Yeshiva University
- Glen Oaks, Queens
- Lake Success, New York
- 1954 establishments in New York (state)
- Voluntary hospitals
- Hospitals in Queens, New York
- Hospitals established in 1954