Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long Island Jewish Medical Center (also known as LIJ or LIJ Medical Center) is a 1,014-bed, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital and medical campus with the Northwell Health system. The 48-acre (19 ha) campus is 15 miles (24 km) east of Manhattan, straddling the border of Queens and Nassau counties, in the neighborhood of Glen Oaks and village of Lake Success, 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 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 among the busiest in New York State with over 7,400 deliveries a year. 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. Hillside Hospital merged with Long Island Jewish Hospital in 1975, and in turn the entire complex became part of Northwell Health in 2015. In 2011, the Zuckerberg Pavilion was opened. 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.