Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Member of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
New Hyde Park, New York
 Long Island Jewish Medical Center shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater metropolitan New York area. The 48-acre campus is 15 miles east of Manhattan on the border of Queens and Nassau Counties.
LIJ comprises three divisions: Long Island Jewish Hospital, Schneider Children’s Hospital and The Zucker Hillside Hospital for behavioral healthcare. Long Island Jewish Hospital is a 452-bed tertiary adult care hospital with advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, and modern facilities for medical, surgical, dental and obstetrical care. It features the Heart Institute; Pain and Headache Treatment Center; comprehensive pulmonology programs for asthma, emphysema and sleep disorders; The Center for New Life with private labor-delivery-recovery suites and a high-risk pregnancy program; and the Institute of Oncology.
LIJMC’s graduate medical education program is one of the largest in New York State. A medical staff of approximately 2,000 affiliated physicians and dentists teach and serve in the inpatient and ambulatory care units. LIJMC is the Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. All programs are in departments or divisions headed by full-time faculty.
The full-time staff includes more than 500 physicians and dentists, who supervise care in all major specialties and participate in the medical center’s extensive teaching and research programs. House staff totals over 500 residents and fellows in 45 Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education-approved specialty programs and 16 fellowships. |
