Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC or LIJ) is a clinical and

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

hospital within the

Northwell Health Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 81,000 employees. The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hosp ...

system. It is a 807-bed, non-profit

tertiary care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profess ...

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

serving the greater

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. The campus is east of

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

, on the border of

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

and Nassau Counties, in

Glen Oaks, Queens Glen Oaks is a neighborhood in the easternmost part of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13. Location Glen Oaks lies between Grand Central Parkway and Nassau County to the north, Union Turnp ...

and

Lake Success, New York Lake Success is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The population was 2,897 at the 2010 census. The Incorporated Village of Lake Success was the temporary home of the United ...

, respectively. LIJMC has three components: Long Island Jewish Hospital, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, and The

Zucker Hillside Hospital Zucker Hillside Hospital is a psychiatric facility that opened in 1926, relocated to its present address in 1941, and was renamed in 1999 to its present name. Overview ''Zucker Hillside Hospital'' is an in-patient and out-patient psychiatric h ...

. Long Island Jewish Hospital is a 587-bed tertiary adult care hospital with advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, and modern facilities for medical, surgical, dental and obstetrical care. As a primary teaching hospital for the

Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is the graduate medical school of Hofstra University in the town of Hempstead on Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York. The academic institution was established in 2008 b ...

(along with

North Shore University Hospital North Shore University Hospital (formerly known as Manhasset Hospital) is a part of Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer. It is a primary teaching hospital for the Donald & Barbara Zucker School of ...

) and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies Island Campus for the

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a research-intensive medical school located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of t ...

, LIJMC's graduate medical education program is one of the largest in New York State, and programs are in divisions headed by full-time faculty. Zucker Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, New York, United States

Zucker Hillside Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Glen Oaks, New York, United States

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 North Shore Towers and Country Club is a three-building residential cooperative located in the Glen Oaks neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, near the city's border with Nassau County. The complex is located next to the Long ...

. The center was founded in 1954 by a group of nine philanthropists, including

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Notable people

Notable births

* April 12, 1961:

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; dancer and

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. *November 16, 1986:

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; terrorist and perpetrator of the

Orlando nightclub shooting On , 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando Police officers shot and killed him after a three-hour standoff. In a 9- ...

Notable deaths

* September 14, 1992: Leon J. Davis; Polish-American labor leader who co-founded

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. *February 11, 1994;

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; attorney and politician who was

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. *November 13, 1998;

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; basketball player and coach. *June 25, 1999:

Fred Trump Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real estate developer and businessman. A member of the Trump family, he was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In partnership w ...

; real estate developer and father of the 45th

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Notable employees

* Sean Kenniff ; 4-year residency and chief resident *

Harold S. Koplewicz Harold Samuel Koplewicz ( ; born January 12, 1953) is a nationally known child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is the founder and president of the nonprofit Child Mind Institute and editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychoph ...

; Chief of child and adolescent psychiatry * Dr. Sandra Lindsay DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC; First person in the U.S. to get the

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Transportation

The MTA's bus stops inside the hospital. In addition, the express buses to

all stop near LIJ.

References

External links

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 1954 establishments in New York (state) Voluntary hospitals Hospitals in Queens, New York Hospitals established in 1954 {{NewYork-hospital-stub, NYC=y