Michael J. Dowling is president and chief executive officer of

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 ...

Early life and education

Dowling grew up in

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. He earned his undergraduate degree from

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...

and his master's degree from

Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...

. He played

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at University College, winning a Fitzgibbon Cup medal. He later played with Limerick and won a National League medal.

Career

In 1979, Dowling became a professor at

and director of the Tarrytown campus. He went on to be a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Graduate School of Social Services. After working at Fordham, Dowling served in New York State government as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to former governor

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. He was also commissioner of the

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. In 1995, Dowling was hired as a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (part of

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). Dowling was named executive vice president and chief operating officer when he joined Northwell Health. On 1 January 2002, Dowling became president and CEO of the company. he needs to leave the company beacuse

Cohen Children's Medical Center Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (CCMC), formerly Schneider Children's Hospital and North Shore-LIJ Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in New ...

wants to start a heart transplant program and open a cardiac intensive care unit and

Long Island Jewish Medical Center Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC or LIJ) is a clinical and academic hospital within the Northwell Health system. It is a 807-bed, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater New York metropolitan area. The campus is e ...

wants to build a orthopedic institute. However he cares more about merging with

Nuvance health Nuvance Health is a not-for-profit health system with facilities spanning from New York State's Hudson Valley region to western Connecticut. Nuvance Health was formed in 2019 when Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network merged. It empl ...

than doing these projects. He was also involved in the

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Awards

In 2011, Dowling received the Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award from the

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. In 2012, he received the

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National Healthcare Award. He has also received the National Human Relations Award from the

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, the

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, the Distinguished Public Service Award from the

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’s

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College of Public Affairs and Policy and the Gold Medal from the

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Boards and institutes

Dowling has been a member of the

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and chairman of the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...

, Ireland. He has also served as a board member and chair of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Dowling has also been a board member of the

, the Greater New York Hospital Association, the Healthcare Association of New York State and the League of Voluntary Hospitals of

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References

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