From poorest Ireland to richest Albany to Northwell’s powerful C-suite, Michael Dowling amassed experiences that prepared him well for COVID’s front lines.
For all intents and purposes, America’s COVID-19 pandemic started in New York. That put Nassau County-based Northwell Health, the state’s largest healthcare system and the nation’s 14th largest, on the front lines from Day One.
Leading that fight is president & CEO Michael Dowling, who turned Northwell into New York State’s largest private employer – and steered Northwell through the COVID crisis – leveraging lessons learned in the hardscrabble Irish village of his youth, in Albany’s corridors of power and over 20 years in the corporate C suite.
In this conversation, Michael joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss Northwell’s performance during the heights (and in the waning days) of the global health emergency, and the vast system’s plans for innovation, expansion and even – gasp! – contraction in a post-pandemic world.
