And then there was one: Mather to join Northwell
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s last independent hospitals is beaming aboard Northwell Health’s mothership. The Board of Directors of Port Jefferson’s John T. Mather Memorial Hospital has…
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Israeli innovators extend Northwell’s global reach
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Northwell Health system is going international, again, with its latest collaborative effort. Following recent alliances with multiple domestic partners and several spanning the globe –…
Crikey! Northwell, Aussie counterparts come together
Some of Northwell Health’s best practices are heading down under. A unique exchange program between the New Hyde Park-based health system and Australia’s Epworth HealthCare system has brought a team of…
Knapp gift locks Feinstein bioelectronics on diabetes
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new research program will focus the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s considerable bioelectronic resources on a main antagonist of American health: diabetes. The research and…
Report: Northwell among nation’s top STEM firms
New York State’s largest private employer is doing everything it can to make sure it keeps that title. Northwell Health has been designated a 2017-18 STEM Jobs Approved Employer by…
Clever cardiologists crack confounding case
A Mineola grandmother is alive – and doing well – thanks to an innovative cardiac procedure devised by clever Northwell Health physicians. On April 18, Dolores Martins became the first…
All part of the plan: Savvy Hires goes to Washington
By GREGORY ZELLER // A big win in the regional round of the 2017 InnovateHER business plan competition has punched Savvy Hires’ virtual ticket to Washington – though mentally, founder…
Top Glassdoor honors for Northwell CEO Dowling
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling is Long Island’s best chief executive and one of the planet’s top healthcare execs. So says Glassdoor, the circa-2007…
New link improves health-data exchange for millions
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a move designed to fill the gaps between public and private healthcare data networks, Northwell Health has plugged into New York’s (and the nation’s) largest…
State: Northwell leads pack on heart procedures
By GREGORY ZELLER // In the unfortunate event that you require open-heart surgery, look north. That’s the word from the New York State Department of Health, which for the sixth…
For breast cancer survivors, 10 CCs of love
A breakthrough “tissue expander system” is offering new reconstruction options to breast cancer survivors. Calling it the “first significant innovation in breast reconstruction in over 40 years,” surgeons at Northwell…
No ‘military heroes’ left behind
A battalion of special guests – including a shining example of med-tech innovation – helped Northwell Health salute the Memorial Day holiday this week. Held Thursday at the system’s New…
A $2.5M ‘bot in the arm for Southside Hospital
A state-of-the-art surgical robot is bringing new options to Southside Hospital patients requiring a laundry list of minimally invasive procedures. Named for the innovative 15th-to-16th century Italian artist, scientist and…
Northwell strategy cuts to the heart of $4.5B industry
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is trying on a little wearable technology. Make that a big wearable technology – as in, the Peerbridge Cor, a portable electrocardiogram monitor produced…
‘Young’ Feinstein scientist nabs national autism award
Efforts to determine the elusive causes of autism have earned national accolades for an up-and-coming Feinstein Institute scientist. Lior Brimberg, an assistant research professor in the Center for Autoimmune and…