Northwell Health consists of 22 hospitals, a medical research institute, a school of medicine, a new school of graduate nursing a physician assistant studies, a home care network, a hospice network, and 550 outpatient centers, making it one of the nation’s largest health care systems.
Northwell serves a patient base of nearly 11 million people residing in urban and suburban communities throughout Long Island and metropolitan New York, representing a broad spectrum of racial and socio-economic diversity. The health system is home to more than 6,675 hospital and long-term care beds, and nearly 15,000 affiliated physicians, including about 3,900 employed doctors and more than 2,800 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners, 15,000 nurses, and 1,720 residents and fellows on its medical staff and a total workforce of more than 62,000. It is New York State’s largest private employer. Annually, Northwell and its members care for 286,690 inpatients and provide more than 184,323 ambulatory surgery procedures, 42,000 deliveries, 816,903 emergency department visits, and 732,171 home health visits.
The health system’s unparalleled commitment to improving and advancing the quality of health care has been recognized both in its own network and throughout the country. With a philosophy that puts the patient at the center of everything it does, in 2016 Cohen Children’s Medical Center earned Magnet designation from the National Nurses Credentialing Center — the first children’s hospital in New York State to achieve this designation; The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) presented Northwell Health with three 2016 Pinnacle Awards; and New York magazine’s ‘Best Doctors 2016’ included 170 Northwell-affiliated physicians.
The research engine of the health system, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (FIMR), ranks in the top sixth percentile of all research institutions that receive funding from the National Institutes of Health. FIMR is comprised of 11 Centers of Excellence, 55 laboratories, 2,100 studies with 15,000 participants, and more than 1,500 scientists and researcher who have made important discoveries in many medical fields, including cancer, sepsis, inflammation, autoimmune disorders, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. Home to world leaders in innovative translational and clinical research, FIMR’s scientists receive national and international peer recognition for their scholarship and mentorship through honors, awards, and publications in the world’s leading high-impact biomedical journals.
In addition to world-class patient care and biomedical research, the health system's commitment to physician education and training is strong and extensive. In 2001 Northwell established the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) to provide continuous learning opportunities for staff to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to support the health system's strategic and patient care goals. The Patient Safety Institute, established in 2007, is the nation’s largest patient simulation center, promoting safety and quality among health care professionals. In 2008, Northwell partnered with Hofstra University to create the first new allopathic medical school in New York State in more than 40 years. The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell welcomed its inaugural class in August 2011.
The Department of Medicine, under the leadership of Chairman Dr. Thomas McGinn, is nationally recognized as one of the leaders in integrating evidence-based medicine and complex decision-making tools at the point of care. Dr. McGinn is the Principal Investigator on several NIH-funded grants; he has the experience in leading health information technology grants and has effectively executed numerous research studies. He continues to validate and conduct impact analyses on several clinical prediction rules both in hospital setting and outpatient clinics.
In his/her role, the Fellow would work with:
- Large research databases in cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), hypertension, and lupus;
- Our usability lab for digital health strategies;
- Patient-centered medical home; and
- Projects in palliative and geriatric medicine with oncology.