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Seeing health care differently
Northwell Health’s mission begins with its patients and families who have come to expect the unexpected from the organization. Outpacing the Impossible rests on four pillars that define Northwell’s culture.
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Driven to discover
Focused on the future of healing, teaching and research, Northwell pursues and implements new knowledge that brings the impossible to life, such as the creation of bioelectronic medicine, a new field of medicine that uses electrical implants to help the body heal itself.
Dr. Negin Hajizadeh is the first in the world to use Telehealth technology to help COPD patients learn life-changing…
New Karches Neural Bypass and Brain-Computer Interface Laboratory at the Center for Bioelectronic Medicine is developing…
Disruptive thinking
Northwell fosters the intellectual capital behind its breakthrough research, innovations and treatments. Through inventive teaching methods at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell that defy expectations and inspire, we don’t just see things differently, but are changing the way the world sees health care.
Naara Zapata was the first SkyHealth emergency crew member to treat a cardiac arrest while inside the helicopter.…
The first-ever 3D printed, amphibious prosthetic leg, called The Fin, is allowing Marine Corps veteran Dan Lasko to get…
Pioneering solutions
Northwell’s depth and breadth, agility and nimbleness enhances its ability to have an immediate impact across the region and beyond.
Dr. Neil Tanna made it his personal mission to discover better solutions for women genetically at risk for or diagnosed…
Gina was diagnosed with colon cancer days after learning she was pregnant with her third child. While others said it was…
Seeing people fully
Northwell sees and treats people as who they truly are: families, friends, neighbors and coworkers.
At 19 years old, Frankie England became the youngest person to receive a heart transplant on Long Island. Through the…
After a traumatic car accident that left him impaled by a metal pole, Riverhead Police Officer Robert Sprosten’s life…