The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System began as a small community hospital in the 1950s. Today its facilities include 15 hospitals, three regional trauma centers and over 130 ambulatory care sites, making it the largest health care system on the East Coast. Today, North Shore University Hospital is the top hospital among those in the nation's largest metropolitan areas, according to a new study by the Washington, D.C.-based Consumer's Checkbook (an independent, not-for-profit organization).

The excellent reputation of the individual facilities and the health system as a whole attract healthcare practitioners and students of the highest caliber.

Mission Statement

The North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care by educating the current and future generations of health care professionals; searching for new advances in medicine through the conduct of bio-medical research; promoting health education; and caring for the entire community regardless of the ability to pay.