The Department of Surgery at North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center is dedicated to providing leading-edge comprehensive surgical care in state-of-the-art facilities across all of its specialties, including:

• Surgical Oncology
  
• Vascular Surgery
• Esophageal Cancer
  
• Geriatric Surgery
  
• Critical Care and Trauma Surgery
  
• Colorectal Surgery
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  

Your gift in support of surgical services will help fund new and existing programs, current and future expansion, and equipment. Here are some of the ways we are bringing the best care to our surgical patients:

• Innovative Vascular Access Program;
  
• State of the Art Comprehensive Hernia Center;
  
• Brand new outpatient facility, with fresh ambulatory experience, combining the best under one roof;
  
• Multi-disciplinary approach to treatment of chronic wounds.
  

For more information about Ways To Give, visit the North Shore-LIJ Foundation.

The da Vinci Robotic Surgical System
at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset
 

NSUH was the first hospital on Long Island to use the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, a surgical robotic system that is simplifying a host of surgical procedures (see photo below).
 
» Esophageal Cancer: In 1998, the North Shore-LIJ Health System embarked upon a multidisciplinary program combining Thoracic Surgery with Surgical Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery to provide a comprehensive program in the management of complex esophageal problems. This has led to the creation of The North Shore-LIJ Esophageal Center, the largest provider of care for esophageal cancer and other complex esophageal disorders in the NY metro area.

We have treated more esophageal cancer patients from the NY metro area than any other hospital on LI or NYC.

» Trauma: NSUH in Manhasset is a designated Level 1 Trauma Center.

» Laparoscopy: The Department of Surgery offers a full spectrum of advanced laparoscopic (minimally invasive) procedures. All of these can be done through several small (1/4 inch) incisions which causes less pain, makes recovery faster and is cosmetically more appealing.