1981
1982
LIJ acquires Manhasset Medical Center
Community Hopital at Glen Cove opens a new South Extension

NSUH begins NY State's first In-Vitro Fertilization program
NY State Governor Mario Cuomo joins NSUH Trustees and Administrators to celebrate the opening of the new Boas-Marks Biomedical Research Center.
1986
 1985

NSUH and Syosset Community Hospital establish an administrative affiliation

LIJMC opens its major cancer diagnostic and research facility, the Cohen Oncology Institute

 1989

NSUH opens the Center for Extended Care & Rehabilitation (CECR)

Staten Island Hospital merges with Richmond Memorial Hospital and becomes Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH)

1992
1993

The NSRHSHC is renamed the North Shore Health System (NSHS)
NSHS purchases Central General Hospital in Plainview
1995
1996

NSHS purchases LaGuardia Hospital in Queens and Syosset Community Hospital
Southside Hospital affiliates with NSHS
Executives from Southside Hospital and the North Shore Health System signing the affiliation agreement between the two.
1996

1997

NSHS and LIJMC merge in November, creating the North Shore-LIJ Health System (NSLIJ). The merged entity comprises 14 hospitals, 4000 beds, almost 27,000 employees, and has combined revenues of $2.5 billion
Artist Keith Haring joins admirers at the unveiling of his statue in front of Schneider Children's Hospital. 1986
1983
 LIJMC opens Schneider Children's Hospital. The 150-bed pediatric specialty facility took more than ten years to become a reality 1986

NSUH opens the 129,000 sq. ft. Boas-Marks Biomedical Research Center

 1990 NSUH and the Community Hospital at Glen Cove merge, forming the North Shore Regional Health Services Corporation (NSRHSC). The combined organization has over 1,000 beds and over 6,000 employees

Huntington Hospital Auxilians raise money for the hospital during their annual Holly Shoppe.
1995

 1994

NSUH ends its affiliation with Cornell University and signs an affiliation agreement with New York University (NYU)

Huntington Hospital affiliates with NSHS

 1996

NSHS and SIUH sign a sponsorship agreement that pools resources and allows for joint negotiations

 2000

NSLIJ affiliates with the Peconic Health Corporation, comprising Southampton, Central Suffolk, and Eastern Long Island Hospitals
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1984
 NSUH installs one of the first MRI units in New York State 1989 LIJMC establishes an academic affiliation with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University 1992 NSUH opens the 10-story Don Monti Memorial Pavilion 1995

Franklin Hospital Medical Center affiliates with NSHS

1997 LIJMC opens the Gottlieb Comprehensive Women's Health Center, located at the Manhasset Medical Center campus