President and Chief Executive Officer
 

North Shore-LIJ Health System

As the health system’s president and chief executive officer (CEO), Mr. Dowling oversees a $5.7 billion healthcare network—the largest
integrated healthcare system in New York State—that provides care for people at all stages of illness and health. In addition, the North Shore-LIJ Health System is the nation’s second-largest, non-profit secular health system with more than 5,600 beds and a total workforce of more than 42,000 employees.

Prior to becoming president and CEO in 2002, Mr. Dowling was the health system’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining North Shore-LIJ in 1995, he was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

Mr. Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to the governor. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.

Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County.

Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards over the years. They include The Distinguished Public Service Award from the State University of New York’s Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of New York State, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, the Alfred E. Smith Award from the American Society for Public Administration, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Mr. Dowling is chairman of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) and chairman of the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland. He is also past chairman of the Greater New York Hospital Association,the Healthcare Association of New York State and the League of Voluntary Hospitals of New York. He serves on numerous other boards, including the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the Holocaust Center of Nassau County.

Mr. Dowling grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University. He also has honorary doctorates from Hofstra University and Dowling College.