Long Island Jewish Medical Center
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater metropolitan New York area. The 48-acre campus is 15 miles east of Manhattan, on the border of Queens and Nassau Counties.
LIJ Medical Center is comprised of three components: Long Island Jewish Hospital, Schneider Children’s Hospital and The Zucker Hillside Hospital. Long Island Jewish Hospital is a 452-bed tertiary adult care hospital with advanced diagnostic and treatment technology, and modern facilities for medical, surgical, dental and obstetrical care. As the Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, LIJMC’s graduate medical education program is one of the largest in New York State, and programs are in divisions headed by full-time faculty.
LIJ's full-time staff includes more than 500 physicians, who supervise care in all major specialties and participate in the medical center’s extensive teaching and research programs.
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