Northwell Health's Department of Neurosurgery is seeking a General Neurosurgeon to join our team at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, NY. The ideal candidate will be Board Certified/Board Eligible in Neurological Surgery and must meet requirements for medical licensure in New York State. To meet the neurosurgical needs of Northwell Health's 21-hospital system, the Department of Neurosurgery has developed a robust full-time presence in its Eastern, Central, and Western Region hospitals including North Shore University Hospital, LIJ Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, Huntington Hospital, South Shore University Hospital, Cohen Children's Hospital, and Staten Island University Hospital. To accomplish this most efficiently, Northwell Health has developed an advanced Tele-Neuro ICU service that is operated 24/7 and a Neuro Center categorization system that helps to refer physicians to properly triage patients.
Founded in 1951 as Central Suffolk Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center is the largest hospital in Eastern Suffolk County, and the Eastern Hub of Northwell Health, the largest healthcare organization in New York State. As a non-for-profit 144-bed community hospital, we serve as the primary resource for advanced healthcare services for the 250,000+ residents of the Riverhead area, Eastern Central Suffolk County, and Long Island's North Fork. We provide our service area's only Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Suite, Level III Trauma Center, and NYUS-Designated Stroke Center. Long Island, New York, a suburb of New York City, is known for our diverse communities, educational opportunities, and activities. The North Shore with its historic mansions and harbor side villages, the South Shore with its renowned public beaches and sports venues, the North Fork wine and farm country, and the South Fork with its international resort areas. Wherever you roam, you'll encounter breathtaking stretches of the Atlantic Ocean or Long Island Sound, parks, preserves, and historic mansions. The Hamptons and Montauk, The Gold Coast, Jones Beach, Long Beach, and Fire Island; dozens of museums, historic sites (including lighthouses), and over four dozen wineries all lie within a short distance of New York City.
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc's #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care, Center for Equity of Care.
Northwell Health is New York State's largest health care provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, 850 outpatient facilities and more than 12,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 79,000 employees – 18,900 nurses and 4,900 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We're
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