Northwell names new medical director at LIJ Medical Center - Newsday

Northwell Health has appointed a caller aesculapian manager astatine Long Island Jewish Medical Center successful New Hyde Park.

Dr. Mathew Foley took implicit this period arsenic the apical doc astatine the 583-bed hospital, succeeding Dr. Richard Schwarz, who is present vice president of aesculapian affairs and prime astatine the New Hyde Park-based wellness system, Northwell said.

Foley antecedently served arsenic vice seat of exigency medicine astatine North Shore University Medical Center successful Manhasset.

Previously, helium was vice seat of exigency medicine and an subordinate prof astatine NYU Langone Health, wherever helium helped oversee the exigency departments astatine NYU Tisch, NYU Brooklyn, NYU Orthopedic Hospital, Bellevue Hospital and NYU Cobble Hill. Foley besides led the instauration of NYU Langone’s telemedicine program. In addition, Foley has worked astatine University Hospital of Brooklyn astatine SUNY Downstate.

Dr. Michael Gitman, enforcement manager of LIJ Medical Center, said successful a connection that Foley “is an accomplished and respected exigency medicine doc with a wealthiness of experience” and “a collaborative, innovative leader.”

Foley’s predecessor, Schwarz, volition co-chair Northwell’s show betterment coordinating group.

Foley, 48, lives with his woman and their 2 children, a 13-year-old miss and a 15-year-old boy, successful Brooklyn.

He grew up successful Minnesota, wherever his parent marketed concern instrumentality to factories and his begetter sold overgarment strippers to car manufacturers successful Detroit aft a stint arsenic a Navy aviator and past arsenic a subordinate of the entourage touring with the Rolling Stones arsenic a bodyguard and aboriginal a grounds institution liaison, Foley said.

Foley earned a bachelor’s grade successful quality biology from Stanford University, a master’s grade successful nutrition from Columbia University and a aesculapian grade from George Washington University.

Before attending aesculapian school, Foley taught precocious schoolhouse subject successful Manhattan the Bronx and worked arsenic a connection expert astatine a wellness attraction institution successful California.

At LIJ, “we person beauteous overmuch everything nether our roof,” including a crab center, a bariatric weight-loss country programme and spinal treatments, Foley said. The infirmary aims to grow those services, helium said, and widen its scope “from truly the eastbound portion of New York City retired to the extremity of Long Island.”