NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health is an integrated academic health system located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University, and more than 320 locations throughout the New York City Region and in Florida, including seven inpatient facilities: Tisch Hospital; [|Kimmel Pavilion]; [|NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital]; Hassenfeld Children's Hospital; NYU Langone Hospital — Brooklyn; NYU Langone Hospital — Long Island; and NYU Langone Hospital — Suffolk. It is also home to [|Rusk Rehabilitation]. NYU Langone Health is one of the largest healthcare systems in the Northeast, with more than 53,000 employees.
In 2025, NYU Langone Health’s revenue was more than $15.4 billion, including more than $5.5 billion in philanthropy since 2007.
History
NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone Health’s precursor, the Medical College of New York University, was founded in 1841. Among the college's six original faculty members were renowned surgeon Valentine Mott, MD, and John Revere, MD, the youngest son of patriot Paul Revere.In 1898, the Medical College consolidated with Bellevue Hospital Medical College, forming University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University, established at 26th Street and First Avenue in New York City, New York. This began NYU Langone Health's long relationship with its primary teaching affiliate, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, America's oldest public hospital, founded in 1736.
NYU Langone Health's first hospital, established in 1948 as University Hospital on lower Broadway, was created through a merger of the New York Post-Graduate Hospital and the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital. In 1963, a newly-acquired site in midtown Manhattan—bounded by First Avenue and the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, between 30th and 34th Streets—became the home of University Hospital's new 18-story building, which housed expanded research labs. In 1978 Midtown Hospital was closed and subsumed into NYU Medical Center.
University Hospital was renamed Tisch Hospital in 1989 in gratitude to Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch and their families, benefactors of New York University.
In 2008, NYU Medical Center, as the institution was then known, was renamed the NYU Elaine A. and Kenneth G. Langone Medical Center in honor of its chair of the Board of Trustees and his wife, whose total unrestricted gifts of $200 million represent the largest donation in the institution's history. In 2017, NYU Langone Medical Center was renamed NYU Langone Health.
NYU Langone Health's long-time affiliate, the Hospital for Joint Diseases, now known as NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, was the first hospital to merge with the institution in 2006, becoming its dedicated orthopedic hospital.
In 2016, NYU Langone Health acquired Lutheran Medical Center, a 444-bed hospital in southwest Brooklyn, renaming it NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn.
In 2019, NYU Langone Health acquired Winthrop University Hospital, a 591-bed hospital in Mineola on Long Island, renaming it NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island.
In 2025, NYU Langone Health fully acquired Long Island Community Hospital after being affiliated for over 3 years, a 306-bed hospital in East Patchogue on Long Island. It was renamed NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk upon its full merger.
In 2025, NYU Langone Health’s revenue was more than $15.4 billion. including more than $5.5 billion in philanthropy since 2007.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
When NYU Grossman School of Medicine was founded in 1841, its precursor, the Medical College of New York University, had an inaugural class of 239 students.In 2007, Robert I. Grossman, a neuroradiologist who had served as chair of NYU Langone Health's Department of Radiology since 2001, was appointed the Dean of NYU School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Medical Center, as they were then named. In 2019, the School was renamed NYU Grossman School of Medicine in honor of his leadership achievements. In 2010, Grossman introduced Curriculum for the 21st Century, the most significant reform in medical education since the 1910 Flexner Report. C21 addresses the evolving demands of medical practice by merging basic and clinical science, immersing students in patient care from day one.
In 2013, NYU Grossman School of Medicine became the first nationally ranked medical school to introduce a Three-Year MD Program, providing select students a direct pathway into any NYU Langone Health residency programs. As the length of post-graduate medical education increases, the accelerated program is designed to ease the financial burden of medical school and launch medical careers one year earlier than traditional four-year programs.
In 2018, the school became the first in the nation to provide full-tuition scholarships to all matriculated students to reduce the growing burden of medical- educational debt. In 2019, NYU Langone Health expanded its medical student training when it launched NYU Long Island School of Medicine, a joint venture between New York University and NYU Langone Health. The school provides full-tuition scholarships and offers an accelerated three-year M.D. program that focuses on primary care.
In 2025, Alec C. Kimmelman, a physician and researcher, was appointed Dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the 16th CEO of NYU Langone Health.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine has 29 academic departments in the clinical and basic sciences. In addition to the medical degree, students can also earn a dual M.D./master's degree. Medical students, residents, and fellows at NYU Grossman School of Medicine receive much of their clinical training at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The school also maintains affiliations with several other hospitals, including the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur in Manhattan, and NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in Brooklyn.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Nobel Laureates
NYU Grossman School of Medicine counts among its faculty and alumni four Nobel laureates:- Otto Loewi, M.D., who determined that the primary language of nerve cell communication is chemical rather than electrical
- Severo Ochoa, M.D., who conducted landmark studies in biochemical genetics and nucleic acids
- Baruj Benacerraf, M.D., who performed groundbreaking research on genetic regulation of the immune system
- Eric Kandel, M.D., who discovered molecular processes that underlie learning and memory
NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
Controversies
In November 2023, NYU Langone Health fired Benjamin Neel, head of NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, for social media posts he made on X regarding the Gaza war, in which Neel reposted content that critics have referred to as "racist" and "anti-Arab." A spokesperson for NYU Langone Health defended the firing, saying that all employees had been reminded "several times" in the month before Neel's firing of NYU Langone Health's social media policy and "high standards." In response, Neel filed a lawsuit against NYU Langone Health for wrongful termination.Zaki Masoud was removed from his resident position at NYU Langone Health after expressing support for the Palestinian struggle against Israel in October 2023.
In May 2024, NYU Langone Health fired Hesen Jabr, a labor and delivery nurse who had worked at NYU Langone Health for almost 10 years, for her remarks on the Gaza war at a ceremony where Jabr was accepting an award for providing compassionate care to patients suffering perinatal loss, during which Jabr stated, "It pains me to see the women from my country going through unimaginable losses themselves during the current genocide in Gaza." A spokesperson for NYU Langone Health confirmed that Jabr was fired for her speech after having been warned "not to bring her views on this divisive and charged issue into the workplace." Jabr stated that she planned to take legal action against NYU Langone Health and to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.