NYU Langone

NYU Langone is the health-care brand of New York University’s academic medical center and an integrated nonprofit health system based in New York City. Its principal clinical institution is NYU Langone Hospitals, whose flagship facilities include Tisch Hospital, Kimmel Pavilion, and NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital in Manhattan, together with a broad network of outpatient centers, specialty institutes, community hospitals, and physician practices. The system also includes NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, and NYU Langone Health–Long Island, formerly associated with Winthrop University Hospital. The institution’s roots extend to the founding of New York University School of Medicine in 1841. Its hospital operations developed through New York University’s medical education and clinical programs, and the organization was known for many years as NYU Medical Center or NYU Langone Medical Center. The current NYU Langone Health identity reflects a broader system rather than a single hospital. The Langone name honors Kenneth G. Langone and Elaine Langone, whose philanthropy supported the medical center and its facilities. NYU Langone operates across major areas of tertiary and quaternary care, including cancer, cardiovascular medicine, neurosciences, orthopedics, transplantation, women’s health, pediatrics, surgery, emergency medicine, rehabilitation, and ambulatory care. Its clinical model combines university-based research and specialist medicine with primary and community care. The system also provides urgent care, telehealth, laboratory services, imaging, home-care-related services, and preventive and population-health programs. A major turning point came after the 2012 acquisition of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, Long Island. The hospital was subsequently integrated into NYU Langone and renamed NYU Winthrop Hospital before becoming NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island. This expansion gave NYU Langone a substantial regional presence beyond Manhattan and strengthened its teaching and clinical network. The organization has also expanded through affiliated and acquired physician practices, outpatient locations, and hospitals in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and nearby parts of New York and New Jersey. NYU Langone is known for emphasizing patient safety, clinical quality, academic medicine, and coordinated care. It has received repeated recognition in national hospital rankings, although rankings and ratings vary by year and by specialty. Its pandemic response included emergency expansion, telemedicine deployment, clinical research, and participation in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine studies. As a nonprofit institution, it is not publicly traded and does not have a stock ticker. Its activities are governed through New York University and affiliated nonprofit hospital entities rather than by conventional corporate shareholders.

NYU Langone’s institutional history is connected to New York University’s medical education enterprise, which began with the establishment of the University Medical College in 1841. The medical school later became part of New York University and developed a large clinical and research presence in Manhattan. Its hospital operations were commonly identified with New York University Medical Center, later NYU Medical Center and NYU Langone Medical Center. The organization’s modern identity developed as the medical center expanded beyond a single Manhattan campus. In addition to Tisch Hospital and specialty facilities, NYU Langone built a network of outpatient sites and physician practices serving communities throughout New York City and surrounding areas. Its academic platform includes medical education, residency and fellowship training, biomedical research, and clinical trials conducted through the medical school and affiliated institutes. Philanthropy played an important role in the institution’s development. The Langone name recognizes Kenneth G. Langone and Elaine Langone, whose support contributed to medical education, research, patient care, and capital projects. The name became particularly associated with the medical center during a period of major campus investment and organizational expansion. In 2012, NYU Langone acquired Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, Long Island. The hospital was renamed NYU Winthrop Hospital and later became NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island. The transaction broadened NYU Langone’s geographic footprint and established a larger regional platform for inpatient care, medical education, specialist services, and community medicine. The system subsequently continued to develop facilities and affiliations in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, and other nearby markets. A major Manhattan capital project was the Kimmel Pavilion, which opened in 2018. The facility increased capacity for complex surgery, intensive care, and other advanced services and formed part of a broader redevelopment of the medical center campus. NYU Langone also expanded specialty institutions, including Perlmutter Cancer Center and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, while integrating outpatient and ambulatory services into its systemwide model. The COVID-19 crisis became another defining period. NYU Langone converted and expanded clinical capacity, increased remote-care services, supported frontline workers, and contributed to research on diagnosis, treatment, vaccines, and long-term effects of the disease. The pandemic accelerated the use of telehealth and reinforced the system’s role as both a tertiary-care provider and an academic research institution. Today, NYU Langone Health is a nonprofit academic health system affiliated with New York University. Its activities span hospital care, ambulatory medicine, emergency services, primary care, specialty medicine, research, and medical education. The brand represents a network of institutions rather than a single facility, with NYU Langone Hospitals serving as the principal hospital entity and several campuses and specialty organizations operating under the wider system.

• 2020

  COVID-19 clinical and research response

  [6]COVID-19 clinical and research responsenyulangone.org

  NYU Langone expanded emergency operations and telehealth while contributing to COVID-19 clinical care and research.

• 2018

  Kimmel Pavilion opens

  [5]NYU Langone opens Kimmel Pavilionnyulangone.org

  A new inpatient pavilion opened on the Manhattan campus, providing additional capacity for advanced surgery, critical care, and complex medical treatment.

• 2012

  Winthrop-University Hospital joins NYU Langone

  [4]NYU Langone completes acquisition of Winthrop-University Hospitalnyulangone.org

  NYU Langone completed the acquisition of Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, extending the system’s clinical and academic operations to Long Island.

• 1841

  New York University establishes its medical school

  [3]NYU Grossman School of Medicine historymed.nyu.edu

  The institution’s academic medical history begins with the founding of New York University’s medical school, the predecessor of NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

A high-acuity, research-oriented academic health system that combines New York University medical education and biomedical research with a large regional network of hospitals, specialty institutes, outpatient centers, and physician practices.

• Academic hospital

  Tisch Hospital

  Tisch Hospital is the principal adult hospital on NYU Langone’s Manhattan campus. It provides complex inpatient and surgical care across medicine, surgery, cardiovascular services, neurosciences, transplantation, cancer, and other tertiary-care specialties.

• Inpatient hospital facility · 2018

  Kimmel Pavilion

  Opened in 2018, Kimmel Pavilion is a major Manhattan inpatient facility designed for advanced surgical and medical care. It includes operating rooms, intensive-care capacity, inpatient units, and technology supporting complex procedures and coordinated hospital care.

• Cancer center

  Perlmutter Cancer Center

  Perlmutter Cancer Center is NYU Langone’s cancer program and a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. It combines cancer prevention, diagnosis, medical and radiation oncology, surgery, supportive care, clinical trials, and laboratory research.

• Children’s hospital

  Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital

  Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital provides pediatric inpatient, emergency, surgical, and specialty services within NYU Langone. Its care model connects children’s clinical programs with pediatric research and medical education.

• Community and academic hospital · 2012

  NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

  Located in Mineola, NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is the former Winthrop-University Hospital. It provides hospital, emergency, surgical, maternity, cancer, cardiovascular, and other specialty services while participating in NYU Langone’s academic network.

• Medical school · 1841

  NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  NYU Grossman School of Medicine is the system’s medical education and research institution. It trains physicians and scientists and supports basic, translational, and clinical research across the health system.

• 2020

  Scale telehealth and emergency capacity during COVID-19Strategy

  Background

  The pandemic created an abrupt need for expanded hospital capacity, remote consultations, infection-control measures, and new clinical research.

  Action taken

  NYU Langone expanded telemedicine, adapted facilities and staffing, treated COVID-19 patients, and participated in research and vaccine-related studies.

  Aftermath

  The response accelerated the system’s digital-care capabilities and became a prominent part of its recent institutional history.

  Source

• 2018

  Open the Kimmel PavilionProduct launch

  Background

  The Manhattan medical center required additional modern inpatient and procedural capacity for high-acuity care.

  Action taken

  NYU Langone opened the Kimmel Pavilion as part of a major campus expansion.

  Aftermath

  The new facility increased capacity for complex surgery, critical care, and inpatient treatment and strengthened the flagship Manhattan campus.

  Source

• 2012

  Acquire and integrate Winthrop-University HospitalM&A

  Background

  NYU Langone sought to extend its academic medical and hospital network beyond Manhattan and establish a stronger presence on Long Island.

  Action taken

  The system acquired Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola and subsequently rebranded it as NYU Winthrop Hospital and later NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island.

  Aftermath

  The transaction created a significant Long Island operating platform and expanded NYU Langone’s regional hospital, teaching, and specialty-care network.

  Source

• 2020-10-05

  MindMed funds psychedelic medicine research training program with NYU Langone[7]MindMed资助与NYU Langone合作的迷幻药物研究培训项目prnewswire.com

  Reported: 2020-10-05

  MindMed announced a $5 million commitment over five years to fund the NYU Langone Health Psychedelic Medicine Research Training Program and the future corresponding Center for Psychedelic Medicine. The program's launch was announced, while establishment of the Center remains subject to additional funding.

1. 1NYU Langone Healthen.wikipedia.org
2. 2NYU Langone Health official websitenyulangone.org
3. 3NYU Grossman School of Medicine historymed.nyu.edu
4. 4NYU Langone completes acquisition of Winthrop-University Hospitalnyulangone.org
5. 5NYU Langone opens Kimmel Pavilionnyulangone.org
6. 6COVID-19 clinical and research responsenyulangone.org
7. 7MindMed资助与NYU Langone合作的迷幻药物研究培训项目prnewswire.com