About the Hospital and Department

From proud and humble origins in 1957, New York Hospital Queens has grown into a cutting-edge medical facility, able to serve the complex needs of the city's most culturally diverse borough. Today, this 439-bed tertiary care, community teaching hospital and Level 1 trauma center provides a full spectrum of sophisticated inpatient and outpatient services and employs full-time chairmen in 14 medical specialties, which include ambulatory care, cancer care, cardiology, community medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery services including cardiac surgery for a borough of 2.2 million. New York Hospital Queens is a designated AIDS center, stroke center, and operates the Cardiac Health Center, a community-based heart disease prevention, education, and rehabilitation facility.

The hospital's staff of over 3,200 is augmented and reinforced by some 1,500 affiliated voluntary physicians, dentists and podiatrists joined in a unique partnership... a partnership dedicated to delivery of medical expertise in combination with a spirit of compassionate concern for the patient as an individual.

Major Center for Teaching

As a major center for the teaching and training of health care professionals, New York Hospital Queens maintains accredited residency programs in medicine, surgery, transitional year, dental and oral medicine, oral pathology and radiation oncology (integrated with the New York Presbyterian campus), as well as accredited fellowships in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, nephrology and pulmonary medicine.

Residents from other facilities also take advantage of the wealth of clinical material at New York Hospital Queens. Their presence contributes to the healthy exchange of ideas between NYHQ and the city's other healthcare institutions. NYHQ is one of the primary teaching sites for Cornell OB/GYN and Pediatrics integrated residencies, and the medical center participates in the training of medical students from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and welcomes students of nursing, radiologic technology, pharmacy and respiratory therapy.

The Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Center for Research and Education was established in 2001 to facilitate clinical research and improve the health of our community. The Lang Center provides an infrastructure that supports the entire clinical research process. This includes securing research funding from outside sources (government, industry, foundations), providing statistical and grant writing assistance, as well as coordinating resources for maximum benefit. a fully equipped teaching and training facility that includes a 200-seat auditorium along with conference and class rooms. New York Hospital Queens has more than 100 ongoing research protocols at a given time. These studies relate to prevention prevention and treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, as well as advancements in HIV/AIDS, cancer, premature births and kidney disease.

The New York Hospital Queens is a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System and is affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University. New York Hospital Queens is incorporated in the State of New York as a 501 (c) not-for-profit corporation.