New York Hospital Queens Breaks Ground for Major Modernization

Friday, February 09, 2007

Expansion to meet demand in era of hospital cut backs state-wide

Flushing, New York - One of only two tertiary care medical centers serving fast-growing Queens County, New York Hospital Queens broke ground on a $200 million building program today.

To commemorate multiple milestones, the groundbreaking ceremony was held on the site of the original hospital building that first opened its doors 50 years ago this month. The groundbreaking was attended by hundreds of hospital medical and administrative staff, board members and guests, local and state elected officials and leaders from the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.

“In today’s precarious environment for hospitals, we are fortunate to embark upon a program that will expand healthcare access for the residents of Queens,” said Stephen S. Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that people must have high quality medical services, and trusted expertise – right in their own backyard.”

The 50th Anniversary Major Modernization program includes a new wing that will add 80 medical/surgical beds – to bring the total to 519. Additionally, the hospital will aggregate cardiovascular services including operating rooms and catheterization labs, establish a new ambulatory surgery center and make infrastructure improvements.

Development also includes a parking facility with two levels of underground parking and one at street level.

New York Hospital Queens is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and affiliated with Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

PHOTO CAPTION #1:  Building for Our Future – New York Hospital Queens leadership and elected officials prepare to break ground on a $200 million major modernization program, February 9.

Left to right: Queens Borough President Helen Marshall; Fred Simmons, Representing State Senator Malcolm Smith; Eugene M. Lang; William W. H. Chiang, Board of Trustees; Theresa Lang, Board of Trustees; Guest; State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; John Sciortino, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Stephen S. Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer; Terence Brady, M.D., Chairman of Medicine and interim Chief Medical Officer; City Council Member John Liu; Gerson Strassberg, Board of Trustees (partial); George F. Heinrich, M.D., Chairman, Board of Trustees; Former Queens Borough President and Board of Trustees member Claire Shulman; Assemblywoman Ellen Young; City Council Member Tony Avella; David H. Snyder, M.D., President, Medical Staff Society; Arthur Dawson, Ph.D.,  Board of Trustees

PHOTO CAPTION #2:  Building for Our Future – New York Hospital Queens leadership and elected officials break ground on a $200 million major modernization program, February 9.

Left to right: Queens Borough President Helen Marshall; Fred Simmons, Representing State Senator Malcolm Smith; Eugene M. Lang; William W. H. Chiang, Board of Trustees (partial); Theresa Lang, Board of Trustees; Guest; State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; John Sciortino, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (partial); Stephen S. Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer; Terence Brady, M.D., Chairman of Medicine and interim Chief Medical Officer (partial); City Council Member John Liu; George F. Heinrich, M.D., Chairman, Board of Trustees; Former Queens Borough President and Board of Trustees member Claire Shulman; Assemblywoman Ellen Young; City Council Member Tony Avella; David H. Snyder, M.D., President, Medical Staff Society; Arthur Dawson, Ph.D., Board of Trustees

PHOTO CAPTION #3:  Building for Our Future – New York Hospital Queens leadership and elected officials celebrate the groundbreaking on a $200 million major modernization program, February 9.

Left to right:  City Council Member John Liu; Eugene M. Lang; George F. Heinrich, M.D., Chairman, Board of Trustees; Theresa Lang, Board of Trustees; Former Queens Borough President and Board of Trustees member Claire Shulman; Stephen S. Mills, President and Chief Executive Officer; Queens Borough President Helen Marshall; Gerson Strassberg, Board of Trustees; Bruce Bendell, Board of Trustees

Artist's rendering of the new, major modernization project.