Overview

Lenox Hill Hospital is a 450-bed, acute care facility on Manhattan's Upper East Side. We've earned an international reputation for outstanding patient care, offering unparalleled expertise, innovative medical and surgical treatments, and access to the latest clinical trials. Our clinicians and patients move seamlessly among our facility, Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH) and our nearby practices, all of which share an electronic medical record, so your care is always coordinated.

We’re particularly renowned for excellence in cardiovascular care, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, sports medicine, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, maternal/child health and internal medicine. We're also a recognized leader in public health education and community outreach.

Patients come to us from Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Long Island, the tri-state area and even around the world. Lenox Hill is committed to providing the highest standard of care to a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse patient population, with multilingual translators available 24/7.

Our history

In 1857, community leaders recognized the need for medical services among the immigrant community and came together to found the German Dispensary, later known as Lenox Hill Hospital. Since then, Lenox Hill ’s physicians, nurses and staff have provided exceptional care for millions of patients and their families.

Notable milestones and firsts for our hospital include:

  • 1907: The first physical therapy department in the U.S. is established.
  • 1938: The first angiocardiography in the country is performed.
  • 1955: Lenox Hill Hospital is one of the first hospitals in New York City to open a cardiac catheterization laboratory.
  • 1967: The first cardiac care unit in the New York metropolitan area is opened.
  • 1973: The first hospital-based center in the nation for the study of sports medicine is established.
  • 1978: The first U.S. angioplasty procedure is performed.
  • 1991: The first coronary stent in New York City is implanted.
  • 1994: Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery is pioneered.
  • 2001: After the 9/11 terrorist attack, emergency crews are sent to ground zero and supply runs to the area are conducted to aid the rescue workers. A free walk-in crisis counseling center is opened, and the blood donor center expanded.
  • 2003: The first Food and Drug Administration-approved drug coated stent in the nation is implanted.
  • 2009: New York’s first totally endoscopic robotic coronary artery bypass surgery on a beating heart is performed.
  • 2016: Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery reported the highest survival rates in the state to the NYS Department of Health (DOH) for coronary artery bypass, valve surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for all discharged cases.
  • 2019: Thoracic Surgery Division received the highest rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for Lobectomy for Lung Cancer, placing it among only nine programs in the nation to have received that designation.
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Mission & vision

Our mission is to deliver outstanding health care with compassion and respect, to promote wellness in our communities and advance the field of medicine through education and research. Lenox Hill Hospital seeks excellence in all endeavors, aspiring to provide premier services to a diverse patient population and to nurture an environment in which health care professionals and staff can learn and thrive.

Leadership

Lenox Hill Hospital

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Daniel Baker, MD

Executive Director, Lenox Hill Hospital

Elan Levy, MD, MBA

Elan Levy, MD, MBA

Medical Director, Lenox Hill Hospital, Medical Director, Lenox Health Greenwich Village, Medical Director, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

Brandon Cole

Brandon Cole

Associate Executive Director, Hospital Operations, Lenox Hill Hospital

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Eleonora Shapiro

Associate Executive Director, Perioperative Services, Lenox Hill Hospital

Jorge Villagran Headshot

Jorge Villagran

Associate Executive Director, Finance, Lenox Hill Hospital

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Kevin Browne, DNP, RN, CNS, CCRN

Chief Nursing Officer, Lenox Hill Hospital, Chief Nursing Officer, Lenox Health Greenwich Village, Chief Nursing Officer, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

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Phyllis Cohen

Associate Executive Director, Quality Management, Lenox Hill Hospital

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Gabrielle Mitchell

Deputy Regional Human Resources Officer, Lenox Hill Hospital

Jim Haynes

AED of Facilities and Operations

MEETH

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Daniel Bellis

Deputy Executive Director
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital

Lenox Health Greenwich Village

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Tracy Feiertag, MS, DHA

Vice President
Lenox Health Greenwich Village

Honors & awards

We are proud to have been awarded many prestigious distinctions:

  • Lenox Hill is the only hospital in NYC to receive the America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for four years in a row (2022-2025).
  • Accreditations for AIDS Center and Primary Stroke Center (NYS Department of Health)
  • Magnet recognition (2020) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  • Ranked No. 9 in New York, No. 10 in New York metro area on U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list 2020-21. We were nationally ranked in Ear, Nose and Throat; Diabetes and Endocrinology; and Neurology and Neurosurgery. We ranked as high performing in Gastroenterology and GI surgery, Geriatrics, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Urology and Orthopedics.
  • Among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care for 11 years in a row (Healthgrades, 2014-2024)
  • Among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention for 13 years in a row (Healthgrades, 2012-2024)
  • Among America's 100 Best Hospitals for Prostate Surgery for nine years in a row (Healthgrades, 2016-2024)
  • Bariatric Surgery Center accreditation for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP)
  • Epilepsy Center accreditation—Adult, Level 4 (National Association of Epilepsy Center)
  • Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality (Healthcare Equality Index Human Rights Campaign, 2019- 2020)
  • Stroke Gold Plus Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Award (American Heart Association, 2019-2020)
  • Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Plus, Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Award
  • Thoracic surgery three-star (highest) quality rating for nine consecutive cycles. We’re one of only nine programs globally to receive this rating by Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
  • Earned a 3-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting and isolated mitral valve replacement/repair (2024)
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