A cornerstone of Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital offers the highest quality care in all medical specialties. We are a teaching hospital for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, providing a wide range of specialty and subspecialty residency programs, postgraduate training programs and clinical fellowships to educate the clinicians of the future.

We emphasize excellence, safety and innovation in all that we do, including:

• Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital—Part of North Shore University Hospital, was rated by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons as one of the two highest performing cardiothoracic surgical programs in the U.S. and Canada.
• Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery—Known as a referral center for complex, complicated cases, the Institute brings together multidisciplinary teams with years of specialized training in surgical and nonsurgical care for stroke, movement disorders and brain anomalies.

• Groundbreaking organ transplantation services—We perform heart, kidney and liver transplants. Our Heart Hospital was the first on Long Island to perform a heart transplant; we are the only hospital providing the full range of heart transplant services, from preoperative care to recovery, in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. And we offer the only kidney transplant center in Nassau and Queens.
• Orthopedic care from diagnosis to rehabilitation—We offer a full range of services for conditions affecting the bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons, including inpatient and ambulatory surgery. Our orthopedic surgeons have helped develop orthopedic devices in use across the country.
• An exceptional emergency department (ED)—The physicians and nurses of our ED, an American College of Surgeons (ACS)-designated Level 1 Trauma Center, care for more than 90,000 patients a year. North Shore University Hospital is ranked among the state’s top five facilities for trauma survival rates.
• Comprehensive Wound Healing Center—Our specially trained team uses the latest in evidence-based care to promote healing of chronic and complex wounds.

North Shore University Hospital is the proud recipient of numerous distinctions:

• Named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for cardiac surgery for nine consecutive years (2017-2025) by Healthgrades, in recognition of ranking among the top 5% of all U.S. hospitals for superior outcomes in heart bypass and heart valve surgery. In fact, we're the only hospital in Nassau County to receive the America’s 50 Best Hospitals for cardiac surgery in 2025.
• Ranked No. 4 in the state for cardiac surgery by Healthgrades in 2025.
• Ranked among Healthgrades' America's 100 Best Hospitals for coronary intervention for 14 consecutive years (2012-2025).
• Recipient of Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Award for six years in a row (2019-2024). We’re the only hospital in Nassau County to receive this award for six consecutive years.
• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s best hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery (2020-2021).
• Named among the top 5% in the nation for coronary interventional procedures for 23 years in a row (2003-2024).
• Received Healthgrades' five star rating for coronary bypass surgery for eight years in a row (2018-2025).

• Earned the coveted Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which rewards excellence in patient care and innovations in professional practice as a nurse. This designation reflects the highest standard of nursing professionalism, and patient care—fewer than 500 hospitals worldwide (about 8%) have achieved it.
• Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, part of North Shore University Hospital, was rated by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons as one of the two highest performing cardiothoracic surgical programs in the U.S. and Canada.
• Named to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives' Most Wired list for adopting new information technology that enhances patient safety and quality-of-care priorities.
• Recipient of the Healthgrades Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award for five years in a row (2020-2024).
• Named among the top 5% in the nation for cardiac surgery for seven years in a row (2018-2024).
• Recipient of the Healthgrades Coronary Intervention Excellence Award for 17 years in a row (2008-2024)
• Named among the top 5% in the nation for coronary interventional procedures for 22 years in a row (2003-2024).
• Received Healthgrades' five star rating for coronary bypass surgery for seven years in a row (2018-2024).