NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NYU Langone Medical Center (NYU Langone) and Winthrop-University Hospital (Winthrop) announced approval by their respective Boards of an affiliation agreement that will bring the two organizations together to expand, enhance, and clinically integrate their healthcare networks on Long Island.

NYU Langone, whose hospitals are on the East side of Manhattan and in Brooklyn, has more than 150 ambulatory sites throughout the region, with more than 40 practices in Queens and Long Island. Winthrop's main campus is located in Mineola, NY, in central Nassau County, and is virtually adjacent to a major transportation hub that includes the Long Island Railroad and an intermodal bus terminal. In addition to its main campus, which is also home to an onsite dialysis center, CyberKnife Center and the Cancer Center for Kids, Winthrop has multiple ambulatory sites throughout the surrounding areas, including a newly expanded ambulatory surgery center in Garden City, Specialty Center East in Deer Park and a NYC CyberKnife Center in Manhattan. Further, the hospital employs an extensive network of physicians and physician practices that encompass 66 faculty and community based practices in over 140 locations extending from Shelter Island and Riverhead to Upper Manhattan.

The affiliation will extend NYU Langone's presence on Long Island, while increasing support for Winthrop's established network of inpatient and outpatient services. At the same time, it bolsters Winthrop's access to NYU Langone's vast offering of medical and surgical specialties. Regulatory approval for the new affiliation will be sought with the aim that approvals will be completed in spring 2017.
"We have been working closely with Winthrop over the last several months to assess whether a partnership between our institutions would benefit each of our organizations, as well as the patients and families who turn to us for help. We quickly realized that an affiliation would allow our institutions to enhance the range and quality of services offered to the residents of Long Island, as well as grow key ambulatory services and the physician network across the region, with Winthrop as the primary inpatient hospital," said Robert I. Grossman, MD, dean and CEO of NYU Langone. "Today's agreement publicly confirms our confidence that an affiliation will allow both of our institutions to collaborate and share best practices to better meet the healthcare needs of the communities we serve."

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