Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Manhasset, N.Y., is the recipient of the 2012 B'nai B'rith National Healthcare Award, an accolade that has recognized outstanding healthcare leaders for the past 30 years.
Mr. Dowling, who has served as North Shore-LIJ's chief since 2002, received the award yesterday at a reception held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Allan J. Jacobs, president of B'nai B'rith International, said Mr. Dowling has inspired leadership and passion and that both Mr. Dowling and B'nai B'rith share the calling to make the world a better place.
Richard D. Goldstein, chairman and CEO of AEP Capital and chairman of North Shore-LIJ's board of trustees, said great things are accomplished by people who think differently and outside of the box — much like Mr. Dowling. Mr. Goldstein said the hospital chief welcomes fear and change with an embrace and strives to make North Shore-LIJ the best at what it does.
Chuck Lauer, public speaker and former publisher of Modern Healthcare, also spoke at the reception dinner. "Michael Dowling is a truly outstanding leader who personifies the very traits that are needed today to lead healthcare into new and unchartered waters that will bring unexcelled care to patients. He is courageous, he is a risk-taker and he encourages everyone in his organization to think outside the proverbial box so that they may create new ways to both protect and heal patients," Mr. Lauer later said.
Mr. Dowling humbly accepted his award, saying it served as a reminder of the other people who are working toward the same goal of keeping people healthy. He said he plans to share his award with the roughly 45,000 employees across the North Shore-LIJ's 15 hospitals who have given him the opportunity to lead.
Mr. Dowling went on to say complacency is unacceptable and that no one has truly exhausted their abilities to improve healthcare. The gap between "what is" and "what can be" needs to be closed, said Mr. Dowling, and if you really want to do that, you will find a way.
B'nai B'rith, meaning "children of the covenant," was established in 1843 by 12 German-Jewish immigrants in New York. The international group focuses on humanitarian issues and has spread to roughly 50 countries. It has been particularly involved in providing aid and relief to disaster victims, improving the lives of senior citizens through housing and advocacy, providing youth leadership training and promoting health education.
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Mr. Dowling, who has served as North Shore-LIJ's chief since 2002, received the award yesterday at a reception held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Allan J. Jacobs, president of B'nai B'rith International, said Mr. Dowling has inspired leadership and passion and that both Mr. Dowling and B'nai B'rith share the calling to make the world a better place.
Richard D. Goldstein, chairman and CEO of AEP Capital and chairman of North Shore-LIJ's board of trustees, said great things are accomplished by people who think differently and outside of the box — much like Mr. Dowling. Mr. Goldstein said the hospital chief welcomes fear and change with an embrace and strives to make North Shore-LIJ the best at what it does.
Chuck Lauer, public speaker and former publisher of Modern Healthcare, also spoke at the reception dinner. "Michael Dowling is a truly outstanding leader who personifies the very traits that are needed today to lead healthcare into new and unchartered waters that will bring unexcelled care to patients. He is courageous, he is a risk-taker and he encourages everyone in his organization to think outside the proverbial box so that they may create new ways to both protect and heal patients," Mr. Lauer later said.
Mr. Dowling humbly accepted his award, saying it served as a reminder of the other people who are working toward the same goal of keeping people healthy. He said he plans to share his award with the roughly 45,000 employees across the North Shore-LIJ's 15 hospitals who have given him the opportunity to lead.
Mr. Dowling went on to say complacency is unacceptable and that no one has truly exhausted their abilities to improve healthcare. The gap between "what is" and "what can be" needs to be closed, said Mr. Dowling, and if you really want to do that, you will find a way.
B'nai B'rith, meaning "children of the covenant," was established in 1843 by 12 German-Jewish immigrants in New York. The international group focuses on humanitarian issues and has spread to roughly 50 countries. It has been particularly involved in providing aid and relief to disaster victims, improving the lives of senior citizens through housing and advocacy, providing youth leadership training and promoting health education.
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