Long Island Jewish Forest Hills

{{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox hospital |name = Long Island Jewish Forest Hills |org_group = Northwell Health |image = Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital.jpeg |image_size = |image_alt = |caption = 66th Avenue entrance of Long Island Jewish Forest Hills |location = 102-01 66th Road Forest Hills |region = New York City |state = New York |country = US |coordinates = {{coord|40.729096|-73.851439|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY|display=ti}} |healthcare = Private |funding = Non-profit |type = |speciality = |standards = |emergency = Yes |affiliation = {{plainlist|*Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine}} |patron =  |network =  |beds = 312 |founded = 1953 |closed =  |website = {{Official website|https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/locations/long-island-jewish-forest-hills}} |other_links = Hospitals in Queens }}

'''Long Island Jewish Forest Hills''' (often called simply '''LIJ Forest Hills''') is a community and teaching hospital operating under the Northwell Health hospital network. It is located in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The hospital is affiliated with the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, which sponsors a residency program in internal medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northwell.edu/research-and-education/graduate-medical-education/internal-medicine-residency-lij-forest-hills/training-information#133276|title=Residency in Internal Medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills – Training information – Northwell Health|website=Northwell.edu}}</ref> The hospital also serves as the host of a podiatry residency program.

==History== The hospital first opened on August 13, 1953, as Forest Hills General Hospital.<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Hospitals, Queens Co., Forest Hills General Hospital|last=Archives at Queens Library|publisher=Open WorldCat|oclc = 642331809}}</ref> In May 1963, the Queens District Attorney opened an investigation into the finances of the institution after a former employee reported that the administration of the hospital was involved in a Blue Cross billing scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/11/doctor-describes-payroll-padding.html|title=Doctor Describes Payroll Padding|date=November 11, 1964|website=The New York Times}}</ref> The scandal led to the hospital's closure in November 1963.<ref name="auto"/> In 1964, the hospital reopened as LaGuardia Hospital, now under the management of HIP. It was later acquired by the North Shore health system in 1996 and renamed North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 27, 2014|url=http://queenstribune.com/guide-to-queens-hospitals/|title=Guide to Queens Hospitals|website=Queens Tribune|accessdate=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204185507/http://queenstribune.com/guide-to-queens-hospitals/|archive-date=February 4, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, the hospital was renamed Forest Hills Hospital.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cimino|first1=Toni|title=Hospital takes on new name|url=http://qns.com/story/2006/02/16/hospital-takes-on-new-name/|website=Qns.com|date=February 16, 2006}}</ref>

In 2016, Northwell Health announced that that state of New York had approved a request to merge the hospital with Long Island Jewish Valley Stream and run both facilities as divisions of the larger Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Glen Oaks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/forest-hills-hospital-franklin-hospital-merge-with-long-island-jewish-medical-center.html |title=Forest Hills Hospital, Franklin Hospital merge with Long Island Jewish Medical Center |date=March 22, 2016 |website=Becker's Hospital Review}}</ref> The hospital was subsequently renamed Long Island Jewish Forest Hills.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forest Hills and Franklin Hospitals Now Part of LIJ Medical Center |url=https://www.northwell.edu/about/news/forest-hills-and-franklin-hospitals-now-part-lij-medical-center |work=Northwell Health |last=O'Donnell |first=Diane |date=March 22, 2016 |language=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428193629/https://www.northwell.edu/about/news/forest-hills-and-franklin-hospitals-now-part-lij-medical-center |archive-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref>

==Services== The hospital currently manages 312 beds and offers general inpatient medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetrics and gynecological services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/locations/long-island-jewish-forest-hills/about |title=Long Island Jewish Forest Hills – About – Northwell Health |website=Northwell.edu}}</ref><ref>was 225 beds in 2000. {{cite news |publisher=Queens Courier |url=https://qns.com/2000/12/north-shore-breathes-new-life-into-forest-hills-hospital/ |title=North Shore Breathes New Life Into Forest Hills Hospital |date=December 14, 2000}}</ref> LIJ Forest Hills is a certified heart station, New York State designated Primary Stroke Center and Level II Perinatal Center. In 2017, the hospital reported 16,500 inpatient discharges, over 2,000 baby deliveries, and over 50,000 Emergency Department visits.

==LaGuardia Hospital== '''LaGuardia Hospital''' (named for Fiorello H. La Guardia)<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/20/nyregion/state-says-hospital-refused-to-revive-a-dying-patient.html |title=State Says Hospital Refused to Revive a Dying Patient |date=November 20, 1984}}</ref> was an interim name under which the hospital operated from 1964 through 1996.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/classified/paid-notice-deaths-gray-arthur-a-md.html |title=Deaths: GRAY, ARTHUR A., M.D. |quote=at Forest Hills Hospital dates back to 1976, when it was known as LaGuardia Hospital. |date=November 23, 2004}}</ref> During those years, it was managed by HIP.

==See also== {{portal|Medicine|New York City}} * List of hospitals in Queens * Long Island Jewish Medical Center * Long Island Jewish Valley Stream

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Category:Hospitals in Queens, New York Category:1953 establishments in New York City Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1953 Category:Forest Hills, Queens