North Shore/LIJ Hospital Expanding Footprint for Cancer Services

LAKE SUCCESS, NY-The North Shore-LIJ Health System announced Thursday it will spend $175 million to expand its cancer services, open new cancer treatment centers and make the North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute a system-wide cancer care brand. The move will consolidate some service locations and upgrade equipment.

In announcing the investment, the system said that historically its cancer services had been delivered by its individual hospitals and affiliated community-based physicians. “While the health system’s current cancer program is quite large—probably larger than most people think—we’re looking to grow but also to create an identity and brand,” says Dr. Louis Potters, co-director of the Cancer Institute and NS-LIJ’s chair of radiation medicine.