NYU Langone Health names Dr. Alec Kimmelman its – Business News
NYU Langone Health on Monday named Dr. Alec Kimmelman as its subsequent chief government officer and dean of New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine — concluding a complete nationwide search.
Kimmelman, who has been main NYU Langone’s Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center since 2023, will formally step into his new function on Sep. 1, succeeding Dr. Robert Grossman, who’s retiring after 18 years on the helm of the hospital.
“I am humbled and excited to be the next CEO and Dean of NYU Langone and appreciate the confidence the Board of Trustees and the search committee have placed in me,” Kimmelman stated.
The announcement by NYU Langone’s Board of Trustees was praised by board chairman Kenneth Langone, who was co-chair of the search committee.
NYU Langone Health has appointed Dr. Alec Kimmelman as its subsequent chief government officer and dean of New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine. NYU Langone Staff
“We are excited to name Dr. Kimmelman to this position given his extraordinary talent, leadership experience, and strong character,” Langone, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who made his fortune as co-founder of Home Depot, stated in a assertion.
Langone, a graduate of NYU’s Stern School of Business, emphasised confidence in Kimmelman’s potential to “build on Bob’s legacy and lead our institution into its next phase of innovation and impact.”
Kimmelman highlighted his dedication to sustaining NYU Langone’s excellence in affected person care, training, and scientific analysis — building on the exceptional progress made underneath Grossman.
Grossman recommended his successor’s accomplishments, notably his groundbreaking analysis in molecular oncology.
“Throughout his career at NYU Langone, most recently leading Perlmutter Cancer Center, Dr. Kimmelman has further established our integrated academic health system as a leader in research and treatment,” Grossman stated.
NYU Langone advanced from a regional hospital into a nationally acknowledged educational healthcare system — attaining annual revenues of $14.2 billion and increasing considerably. Robert Miller
Incoming board chair Fiona Druckenmiller famous her pleasure about collaborating with Kimmelman.
“Ken and Dr. Grossman shared a bold vision and an amazing partnership that made NYU Langone what it is today. I am excited to cultivate a similar working relationship with Dr. Kimmelman,” she said.
Under Grossman’s management, NYU Langone advanced from a regional hospital into a nationally acknowledged educational healthcare system — attaining annual revenues of $14.2 billion and increasing considerably.
The community just lately opened a hospital in Suffolk County and commenced initiating plans for a complete outpatient middle in West Palm Beach, Fla.
However, a proposed $3 billion plan to construct a cutting-edge NYU Langone medical middle at Nassau Community College has been put on maintain indefinitely as a result of “external factors that have presented issues that may prove to be too burdensome to overcome,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman stated final week.
The announcement by NYU Langone’s Board of Trustees was praised by Kenneth Langone, board chair and co-chair of the search committee. Bloomberg News
The 89-year-old Langone has donated at the least $400 million to NYU Langone Health, together with $100 million in 2008, one other $100 million in 2018 to assist tuition-free medical training and $200 million in 2023 to fund scholarships at NYU Long Island School of Medicine.
His broader philanthropy additionally consists of $10 million to NYU’s MBA program and over $5 million to the Animal Medical Center in New York.
NYU Langone Health has earned the highest rating from Vizient, Inc. amongst complete educational medical facilities nationwide for the third consecutive yr.
In US News & World Report’s 2024-2025 “Best Hospitals” rankings, NYU Langone was positioned on the Honor Roll of prime 20 hospitals nationwide. NYU Langone
It additionally achieved important recognition in national hospital rankings.
In US News & World Report’s 2024-2025 “Best Hospitals” rankings, NYU Langone was positioned on the Honor Roll of prime 20 hospitals nationwide.
Notably, it secured the No. 1 place in each neurology and neurosurgery for the third consecutive yr, in addition to in pulmonology and lung surgical procedure.
The establishment additionally ranked second nationally in cardiology, coronary heart surgical procedure and vascular surgical procedure whereas attaining top-five standings in a number of different specialties, together with urology, geriatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation, diabetes and endocrinology and gastroenterology and GI surgical procedure.
