Mr. Michael J. Dowling has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Northwell Health, Inc. (formerly North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Inc.) of Long Island Jewish Medical Center since January 1, 2002 and serves as its Trustee. Mr. Dowling serves as Treasurer, Secretary and Director at Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Inc. Mr. Dowling oversees a healthcare network which delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area, pioneering research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and a visionary approach to medical education, highlighted by the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. He was the health system's executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining North Shore-LIJ in 1995, he served as a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Mr. Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to the governor. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of Social Policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County. He serves as a Director of Accelerate Long Island, Inc. He has been a Director at BankUnited, Inc. and Bankunited NA since May 23, 2013. He serves as Director of Long Island Association, Inc. and Smile Train, Inc. He serves as chairman of the Healthcare Association of New York State and the National Center for Healthcare Leadership. He served as chairman of the Greater New York Hospital Association. He was chairman of the League of Voluntary Hospitals of New York. He serves as Trustee of North Shore – Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc. He serves on numerous other boards including the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland and the Holocaust Center of Nassau County. Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards over the years. They include The Distinguished Public Service Award from the State University of New York's Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, an Outstanding Public Official Award from the Mental Health Association of New York State, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, the Alfred E. Smith Award from the American Society for Public Administration, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He also received the Gold Medal from the American Irish Historical Society. Mr. Dowling earned his Undergraduate degrees from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland and his Master's Degree from Fordham University. He also has an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University.

Medical Education, HealthCare research