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Northwell Health named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025 list

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The only health system that made the annual list, this recognition comes on the heels of Northwell’s president and CEO Michael J. Dowling named to TIME100 Health’s Most Influential 2025 list and two Northwell inventions making the media publisher’s 2024 Best Inventions list.

For the first time, TIME has named Northwell Health, the largest health system in the Northeast, to its TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025 list. Northwell is the only health system to be recognized on the prestigious list which highlights companies making a difference in 2025, acknowledging innovation, ambition and success. TIME aims to showcase diverse forms of influence and offer examples of impactful corporate leadership. Other companies on the list includes Nintendo, Coinbase, Gilead and LinkedIn. The selection process involves input from editors, contributors, correspondents and external experts. See the full list here and Northwell’s profile here.

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Northwell Health has been named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies.

Northwell Health has been named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies.

TIME recognized Northwell for its launch of Northwell Studios last year, a dedicated entity focused on harnessing the power of storytelling and entertainment to humanize health care and spark meaningful social conversations. The health system’s most recent project, One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit, created by Gidalya Pictures, premiered at the DC/DOX Film Festival and on HBO and is now streaming on Max. Northwell has collaborated with renowned filmmakers and production companies on five documentaries, garnering six Emmy Awards and an Academy Award shortlist, reaching tens of millions of viewers worldwide. Northwell Studios has new productions in the works, including a second season of Netflix’s Lenox Hill, which is filming, and a cookbook titled Well & Nourished coming out this fall, which builds on Northwell’s belief that food is medicine—a powerful tool for healing and transformation.

“This recognition from TIME underscores Northwell’s unwavering commitment to reimaging health care,” said Mr. Dowling. “Along with our past achievements, this only fuels our passion even further to innovate, drive positive change and build a healthier future for all. We are incredibly proud of our team’s dedication to making a difference in the lives of so many.”

Northwell’s recognition comes after Michael J. Dowling, Northwell’s president and CEO, was named a “Titan” and included on the media company’s annual TIME100 Health’s Most Influential list alongside Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks, GSK CEO Emma Walmsley and Melinda French Gates, philanthropist and founder of Pivotal Ventures.

In 2024, two inventions from Northwell’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research were named to TIME’s Best Inventions list in the medical care category. The first invention recognized was iNav, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered cancer detection tool; the second, “Double Neural Bypass,” is a brain computer interface technology that is restoring movement and the sense of touch in a clinical trial for people living with paralysis.

As New York’s largest health care provider and one of the largest integrated health systems in the U.S., Northwell cares for more than three million people annually. In May, Northwell Health and Nuvance Health announced that the two nonprofit health systems have officially joined together to form a new integrated regional health system that will enhance care for communities across greater New York and Connecticut. The expanded system now encompasses over 104,000 employees, a diverse network of 22,000 nurses and 13,500 providers at 28 hospitals and 1,000 outpatient locations.

Northwell is rooted in the purpose of finding solutions that impact its communities. Since 2019, Northwell has taken the national lead in spotlighting gun violence by launching the Center for Gun Violence Prevention, which brings leaders in health care, business and government together to find solutions to this leading cause of death among children. The Center conducts vital research into the root causes of gun violence, develops evidence-based interventions and implements programs designed to reduce gun-related injuries and deaths. A prime example of its impactful work is a $1.4 million NIH-funded study that facilitated over 80,000 emergency department screenings for gun violence risk, distributed hundreds of gun safety locks and provided crucial safety information to families. Through public awareness campaigns like “Just Ask,” Northwell has encouraged safe gun storage in homes; the campaign has been adopted by over 1,000 hospitals nationwide. With other initiatives like the annual Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Forum – listen to a recap of this year’s forum on a special podcast episode of Good Things from Lemonada here – and the National Health Care CEO Council on Gun Violence Prevention and Safety, the health system aims to rally others to help curb this senseless and preventable violence.

To advance knowledge and find cures for diseases, Northwell’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research comprises over 50 research labs, 3,000 clinical research studies and 5,000 researchers and staff across six institutes: Behavioral Science, Bioelectronic Medicine, Cancer, Health System Science, Molecular Medicine, and Translational Research. Based on breakthroughs at the Feinstein Institutes, a new category of medicine – bioelectronic medicine – which uses techniques like vagus nerve stimulation, has the potential to revolutionize healthcare. In 2025, Northwell opened its first Center for Bioelectronic Medicine, built upon decades of research by the Feinstein Institutes’ president and CEO, Kevin J. Tracey, MD. The center offers access to bioelectronic medicine clinical trials and, when available, treatments including vagus nerve stimulation.

Northwell is also training the next generation of health care workers through a partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and New York City Public Schools to create the Northwell School of Health Sciences, a career-technical education (CTE) high school that will prepare students for careers in health care starting next fall.

Beyond its borders, through its Center for Global Health, Northwell is a worldwide partner, working with countries such as Ukraine, bringing injured soldiers to New York for life-changing care, and Guyana, where the health system has provided mental health services, physician training and supplies.

About Northwell Health

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, western Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees – including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners and Nuvance Health Medical Practices – who are working to change health care for the better. Northwell is making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Northwell is training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.

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