$325M No. Shore University Hospital Surgical Pavillion Underway

MANHASSET, NY — Northwell officials added their signatures to a steel beam before it was hoisted into the air above them and laid across others like it during a topping-off ceremony at the $325 million Petrocelli Advanced Surgical Pavilion under construction at North Shore University Hospital on Thursday.

The beam was hoisted in place on top of the seven-story, 28,000-square-foot building as staff, donors, stakeholders, and system leaders looked on from below. The pavilion will feature 18 operating rooms, including three hybrid operating suites with advanced imaging, 44 intensive care unit beds, a lobby at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, and two levels of parking under the building. It will be completed by the end of 2023.

Officials said the building will transform the Level I trauma center and teaching hospital’s capabilities. It currently serves as the home to the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital and the Katz Women’s Hospital, contains a neurosurgery department, provides transplant services, and serves the surrounding community as one of the busiest emergency departments in the New York Metropolitan area.

Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, said the pavilion “represents the future of health care for Long Island and Queens residents.”

“This impressive facility is the realization of a lot of planning and work that goes back more than a decade,” he said. “It will serve to magnify all of the great things already happening at North Shore University Hospital.”

The pavillion would not have been possible without a “significant gift” from Kings Point residents Attilio and Beverly Petrocelli, whom the facility has been named after, Northwell officials said. The couple has supported the health system through numerous development projects and programs both at the hospital and Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park over the past 27 years, according to Northwell officials.

Petrocelli is the chairman emeritus of United Capital Corporation, a real estate investment, and management firm, as well as the manufacturer of engineered products which has headquarters in Great Neck. The 41-year-old company owns commercial, retail, daycare and hotel properties throughout the United States.

Petrocelli said he and his wife are “trying to give a little back” from their own.”

“A hospital is one of the best ways to do that because it helps the entire community,” he added.

Jon Sendach, the medical centers executive director, said staff appreciate the “overwhelming support of the community” to make the infrastructure project possible.

“This is an important milestone as we move forward with its construction. Once the Petrocelli Pavilion is complete, it will help pave the way to the exciting future of medicine,” he said.

The Petrocellis’ donation also supports Northwell’s seven-year, $1 billion “Outpacing the Impossible” fundraising campaign to advance health care within the organization, Northwell officials said.

The campaign supports capital projects, improves hospitals and clinical programs, and advances research and funds endowment for teaching and research initiatives, according to Northwell officials. It was publicly launched in October 2018 and to date and has raised more than $800 million, officials said.

Brian Lally, Northwell’s senior vice president and chief development officer, said the facility’s staff are “incredibly grateful” to the Petrocellis.

“Philanthropy is critical to Northwell Health, and helps us to take better care of more people,” he said. “The Petrocellis’ support of this project will help us elevate the quality of care we deliver to all of those who come to North Shore University Hospital for complex surgical procedures and will greatly enhance the patient and healing experience.”

For more information about Northwell and the Outpacing the Impossible campaign, go to https://give.northwell.edu/campaign.