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Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling is stepping down as president and CEO of the nonprofit provider effective October 1, the health system said Wednesday. The executive, who has been at the helm of Northwell for more than 23 years, will continue to support the New York-based system in an advisory capacity as CEO Emeritus, according to the news release.
Dowling was Northwell’s first CEO and helped grow the company from a network of Long Island-based hospitals into one of the largest systems in the country, most recently through a merger with Nuvance Health.
The deal took over a year to close and came with considerable regulatory conditions, including agreements from Northwell to invest in Nuvance facilities and constrain price growth. Still, the merger greatly swelled Northwell’s size, adding seven hospitals to its portfolio and creating a nearly $23 billion system.
The combined health system now employs approximately 104,000 workers across 28 hospitals and 1,000 care locations, according to the news release.
Northwell’s Board of Trustees has named John D’Angelo as Dowling’s successor. D’Angelo, a former emergency medicine physician who currently serves as executive vice president of Northwell’s central region, has been with Northwell for more than 25 years, including in clinical and administrative leadership roles.
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