Northwell opens $6M suite

Northwell Health has opened a $6 million interventional radiology suite at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, adding a third procedure room built around a 3D imaging system for cancer care. (northwell.edu) Interventional radiology uses live imaging to guide needles, catheters and other tools through tiny openings instead of large incisions. At Long Island Jewish, the new room is centered on a Philips Azurion 7 platform that can rotate on eight axes to give doctors more 3D viewing angles during procedures. (northwell.edu) Northwell said the 1,100-square-foot suite opened on April 10 and the $6 million project covered the imaging system, ancillary equipment, information technology upgrades and added recovery space. Long Island Jewish is a 583-bed teaching hospital that treats more than 80,000 patients a year. (northwell.edu; radiologybusiness.com) The hospital said the setup is meant to support more advanced cancer biopsies and targeted procedures such as tumor ablation, chemotherapy port placement and other minimally invasive treatments. Northwell also said the system can be used for neurointerventions and emergency cases such as internal bleeding. (northwell.edu) Cancer care is a major service line at this campus. Long Island Jewish houses the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Hospital, and Northwell says its 400 oncology specialists treat more than 19,000 cancer cases each year across the system. (radiologybusiness.com; northwell.edu) Northwell framed the new room as part of a broader push to expand high-end imaging capacity on Long Island. In October, its Huntington Hospital opened a renovated $3 million interventional radiology suite, and in April 2025 Long Island Jewish opened a separate $6.1 million hybrid operating room for vascular surgery. (radiologybusiness.com; libn.com) Northwell executives said the new imaging platform is designed to improve precision while lowering radiation dose for patients. That pitch matches a broader hospital trend: spending on image-guided rooms that can handle more complex procedures without sending patients to open surgery. (radiologybusiness.com; northwell.edu) For Long Island Jewish, the immediate change is concrete: one more interventional radiology room, more recovery space and a new machine built to give physicians a clearer 3D map while they work. (northwell.edu; radiologybusiness.com)