Media Resources

North Shore-LIJ Public Relations Department

125 Community Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021
(516) 465-2600, M-F, 9-5 pm

Overview

The Public Relations Department of the North Shore-LIJ Health System manages external and internal communications on behalf of the health system, including media relations, social media, community and employee newsletters, and other publications.

All news media inquiries should come through public relations staff members, who serve as spokespersons for the health system and its hospitals, and are responsible for arranging interviews with administrators and medical staff. To ensure that the privacy and rights of patients are maintained, patient-related inquiries must also be cleared through public relations staff.

Information for Journalists

Are you looking to interview an expert — a physician, surgeon, researcher, nurse, healthcare executive or other healthcare professional for a print or broadcast story?  Members of the Public Relations Department are available to help develop stories, arrange interviews and coordinate photo or video shoots at health system hospitals and facilities.

We can be reached by phone and pager. Our office hours are Monday-Friday, 9 am to 5 pm; our phone number is (516) 465-2600.

For reporters working on late-breaking stories after hours, public relations staff members are available on-call seven days a week and can be contacted via the departmental pager at: (516) 975-4974.  For further assistance, contact the page operator at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset at (516) 562-0100. 

Media Contacts

	Terry Lynam Vice President of Public Relations (516) 465-2640 tlynam@nshs.edu		Michelle Pinto Director, Media Relations (516) 465-2649 mpinto@nshs.edu
	Brian Mulligan Assistant Vice President, Public Relations (516) 465-2618 bmulliga@nshs.edu		Elaine Wohl Senior Producer, Broadcast Services (516) 465-2615 ewohl@nshs.edu
	Betty Olt Director, Special Projects (516) 465-2645 bolt@nshs.edu		Tim Vassilakos Manager, Public Relations & Social Media (516) 465-275 tvassilakos@nshs.edu
	Alexandra Zendrian Public Relations Specialist (516) 465-2607 azendrian@nshs.edu		Denise Weiner Communications Coordinator (516) 465-2715 dweiner1@nshs.edu

Administrative Staff

Linda Christiano Administrative Assistant (516) 465-2600 lchristi@nshs.edu

Hospital-Based Media Contacts

	Edward Fraser Director of Community Relations NSLIJ-Southside Hospital (631) 968-3477 After hours: (516) 492-7658 efraser@nshs.edu		Arleen Ryback Director, Public Affairs Staten Island University Hospital (718) 226-2483 After hours: (718) 689-3626 Arleen_ryback@siuh.edu
	Theresa Jacobellis Director, Public Affairs Huntington Hospital (631) 470-5207     After hours: (631) 523-2980 ThJacobellis@hunthosp.org

About North Shore-LIJ

The nation's second largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, the North Shore-LIJ Health System cares for people of all ages throughout Long Island, Queens and Staten Island — a service area encompassing more than five million people. The winner of the National Quality Forum’s 2010 National Quality Healthcare Award, the North Shore-LIJ Health System consists of 15 hospitals, 17 long-term care facilities, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, three trauma centers, five home health agencies, a hospice network and dozens of outpatient centers. In addition, North Shore-LIJ is partnering with Hofstra University to develop a new medical school. North Shore-LIJ’s owned facilities house about 5,000 beds, employ more than 9,500 nurses and have affiliations with more than 7,500 physicians. Its workforce of about 38,000 is the largest on Long Island and the ninth largest in New York City. For more information, go to www.northshorelij.com.

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