Jon Sendach serves as hospital president of North Shore University Hospital and deputy market president of Northwell Health’s Central Region. Northwell Health is New York’s largest health care organization and its largest private employer. Headquartered just outside New York City with over 85,000 team members, it serves patients from the east end of Long Island to Westchester County while continuing to expand. With 21 hospitals and over 900 outpatient facilities, Northwell serves over 12 million patients and generates over $18 billion in revenue annually.
As deputy market president, he supports efforts to advance the execution and continued evolution of the market’s strategy. In his role as hospital president at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH), Mr. Sendach is responsible for the overall operation of the 800-bed facility and led it through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, he has been spearheading the hospital’s growth strategies and expansion of new programs, including the construction of a seven-story, 280,000 square-foot advanced surgical pavilion.
Before becoming NSUH’s top executive in January 2020, Mr. Sendach served as deputy hospital president, managing non-clinical operations, facilities and ancillary services, as well as the hospital’s trauma, emergency and heart hospital programs. He previously was associate executive director for finance at Glen Cove Hospital, where he was responsible for financial management, patient financial services and health information management. There he oversaw Glen Cove’s faculty practice.
Board certified in health care management, Mr. Sendach is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and holds an ACHE faculty appointment, where he helps lead the highly acclaimed COO Bootcamp program for emerging and current healthcare chief operating officers from around the nation. As part of this appointment, he teaches for the college several times a year at ACHE national meetings.
Mr. Sendach was named one of Long Island Business News’ 40 Under 40. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and a Master of Public Administration from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, where he holds an appointment as adjunct associate professor of health policy and management. Mr. Sendach also completed a residency in health care administration at Northwell.
Prior to joining Northwell, Mr. Sendach worked as a senior account executive in the New York health and medical practice at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and at The Rowland Company, where he worked with the company’s healthcare team and summer intern training program.
Mr. Sendach is a longtime volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with a Long Island fire company, where he has twice held the rank of captain and completed a term as president. An avid aviation enthusiast, Mr. Sendach holds a commercial pilot license from the FAA and enjoys flying his airplane up and down the east coast visiting family and friends.
