Jay Bishoff, MD

Jay T. Bishoff, MD, is director of urology for Northwell Health’s central region, overseeing urology sites in Nassau County and parts of eastern Queens. He’s also professor of urology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Dr. Bishoff has more than 30 years of urology experience in surgery, research and education. He has participated in or organized over 100 surgical training programs, edited 6 surgical textbooks, authored 30 book chapters and published more than 140 peer-reviewed articles.

In 2006, while on active duty in the United States Air Force, he served a tour during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Balad, Iraq.

His interest in medicine began when he suffered a hand injury in a junior high school shop class. “That was my first foray into what surgery involved,” he recalls. “I was enthralled by the hand surgeon, but it was more than his skill. He was so reassuring that it instilled confidence. What started as a traumatic event changed the trajectory of my life.”

He completed a fellowship in minimally invasive urologic surgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital following his urology residency in San Antonio, Texas at Brooke Army and Wilford Hall Medical Centers. He attended Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences on an Air Force Scholarship.

He chose urology because of the variety of disease processes and the extensive surgical knowledge required to be able to perform robotic, endoscopic, laparoscopic, microscopic and open urologic procedures.

“I treat patients with evidence-based information delivered using the least invasive means possible. Having a greater breadth of surgical options means we can tailor the procedure to the patient,” he says. “That’s part of a larger goal of treating each patient as an individual. One of the great things about Northwell is the patient-centric, multi-disciplinary approach. We support one another with the view of doing what’s best for each patient.”

Dr. Bishoff joined Northwell in 2021 after his tenure as chief of urology at Intermountain Healthcare. He was drawn by Northwell’s emphasis on research and innovation, including the establishment of the Northwell Health Cancer Center. “Some of my past research has been on quality improvement, and I appreciate being able to bring that here, to deliver a measured experience to our surgeons improving patient outcomes.”