The Feil family has gifted more than $5 million to South Nassau in the past several years. This includes a $3 million donation in the spring of 2011.

1. For Immediate Release January 31, 2017
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
South Nassau Receives $1 Million Donation from Feil Family Foundation
--Contribution Will Help Hospital Consolidate Cancer Services at Oceanside Campus
Oceanside, NY – The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust has made a $1 million
donation to South Nassau Communities Hospital that will help establish a new, expanded Cancer
Center at the hospital’s main campus in Oceanside. Currently, cancer services are spread over
several different sites on the South Shore, making diagnosis and treatment services logistically
challenging at times for patients.
“We have an excellent cancer team right here on the South Shore and this donation will
help us serve cancer patients even better,” said Richard J. Murphy, President and CEO at South
Nassau. “The Feil family has been extremely generous to South Nassau over the years and, once
again, they have come forward with a donation that will allow us to advance our mission to
improve care.”
The Feil family has gifted more than $5 million to South Nassau in the past several years.
This includes a $3 million donation to South Nassau in the spring of 2011that supported the
continued growth and expansion of the hospital’s existing Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center,
located in Valley Stream.
“South Nassau is the Feil family’s community hospital and we remain committed to
supporting its mission of providing quality healthcare services to the South Shore communities
of Nassau County,” said Mr. Jeffrey J. Feil. “The hospital’s plan to consolidate cancer services in
one place at the main hospital in Oceanside is a good one that will advance patient care.”
Mr. Feil, his sisters, and their families, including their parents, the late Gertrude and
Louis, have been lifelong residents of Rockville Centre, NY. Feil serves as President & CEO of
The Feil Organization, a family-owned real estate investment, development and management
company based in New York, NY.
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2. The Feil family set aside part of the donation to support the hiring of a part-time
behavioral health counselor to work with the social services staff at the Barry & Florence
Freidberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside.
This new partnership between the Jewish Community Center and the hospital will help
advance a joint goal of giving residents the information and education they need to stay healthy
and avoid costly hospital visits. A part of the hospital’s ‘population health’ initiative, the
counselor will assist community center patrons navigate the health care system and advance
programs that emphasis healthy living habits.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
for outstanding nursing care, South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest
hospitals, with 455 beds, more than 900 physicians and 3,500 employees. Located in Oceanside,
NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art
care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency
services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides
emergency and elective angioplasty, and offers Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery
technologies. South Nassau is the only Trauma Center on the South Shore of Nassau County
verified by the American College of Surgeons. South Nassau also is a designated Stroke Center
by the New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by
the American College of Surgeons, and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric
Surgery Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been
awarded the Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality
Measures, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific
care for hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more
information, visit www.southnassau.org.
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