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St. John’s University and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens announced a partnership today that makes NewYork-Presbyterian Queens the official hospital of Red Storm Athletics.

Under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Rosen, chairman of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, the practice is now officially providing physician services to St. John’s Athletics. Dr. Rosen and his colleague, Dr. Justin Classie, medical director, Sports Medicine Service, both serve as head team physicians.

“NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is committed to providing world-class care to the residents of Queens, and we are thrilled that our mission now includes caring for the amazing student-athletes at St. John’s University,” said Jaclyn Mucaria, president of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens. “St. John’s University and its athletic programs have always been foundations of the Queens community. We are proud to support this fine program and look forward to continuing to grow the relationship between NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and St. John’s through future collaborations in sports medicine, health services, wellness and prevention, and research.”

Anton Goff, St. John’s Director of Athletics, said, “NewYork-Presbyterian is consistently ranked as New York’s top hospital and one of the best health care providers in the country, and we know they will do a superb job of caring for our student athletes. Our partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian Queens will provide new resources to our athletic department as we continue to enhance St. John’s student-athlete experience. We are grateful for the support of NewYork-Presbyterian Queens.”

In June of last year, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens officially opened its new, state-of-the-art Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Jackson Heights, Queens. Dr. Rosen leads this practice, which provides general orthopedic surgery, and maintains a team of fellowship-trained, board-certified physicians and surgeons that are subspecialists in sports medicine, trauma, hand and upper-extremity conditions, foot and ankle disorders, joint replacement and spinal programs. This wide array of services and specialists will be a benefit to Red Storm athletes.

“Our practice is dedicated to serving patients in Queens, and providing physician services to the renowned St. John’s athletics program allows us to deepen our relationships in the community,” added Dr. Jeffrey Rosen.

“The sports medicine staff at St. John’s University is very excited about this new partnership as we continue our Red Storm tradition of providing outstanding medical care to our student-athletes,” said Ron Linfonte, Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Medicine.

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, located in Flushing, New York, is a community teaching hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine that serves Queens and metro New York residents. The 535-bed tertiary care facility provides services in 14 clinical departments and numerous subspecialties, including 15,000 surgeries and 4,000 infant deliveries each year. With its network of affiliated primary and multispecialty care physician practices and community-based health centers, the hospital provides approximately 162,000 ambulatory care visits and 124,000 emergency service visits annually. For more information, visit nyp.org/queens

NewYork-Presbyterian

NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive healthcare delivery networks, focused on providing innovative and compassionate care to patients in the New York metropolitan area and throughout the globe. In collaboration with two renowned medical school partners, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian is consistently recognized as a leader in medical education, groundbreaking research and clinical innovation.

NewYork-Presbyterian has four major divisions: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked #1 in the New York metropolitan area by U.S. News and World Report and repeatedly named to the magazine’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the nation; NewYork-Presbyterian Regional Hospital Network is comprised of leading hospitals in and around New York and delivers high-quality care to patients throughout the region; NewYork-Presbyterian Physician Services connects medical experts with patients in their communities; and NewYork-Presbyterian Community and Population Health features the hospital’s ambulatory care network sites and operations, community care initiatives and healthcare quality programs, including NewYork Quality Care, established by NewYork-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell and Columbia.

NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the largest healthcare providers in the U.S. Each year, nearly 29,000 NewYork-Presbyterian professionals deliver exceptional care to more than 2 million patients.

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About St. John’s University Department of Athletics

St. John’s sponsors 17 varsity athletic programs with proud and storied traditions. A charter member of the BIG EAST Conference, three Red Storm teams won league championships during the 2015-16 academic year, as the BIG EAST continues as one of the nation’s most competitive conferences. Located in the entertainment and media capital of the world, the Red Storm bears the moniker of “New York’s Team” with the men’s basketball squad playing a percentage of its home games at “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” Madison Square Garden.