Jill Kalman, MD, is the executive vice president, chief medical officer, and deputy physician-in-chief and professor of cardiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Dr Kalman joined Northwell in May 2014 as the associate medical director at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She later served as the medical director and then the executive director of Lenox Hill Hospital and was responsible for the quality of patient care, safety, and day-to-day operations. Under Dr. Kalman's leadership, Lenox Hill elevated its reputation as a regional, national, and global destination for top quality tertiary care. She and her team significantly expanded the breadth of clinical programs, successfully recruited physician talent, and grew patient volume. She was instrumental in successfully leading the Lenox Hill response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery efforts and achieving 91st percentile in the Workforce Engagement Survey. Lenox Hill also received the coveted Magnet status for its commitment to nursing excellence.

Dr Kalman was also the medical director for the office of patient and customer experience for Northwell Health, in which she led the initiative for the physician's role in the patient experience.

Dr Kalman is an expert in congestive heart failure and has published extensively in that area. She began her career on the faculty at Mount Sinai Hospital. She also started and developed the Heart Failure Program at Beth Israel Medical Center and was subsequently recruited to New York University Medical Center as director of the Cardiomyopathy Program and chief of cardiac services of Tisch Hospital.