Jonathan Berkowitz, MD, is the medical director for Northwell Health’s Center for Emergency Medical Services and Centralized Transfer Center. He is a dual board-certified emergency and EMS physician with a background in programming, interested in aligning the clinical, technological and operational to deliver the IHI Quadruple Aim. The Centralized Transfer Center was a three-year project to build a single logistics center dedicated to managing patient movement within one of the nation's largest integrated healthcare delivery networks. The CTC was instrumental during the pandemic as over 1,500 COVID patients required transfer to ensure operational continuity.

Dr. Berkowitz has long been an advocate of programs that endeavor to deliver out-of-hospital integrated care by utilizing technology and paramedicine and leveraging healthcare system resources. He is also the chief of the Division of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine, an academic department focused on generating research and strives for thought leadership on healthcare in the out-of-hospital environment.