Dr. Jeffrey Kane

Long Island University is, first and foremost, a teaching institution. We are here to guide our students to explore the world and themselves in the tradition of the arts and sciences and with a clear focus on the requirements of the modern workplace. Our programs in the C.W. Post School of Health Professions and Nursing embody these goals and commitments.

The American Health Care Delivery System is continually in flux with radical changes in technology and health care policy as well as insurance coverage programs and practices. Health care professionals must be prepared not only to react to, but to anticipate, change and create new opportunities for effective medical treatment. The theories and practices that apply today will fast become outdated and individual professional responsibilities will require broad intellectual skills and a keen mind. In this context, our responsibility is to provide students with both the knowledge and skills necessary for entry into healthcare professions but with both the knowledge and skills necessary to support the life-long process of learning itself.

Perhaps even more important, we see participation in the world of health care as a noble calling based upon the recognition of the dignity and sanctity of all human beings. There is no health care without “caring.” As we teach, we hope to keep alive and to nourish this fundamental insight so that each person you encounter is given the kindness and consideration we could hope for our families and ourselves. Our mission as teachers requires that we do no less.

Dr. Jeffrey Kane