Maria Torroella Carney, MD, MACP
Chief, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine and Medical Director, Continuing Care, Northwell Health
Dr. Maria Torroella Camey is a board-certified internist, geriatrician, and palliative care physician with clinical, research, administrative, and public health leadership experience. She has been at Northwell Health since 2012 and is currently Medical Director for Continuing Care and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.
She is Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. Dr. Carney trained in Internal Medicine at Georgetown School of Medicine and The New York Hospital -Weill/Cornell Medical Center and completed a research-oriented fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She served as commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Health on Long Island, New York serving a population of 1.3 million residents from 2008-2011. She has dedicated her career to promoting longevity, healthy aging, and high-quality care for older adults and those with serious illness. She was selected as a 2022-2023 Health and Aging Policy Fellow, a national leadership program. In May 2024, The Aging Revolution, a book co-authored with Michael Dowling and Charles Kenney will be published.