North Shore University Hospital unveiled its Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion Friday, a monumental $560 million, 288,000-square-foot tower that will be used for cardiac, neurosurgery and transplant programs.

“This is a proud moment for health care in the region,” Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell, stated in a press release. “The Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion has been part of Northwell Health’s master plan for more than a decade.”

The new surgical pavilion was made possible by donors Attilio and Beverly Petrocelli, a Kings Point couple whom the center is named after, who have made contributions to projects and programs alike at North Shore University Hospital and Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park.

“Beverly and I feel that giving back to our hospital is one of the best ways we can help our community,” Attilio Petrocelli said in a press release. “It is so gratifying to know that this new pavilion will provide lifesaving, exceptional care to so many patients.”

The surgical tower, developed and constructed by Skanska USA, includes 18 operating rooms, three hybrid rooms with advanced imaging capabilities and 132 intensive care rooms. The hybrid operating rooms combine traditional surgical settings with image-guided interventional suites, enabling highly complex surgical procedures.

“I think one of the biggest demands for North Shore University Hospital has been the ability to accept patient transfers from other hospitals who require ICU level care and complex surgeries,” Sendach said. “NSUH is the only hospital in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens that provides heart, lung and liver transplants, so it was important that this campus have the most sophisticated and newest ICU rooms and operating rooms.”

The tower’s completion, which is set to open Feb. 10, comes 70 years after the hospital’s initial opening in July 1953.

North Shore University Hospital, a Level I trauma center and quaternary care teaching hospital, said in a press release the investment made by Northwell Health is a testament to the hospital’s commitment to its patients.

The hospital serves beyond the Long Island and New York City Metro area, with approximately 40% of the hospital’s patients living in Queens and an additional 5% traveling over 100 miles for specialized care.

“The impetus to move on this project was to expand North Shore University Hospital’s critical care and operating room capacity,” Jon Sendach, executive director and deputy regional executive director of Northwell’s Central Region, said. “The purpose of that was to provide increased space to take care of the region’s sickest patients.”

The new project will also serve as the new home for the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, providing a special entrance for cardiac patients and their families.

“Every known procedure that can be done in cardiac surgery, including heart and lung transplant, is done at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital,” Alan Hartman, senior vice president and executive director of Cardiothoracic Services at Northwell, said.“But now, in the Petrocelli Surgical Pavilion, the new home of the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, advanced cardiac procedures will be done in a facility that has the splendor, space and cutting-edge technology that reflects the very procedures this building was built for.”

Northwell Health also serves as a teaching hospital for the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, providing a variety of residency programs, postgraduate training programs and fellowships to train future clinicians.

Following the opening of the new surgical tower, Sendach said that “students of varying types will have the chance to participate in educational opportunities here.”

In addition to the Petrocellis, other donors for the surgical pavilion include Sandra Atlas Bass, Arlene and Arthur Levine, Clifford and Randi Lane, Rahat and S. Zaki Hossain, Pamela and Laurence Tarica, Flora and Frank Lalezarian, Jodi and Robert Rosenthal, Linda and Seth Horowitz of the G. & B. Horowitz Family Foundation, and the Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation.

“It took guile and determination to see this massive project through to completion,” Dowling said. “I want to personally thank everyone who made this investment in the health and longevity of New Yorkers possible. It is a true achievement.”