UHF’s Excellence in Health Care Award honors extraordinary personal leadership to improve quality of care, patient safety, and patient experience. Honorees are selected for their vision and accomplishments by participating hospital systems, long-term care facilities, home care organizations, independent practice associations, and federally qualified health centers from across the greater New York metropolitan region.
Following are the 2022 honorees, listed by organization.
AdvantageCare Physicians
Nicole Y. Thomas-Sealey, MD, Vice President, Clinical Education
BronxCare Health System
William A. Lois, MD, FACS, Chairman, Surgery
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Sheila Anane, MPH, Senior Director of Ambulatory Quality and Services
Coalition of Asian-American IPA (CAIPA)
Milestones Pediatrics of New York
Jason C. Chen, MD, Treasurer
Connie Lam, DO, President
Nancy Ngai, MD, Vice President
Catholic Health
Corrinne Tramontana, Vice President of Quality Programs and Clinical Data Analysis
Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
Holly M. Lee, FNP, Clinical Director
Community Healthcare Network
Harvey A. Diaz, Program Director
Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center
Carmela Senese, MA, OTR/L, Chief Rehabilitation Officer
and
Yelena Yadgarova, MBA, RRT-NPS, Director of Respiratory Therapy
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Diane Shea, RN, BSN, Chief Quality Officer
Hackensack Meridian Health
Thomas J. Bader, MD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer
HealthCare Partners, IPA
Tiffany La Croix, LCSW, Manager of Behavioral Health and Social Work
Hospital for Special Surgery
Michael L. Parks, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Institute for Community Living
Ellen B. Tabor, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer
Institute for Family Health
Cindy-Lou Killikelly, BSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
The Jewish Board
Helene Lauffer, MPA, Chief Operating Officer
Maimonides Medical Center
Ingrid A. Walker-Descartes, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, Director of Child Maltreatment Services and Vice Chair of Pediatric Education
MediSys Health Network
Sabiha Raoof, MD, FACR, FCCP, Chief Medical Officer, Patient Safety Officer, and Chairperson, Radiology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Francesca M. Gany, MD, MS, Chief Attending, Immigrant Health & Cancer Disparities
MJHS
Isabella Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care
Christene Joseph, RN, MS, WCC, C-NE, IPC, LNC, Director of Nursing Services
Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care
Faina Vasserman, RN, MS, CNS, IP, Director of Nursing
MJHS Home Care and MJHS Hospice
Lorette Shea, RN, BSN, MPS, Assistant Vice President of Quality Management
Montefiore Health System
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Pauline M. Jones, MEd, FNP-BC, CRRN, Assistant Vice President of Nursing
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Patricia A. Hametz, MD, MPH, Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Senior Medical Director
Montefiore Medical Center, Einstein Campus
David Esses, MD, Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Campus
Katherine E. Di Palo, PharmD, Clinical Program Manager, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Montefiore Medical Center, Wakefield Campus
Mary O'Keeffe, BSN, RNC, Clinical Staff Nurse
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
Luckdjyne Labelle Neas, LCSW, CASAC-2, Clinical Manager
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
Shannon P. Wales, MSW, Manager, Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Daryl Schiller, PharmD, FASHP, BCPS-AQ ID, Senior Director of Pharmacy
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall
Evan P. Cohen, MD, Medical Director of Emergency Services
White Plains Hospital
Rafael E. Torres, MD, FACEP, Chief Quality Officer
Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Radfan M. Gazali, MD, Director of Hospital Medicine
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Gary Oldenburg, MSc, RRT-NPS, Director, Respiratory Care Services
Mount Sinai Morningside
Seana Friedman, DNP, MBA, MSN, FNP, RN, Director, Cardiovascular Nursing
Mount Sinai Queens
Wilder A. Chavez, Project Manager, Hospital Operations
Mount Sinai West
Dayna Dixon, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, CPHQ, Nurse Education Manager
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Shravan V. Savant, MD, Chief Resident, Department of Ophthalmology
Mount Sinai South Nassau
Zapora Burillo, MS, RN, CNN, CPHQ, Director of Nursing
Mount Sinai Union Square
Elizabeth Capa, MS, Associate Director, Ambulatory Care
The New Jewish Home
Sandra Mundy, LMSW, LNHA, Administrator, Manhattan Division
Northwell Health
Corporate
John D'Angelo, MD, Senior Vice President, Regional Executive Director
and
Jill Kalman, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Physician-in-Chief
Lenox Hill Hospital / Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital / Lenox Hill Greenwich Village
Daniel J. Baker, MD, MBA, Medical Director
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills
Lorraine Chambers Lewis, PA-C, MBA, FACHE, Executive Director
Long Island Jewish Valley Stream
Keasha S. Guerrier, MD, Chair, Family Medicine
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Amy E. Loeb, EdD, MBA, RN, Executive Director
South Shore University Hospital
Ralph J. Civello, MSN, BSN, BS, RN, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Executive Director
Staten Island University Hospital North and Prince’s Bay
Myrna Capabianco, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Associate Executive Director, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
Zucker Hillside Hospital
Marybeth McManus, MPA, BSN, RN, PMH-BC, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Executive Director of Patient Care Services
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Medical Center/North Central Bronx Hospital
Jana E. Romm, MD, Attending Pediatrician
One Brooklyn Health System/Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation
Genevieve Sorensen, CPHQ, Vice President for Long Term Care
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Igor Israel, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Richmond University Medical Center
Fiona Shehaj, MD, Chief, Women’s Cardiovascular Health
RiverSpring Health Plans
Theresa Renart, RN, Education Diabetic Manager
SBH Health System
Janine L. Adjo, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
Bevin Mathew, CPHQ, CPPS, Manager, Quality & Performance Improvement
St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children
Tina Hess, Assistant Director of Quality, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness
SOMOS Community Care
Maria M. Molina, MD, Pediatrician
Stamford Health
Rohit Bhalla, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical and Quality Officer
Summit Health
Kerry S. LeBenger, MD, Clinical Immunologist
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Ritchell R. Dignam, MD, HMDC, Chief Medical Officer for VNSNY Provider Services and Hospice Medical Director for VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care
Yale New Haven Health
Bridgeport Hospital
Christopher Bussiere, Safety & Quality Specialist III, Performance Improvement
Greenwich Hospital
Christopher M. Davison, MD, FACEP, Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital
Carin Gutelius, MSN, RN-C, NE-BC, Director of Inpatient Nursing and Critical Care
Northeast Medical Group
Karen E. Brown, MD, Medical Director, Primary Care and Co-Chair YNHHS Care Signature Ambulatory Council
Westerly Hospital
Robin Heard-Albert, RN, CIC, Infection Prevention, Site Lead
Yale New Haven Health System
Rebecca McCray, MS, BSN, RN, CNML, Director, Vaccine Enterprise
and
Nancy Hamson, MBA, System Director, Community Health Improvement
Yale New Haven Hospital
Adam L. Ackerman, MD, Physician Lead and Co-Chair of Opioid Stewardship, Yale New Haven Health
Yale School of Medicine
Darin A. Latimore, MD, Deputy Dean, Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine