NEW YORK, NY—May 3, 2019— On Monday, May 6, United Hospital Fund (UHF) will honor 57 extraordinary quality improvement leaders at 51 hospitals and long-term care facilities across the metropolitan region at its new annual event, Tribute to Excellence in Health Care, recognizing their personal efforts to champion quality of care, patient safety, and patient experience.
The Tribute provides an opportunity for external recognition of excellence—hospitals and long-term care institutions were invited to identify one individual at each site who has demonstrated vision and accomplishment in improving quality of care. Each of the honorees will receive the Excellence in Health Care Award at a luncheon held at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan.
A keynote address will be delivered at the lunch by Carolyn Clancy, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health at the U.S. Veterans Administration and previously long-time director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
“The Tribute is both a celebration of personal leadership and an occasion to amplify and elevate the vital work underway to make our health care system more patient-centered, safe, and effective,” said UHF president Anthony Shih, MD, MPH.
Some 550 colleagues and health care leaders and supporters are expected to attend the awards program and lunch. Cary Kravet, a member of UHF’s board and a trustee of Northwell Health, is the event chairman. Mr. Kravet chairs the quality committee at Northwell.
Following are the 2019 honorees:
BronxCare Health System
John R. Colón, Assistant Secretary, Board of Trustees.
The Brookdale University Medical Center
David Rose, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Medical and Academic Affairs
The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Vasantha K. Kondamudi, MD, Executive Vice President, Network Physician Executive and Chief Medical Officer
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
Kimon Bekelis, MD, Chair of Neurointerventional Services
Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center
Christopher Moore, RN, Minimum Data Set Coordinator
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Sherryann Rampersad-Lalchan, RN, Transition Nurse Educator
Hackensack Meridian Health
Carol Leah Barsky, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery
Steven K. Magid, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer
Interfaith Medical Center
Prissana L. Alston, EdD, Chief Nursing Officer/ Senior Vice President, Nursing
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center
Cynthia Wright, RN, Patient Care Director, Emergency Department
Maimonides Medical Center
Patrick I. Borgen, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery and Director, Maimonides Breast Center
MediSys Health Network
Luigi G. Tullo, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Ambulatory Care
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Louis P. Voigt, MD, Chair, Ethics Committee
Montefiore Health System
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Carolin Dohle, MD, Assistant Chief Medical Officer and Co-Director, Performance Improvement
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Alan Shapiro, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Senior Medical Director for Community Pediatric Programs
Montefiore Hospital, Moses Campus
Ulrich P. Jorde, MD, Section Head, Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
Alison Vail, RN, Director of Nursing
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
Michael Rubertone, MPA, Director, Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Montefiore School Health Program
Rosy Chhabra, PsyD, Director
Montefiore Wakefield Hospital
Joan O’Brien, RN, Director of Nursing
Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Anthony V. Matejicka, II, DO, Chief Medical Officer
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall
Gina Del Savio, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall
Mary V. Kelley, MBA, Vice President, Quality Management
White Plains Hospital
Susan O’Boyle, RN, Vice President of Quality
Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Michael R. Berman, MD, Chief Quality Officer
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Kinta A. Alexander, DrPH, Infection Control Manager
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Gopi Patel, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
Natalia Cineas, DNP, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
(Dr. Cineas is now Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals)
Mount Sinai Queens
Allison Dempsey, MPH, Assistant Director of Quality
Mount Sinai West
Jennifer Jaromahum, RN, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Sangyoon Jason Shin, DO, Medical Director of Pre-Surgical Testing
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Shivani Young, RN, Assistant Director, Quality Management
The New Jewish Home
Sonya Choudhury, MSN, NP, Long-Term Care Nurse Practitioner
Mila Lasker, RPh, Associate Director of Pharmacy
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Sorana Segal-Maurer, MD, Director, The Dr. James J. Rahal Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases
Northwell Health
South Oaks Hospital and Zucker Hillside Hospital
Carolyn Sweetapple, PhD, RN, Executive Director
Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Peter Silver, MD, Medical Director
Northwell Health Corporate Quality
Karen Nelson, RN, MBA, Deputy Chief Quality Officer
Northwell Health Eastern Region and Southside Hospital
Jay Enden, MD, Regional Medical Director
Forest Hills Hospital
Mitchel C. Jacobs, MD, FACP, Medical Director
Northwell Health Solutions
Zenobia Brown, MD, Vice President and Medical Director
Lenox Hill Hospital
Jill Kalman, MD, Executive Director
North Shore University Hospital
Andrea Restifo, RN, Associate Executive Director
Northern Westchester Hospital
Marla Koroly, MD, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Jean Marie Cacciabaudo, MD, Medical Director
NuHealth/Nassau University Medical Center
George J. Tsunis, Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
Caralee Caplan-Shaw, MD, Medical Director, Tuberculosis Program and Director, Bellevue Chest Service
NYU Winthrop Hospital
Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, RN, Executive Director, Diabetes and Obesity Institute
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Susan Costella, RN, MHA, Clinical Director of Nursing – Subacute
Richmond University Medical Center
Jessie Saverimuttu, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Attending and Chief of Quality Improvement, Department of Medicine
SBH Health System
Daniel P. Lombardi, DO, MBA, Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, Patient Safety Officer
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
Del Joiner, MEd, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Stamford Health
Michael F. Parry, MD, The Thomas J. Bradsell Chair of Infectious Diseases
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi, MD, Chief Quality Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Rose Madden-Baer, DNP, Senior Vice President, Population Health and Clinical Support Services
Yale New Haven Health
L. Scott Sussman, MD, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Operations
Yale New Haven Hospital/Yale Medicine
Christian M. Pettker, MD, Associate Chief Quality Officer
More information about the honorees can be found at our website here.
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