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HANYS appreciates hospitals’ leadership commitment and the clinical leaders, innovators, and experts within HANYS’ membership who have contributed to our progress since January 2005.

 

Hospitals (Alpha Order)

 

With appreciation to:

 

Contribution

Albany Medical Center College and  Hospital

Edward Philbin, M.D.

George Pataki Chair of Cardiology

           Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine

AMI Education

August  2005

Albany Medical Center Hospital

Panel:

Louis Filhour, R.N., M.S.

Senior Vice President, Clinical Quality

Karen Houston, R.N., M.S.

Director of Quality Management and Continuum of Care

Mary Ellen Plass, R.N., M.S.

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Steven Stain, M.D.

 Chief of Surgery

 Chairman of Surgery, Albany Medical College

Contributions:

Nancy P. Agard, R.N., M.S.

 Quality Specialist

Rodney Daniels, M.D.

Medical-Pediatric Resident (RRT vignette)

Dennis McKenna, M.D.

  Associate Medical Director (S-BAR vignette)

Amanda Mott, R.N.

  Staff Nurse (S-BAR vignette)

Amy Mutrane, R.N.

  STAT RN (RRT vignette)

Sonali Pandya, M.D.

 Surgical Resident (RRT vignette)

Kerrie Snyder, R.N.

 STAT RN (RRT vignette)

Andrew Slezak, R.R.T.

 Respiratory Therapist (RRT vignette)

Leslie Stegner, R.N.

STAT RN (RRT vignette)

Valarie Vanverderweken

 EKG Technician (RRT vignette)

 

RRT Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

 Amsterdam Memorial Hospital

Deidre Cirillo, R.N.

Director, Quality Management

 

PDQ Collaborative Presentation on RRT

October 2006

Bassett Healthcare

Ronette Kinzelman Wiley

Senior Director of Resource Management

 

VAP Education

November 2005

Bellevue Hospital Center (HHC

Norma Keller, M.D.

 Chief of Cardiology

Keith Kerr

 Administrative Director, Cardiac Care Programs

 

SSI Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

Benedictine Hospital

Bekoe Ohene-Agyei, P.A.C.

Chief, Physician’s Assistance Program

PetraKlein, R.N., M.A.

Director of Physician Services and Outcomes Management

Mark Tack, D.O.

Vice President, Medical Staff

Chairman of the Board of Trustees’ Quality Management Committee Chairman, Infectious Diseases Division

 

 

RRT Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca

Shawn F. Newvine, R.N.

 Director, Critical Care

Ronald G. Snyder, M.D.

Medical Director, Adult Critical Care

 

 

VAP Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca

Shawn F. Newvine, R.N.

 Director, Critical Care

 

 

 

VAP Education

November 2005

 

Crouse Memorial Hospital

 

                                        Rhonda L. Susman, R.N., C.I.C

  Infection Control Practitioner

 

Infection Control Practices

Accelerating and Sustaining Excellence Conference

November 2006

 

IPRO 

Charles Stimler, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Officer

 

 

SSI Education

August 2005

 

IPRO 

Charles Stimler, M.D., M.P.H.

Medical Officer

 

AMI Education

August 2005

 

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

 

Panel:

 

Alan D. Aviles, Esq.

 President and Chief Executive Officer,  New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

James Barone, M.D., F.A.C.S, F.C.C.M.

 Chief of Surgery

Van Dunn, M.D.

 Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, New York CityHealth and Hospitals Corporation

Arlinda Racaza, R.N.

 Associate Director of Nursing, Operating Room

Alberto Velasco, M.D.

 Chief of Service, Department of Anesthesiology

 

Contributions:

C. Jill Brooker
Senior Management Consultant, Public Affairs, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Youngran Cho, R.N.

 Department of Urology, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

 Kevin Holzman, M.D.

 Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

Karen Scott Collins, M.D.

 Deputy CMO

Janet Taguinod, R.N.

 Head Nurse, Department of Urology, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center

 

 

SSI Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

New York State Department of Health – Office of Health Systems Management

John Morley, M.D.

Medical Director

 

 

ADE Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

December 2006

 

New York Methodist Hospital

 

Steven Silber, D.O, F.A.C.E.P., M.H.C.M.

Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine

Medical Director for Quality Management

Katherine McNamara, R.N.

Nurse Epidemiologist

 

CLI Education

August 2005

 

 

New York-Presbyterian Healthcare Network

  • ColumbiaPresbyterian Medical Center
  • New YorkWeill Cornell Medical Center

 

Herbert Pardes, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Moderator: 

Eliot Lazar, M.D.

 Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

 

Panelists:

Steven Kaplan, M.D.

 Associate Director of Emergency Management Operations

and Director of Emergency Services Quality Assurance

LeRoy Rabbani, M.D.

 Director, Cardiac Inpatient Services and Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Jenna Stant, A.N.P

Chief Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

 

Contributions:

Michael Collins M.D.

 Associate Director, Cardiac Cath Lab

(Cardiac Cath Procedure -  AMI Vignette)

Mary Cooper, M.D., J.D.

 Vice President, Clinical Practice Evaluation

Melanie Diaz, Cardiac Team NP 2

 Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

 (AMI Vignette)

Bryan Dotson

 Director, Media Relations

Safiye Duru,Cardiac Team NP 3

 Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

(AMI Vignette)

 

 

James Giglio, M.D.

Director, Emergency Medicine Department  (Emergency Room – AMI Vignette)

Mila LaNuza, R.N.

 Clinical Nurse

(AMI Vignette)

Sharon LoPuzo, R.N.

 Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner

(AMI Vignette)

Nancy Gautier-Matos

 Coordinator Special Projects, Public Affairs

Hillary Nierenberg, R.N., M.S.

 Director, Cardiac Risk Reduction Program

(Discharge Planning Vignette)

Gina Piri, Cardiac Team NP 1

Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

(AMI Vignette)

Alex Riagentovich, M.D.

Cardiology Fellow

(AMI Vignette)

Kathleen Robinson

 Director, Media Relations

Harold Stella

 Patient Cardiac Cath Technician

(Patient – AMI and Discharge Planning Vignettes)

 

 

AMI Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series 

December 2006

 

With appreciation to:

 

Contribution

 

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NS-LIJHS)

o        Franklin Hospital

o        Forest Hills Hospital

o        Long Island Jewish Medical Center

o         North Shore University Hospitalat Manhasset

 

Opening:

Michael Dowling

 President and Chief Executive Officer

Moderator:

Charles E. Cal, R.N., M.S., M.B.A.

 Assistant Director, Quality Management

 

Panelists:

 Donna Armellino, R.N., M.P.A., C.I.C.

Director, Infectious Disease

Yosef D. Dlugacz, Ph.D.

 Senior Vice President, Quality Management

  Dean of Quality, Center for Learning and Innovation

 Director, Center for Advanced Studies in Quality

Bruce F. Farber, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.

Chief, Infectious Disease

Alan S. Multz, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P., F.C.C.M.

 Director, Medical ICU, Section Head, Critical Care, LIJ Medical Center

 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Pat Pastore, R.N., B.S.

 Director, Patient Care Services, Franklin Hospital

Andrea Restifo, R.N., M.P.A., C.P.H.Q.

Vice President, Quality Management

Bernard Rosof, M.D., M.A.C.P.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Health Affairs

Rajesh Sriraman, M.D.

 Director, ICU, Forest Hills Hospital

Peter Walker, M.D.

 Vice President, Anesthesia Services, North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Maureen White, R.N., M.B.A., C.N.A.A.

Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive

Brian Banosky, M.D.

 Pulmonary Fellow (Critical Care Vignette)

Gary Blank, D.P.M., M.B.A.

 Director, Clinical Program Initiatives

Kieth Guevourra, D. O.

 Medical Resident (Critical Care Vignette)

Erfan Hussain, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.

Director, Adult Critical Care Services

 Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit

 (Critical Care Vignette)

Gurpreet Multani, M.D.

 Medical Resident (Critical Care Vignette)

Sadiya Riaz, M.D.

 Medical Resident (Critical Care Vignette)

Sadiya Sarig, M.D.

 Medical Resident (Critical Care Vignette)

William Senicola, R.N., C.C.R.N.

 Manager, Medical Intensive Care Unit
(Critical Care Vignette)

 

 

CLI Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

 

Bernard Rosof, M.D., M.A.C.P.

 Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Health Affairs

Donna Armellino, R.N., M.P.H,C.I.C.

Director, Infectious Disease Service

Gary Blank, D.P.M., M.B.A.
Director, Clinical Program Initiatives

Charles Cal, R.N., M.S., M.B.A.

Assistant Director, Quality Management

Yosef Dlugacz, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Quality Management

Bruce Farber, M.D.

Chief, Infectious Disease

Peter Walker, M.D.

Chairman, Anesthesiology

Vice President, Department of Anesthesia

 

SSI Education

August 2005

 

 

Northeast Health

 

George Fredericks, Pharm.D

Director, Pharmaceutical Services

 

ADE through Medication Reconciliation

August 2005

 

Olean General Hospital

 LeRoy Hanchett, R.Ph.

  Director, Pharmacy

 

 

 

ADE through Medication Reconciliation 

October 2006

 

Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital

 

Robert Taylor, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Jill Patak, R.N., B.S.N., C.P.H.Q.

Quality Engineering Specialist

Susan Fuchs, R.N., B.S.N.

Director, Inpatient Medical Services

 

VAP Education

August 2005

 

 

 

Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital

 

Robert Taylor, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Jill Patak, R.N., B.S.N., C.P.H.Q.

Quality Engineering Specialist

Susan Fuchs, R.N., B.S.N.

Director, Inpatient Medical Services

 

RRT Education

August 2005

 

 

Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital

Paul Mollo, PharmD,

Director of Pharmacy

 

ADE through Medication Reconciliation

October 2006

 

Queens Hospital Center 

Ricardo A. Lopez, M.D., F.C.C.P.

Assistant Professor,  Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Section Head of Critical Care

 

CLI Education

August 2005

 

Rochester General Hospital

Linda Greene, R.N. , M.S., C.I.C.

Supervisor, Infection Control

 

CLI Education

November 2005

 

Rochester Regional Healthcare Association

Diane Ashley, B.S.

 Executive Vice President

 

 

 

ADE Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

Saratoga Hospital

Christine Gagnon, R.N., B.S. C.I.C.

  Infection Control Practitioner

President-elect, New York State APIC Coordinating Counsel

                                       

 

Infection Control Practices

November 2006

 

St. Joseph’s Hospital, Cheektowaga/Catholic Health System

 

Denise Bartosz, B.S., R.T.

 Director of Quality

 

 

ADE Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

Seton Health

Richard Rubin, M.D., M.B.A.

Chief Medical Officer

 

ADE Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

Seton Health

 Debra Frenn, R.N., M.S.

Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive, Clinical Services

 

PDQ Collaborative Presentation on RRT

October 2006

 

Seton Health 

J.B. Goss, R.Ph., Ph.D.

Director, Pharmacy Services

Associate, Post Graduate Education, Albany College of Pharmacy

Piyush Amin, Pharm.D.

Clinical Pharmacist—Medication Reconciliation

Eileen R. Wood, R.Ph., M.B.A.

Vice President, Clinical Services

 

 

ADE through Medication Reconciliation

2005

 

 

Stony Brook University Hospital

 

William Lawson, M.D.

Professor of Medicine

Director,  Interventional Cardiology

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Karen Kelly-Sproul, N.P.

Unit Educator, Emergency Services

 

AMI Education

August 2005

 

Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center

 

Moderator:

 Raymond Mayewski, M.D.

 Chief Medical Officer

Panelists:

Michael Apostolakos, M.D.

 Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Adult Critical Care

 Director, Internal Medicine/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Barry Evans, R.N., M.S.N., A.P.N.

 Project Improvement Leader, Adult Critical Care

 Timothy Kehl, R.N., M.S.N.

 Nurse Manager, Medical ICU

Mary V. Wicks, R.N., M.P.A.

 Associate Director of Nursing, Adult Critical Care Services

 

Contributions:

 

Teri D’Agostino,

Director, Medical Center Public Relations

Karin Christensen

Communications Specialist, Medical Center Public Relations

Michelle Daniels

 Nursing Extern

Emily Kathryn Ireland, R.N., B.S.N.

 Nurse Leader, Medical ICU

Steven Lamontage, M.D.

 Medical Resident

 Janet Mangano

 Office Manager, Medical Center Public Relations

Heidi Poltorak

 Administrative Assistant, Chief Quality Officer

Michale Zambito, R.R.T.

 Level 3 Adult Critical Care Specialist

 

 

 

VAP Film

HANYS IHI 100k Lives Educational Series

2006

 

Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center

 

Robert Panzer, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Associate Medical Director, Chief Quality Officer

Michael Apostolakas, M.D.

Director, Adult Critical Care

Barry Evans, R.N., M.S.N.

Adult Critical Care Data Coordinator

Mary Wicks, R.N., M.P.A.

Associate Director, Adult Critical Care

 

VAP Education

2005

 

With appreciation to:

 

Contribution

 

Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Medical Center

 

Robert Panzer, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Associate Medical Director, Chief Quality Officer

Michael Apostolakas, M.D.

Director, Adult Critical Care

Barry Evans, R.N., M.S.N.

Adult Critical Care Data Coordinator

Mary Wicks, R.N., M.P.A.

Associate Director, Adult Critical Care

 

RRT Education

2005

 

 

ADE = Adverse Drug Events

AMI = Acute Myocardial Infarction

CLI = Cen