Leadership Team
Meet our leadership team
The Department of Nursing Leadership Team is dedicated to supporting and enriching the extraordinary nurses throughout Montefiore-Einstein. Our transformational leaders encourage growth and development at every stage through exciting educational and professional advancement opportunities. We are always striving to enhance the power and influence of nurses, creating an environment that recognizes and rewards excellence in nursing.
Maureen Scanlan
MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive, Montefiore Einstein
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Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive
Nursing Leadership
Justine Huffaker
MSN, FNP, RN, NE-BC
Assistant Vice President of Nursing Relations
Mary Ellen Lindros
EdD, RN
Director of Professional Practice/Nursing Quality Officer
Una T. Hopkins
DNP, RN, FNP-BC
Director of Research
Joshua Daniel
MSN, RN, CPN
Clinical Director of Value Analysis
Linda Berger-Spivack
MS, RN, CENP
Assistant Vice President of Nurse Learning and Scholarship
Ambulatory Leadership
Davy Bascara
BSN, RN, CNOR
Senior Director of Perioperative Services
- Wakefield Campus
- Moses Campus
- Weiler Hospital
- Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM)
Catherine Cahill
MSHCA, BS, RN-BC
Director of Clinical Services, Pediatric Ambulatory Subspecialty Services and Dialysis Services
- Wakefield Campus
- Moses Campus
- Weiler Hospital
- Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM)
Marianne O'Shea
MPA, BSN, RN, CCRN, NE-BC
Clinical Director of Nursing, Invasive Cardiology
- Moses Campus
- Weiler Hospital
Wakefield Campus Leadership
Joan O'Brien
MSN, RN, NE-BC
Assistant Vice President of Nursing
Irene Ondieki
DNP, NEA-BC, RN-BC
Clinical Director of Nursing
Christine Daley
MSN, ANP-BC
Assistant Director Magnet Project
Moses Campus Leadership
Lisa LaFalce
MHA, BSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC
Clinical Director of Nursing
Ann Lo Basso
DNP, MBA, RN, NE-BC
Clinical Director of Nursing
Weiler Hospital Leadership
Brenda Pinder
MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Assistant Vice President of Nursing
Jonathan Green
DNP, MBA, RN, FACHE
Senior Director of Nursing
Tabitha Madzura
PhD, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ, FCC
Interim Clinical Director and Special Projects
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) Leadership
Tara Buckenmyer
MHA, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Assistant Vice President of Nursing
Tania Shiminski-Maher
MS, CPNP
Director of Nursing