About Us
Leadership
The leaders of Montefiore Medical Center exhibit a deep knowledge of their professions and of the organization. With an unwavering dedication to Montefiore's mission, vision and values, our executives and clinical chairs have transformed the state of healthcare in order to benefit patients in the New York metropolitan region and around the globe.
Exhibiting and upholding the highest standards of excellence, they inspire their teams and associates to continually advance Montefiore and medicine. Their strategic vision and implementation have resulted in Montefiore's growth as a leading academic medical center and an integrated healthcare delivery system.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Montefiore Medicine |
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Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD Dr. Ozuah is the President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine, the umbrella organization for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Montefiore Health System’s 13 member hospitals, 300 ambulatory sites, and 7.5 million patient encounters per year. A nationally recognized physician, leader, executive, researcher, teacher and author, Dr. Ozuah leads an organization with 10,000 physicians and 53,000 employees serving a diverse group of patients. A National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded researcher and award-winning educator, he also served as Professor and University Chairman of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM). In his role, Dr. Ozuah has expanded access to care for underserved communities, recruited and cultivated outstanding talent, advanced programs of excellence, fostered innovations in medicine and science, and improved financial and operational performance by integrating care across a rapidly growing and evolving Montefiore system that sees over 7.5 million patient interactions a year with $8 billion in annual revenues. Under his leadership, Montefiore Health System’s specialties have ranked in the top 1 percent of the nation’s hospitals, and CHAM was recognized as one of “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” according to U.S. News & World Report. Dr. Ozuah also leads the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, one of the nation’s premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. Einstein receives more than $200 million in annual research awards from the NIH and is home to 800 M.D. students, 190 Ph.D. students, 120 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and 250 postdoctoral research fellows. In addition to his research and clinical accomplishments, Dr. Ozuah has been recognized repeatedly by Modern Healthcare as one of the “Top Physician Executives” in the country. He has also been recognized nationally for excellence in patient care and medical education, including as an inductee into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and a two-time recipient of the Academic Pediatric Association’s prestigious Helfer Award for Innovation in Medical Education. Dr. Ozuah earned his medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Southern California, and a PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He completed his Pediatric Internship and Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore, and his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. |
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Executive Leadership |
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Colleen M. Blye |
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Yaron Tomer, MD |
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Susan Green-Lorenzen, RN System Senior Vice President – Operations |
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Christopher S. Panczner System Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
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Andrew D. Racine, MD, PhD System Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Executive Director, Montefiore Medical Group |
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Loreen Babcock Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer |
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Marcos A. Crespo |
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Joseph D’Amico Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer |
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Ruben Diaz, Jr. |
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Kathleen Kearns |
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Gloria Kenny |
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Edward Pfleging, PE |
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Stephen Rosenthal, MBA |
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Maureen Scanlan, MSN, RN, NEA-BC |
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Peter P. Semczuk, DDS, MPH |
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Catherine C. Skae, MD |
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Joe Solmonese |
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Departmental Chairs |
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Jonathan E. Alpert, MD, PhD Dorothy and Marty Silverman Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
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Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH Arthur S. Abramson Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
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Michael D. Cabana, MD Physician-in-Chief, Children's Hospital at Montefiore Professor and Michael I. Cohen, MD University Chair of Pediatrics, Montefiore and Einstein |
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Edward Chu, MD, MMS Interim Chair, Department of Oncology |
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Roy Chuck, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology |
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Neil J. Cobelli, MD Chair, Department of Orthopedics |
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Matthias Eikermann, MD, PhD |
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Eric J. Epstein, MD Interim Chair, Department of Medicine |
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Emad Eskandar, MD Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery |
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David Esses, MD Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine |
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Edith D. Gurewitsch Allen, MD, MBA, MEd Interim Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health |
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Shalom Kalnicki, MD Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology |
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Mark F. Mehler, MD Chair, Department of Neurology |
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Robert E. Michler, MD Chair, Department of Surgery Chair, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery |
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Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Pathology |
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Thomas Rohan, MBBS, PhD, DHSc Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health |
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Mark Schoenberg, MD Chair, Department of Urology |
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Peter Selwyn, MD Chair, Department of Family and Social Medicine |
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Richard Smith, MD |
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Judy Yee, MD Chair, Department of Radiology |
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