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
Vice President of Nursing and Patient Care Services, Montefiore Health System
Nursing Professional Practice and Research Leadership
Mary Ellen Lindros
RN, EdD
Director of Professional Practice/Nursing Quality Officer
Una T. Hopkins
RN, FNP-BC, DNP
Director of Research, Montefiore Medical Center
Jean Pozza
MSN, RN, NE-BC
Project Director of Magnet©
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
Jean Pozza
MSN, RN, NE-BC
Project Director of Magnet©
Moses Campus Leadership
Stephanie J. Goldberg
MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Assistant Vice President of Nursing
Justine Huffaker
MSN, FNP, RN
Director of Nursing
Lisa LaFalce
MHA, BSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC
Clinical Director of Nursing
Ann Lo Basso
RN, DNP, MBA, NE-BC
Director of Nursing
Weiler Hospital Leadership
Linda Berger-Spivack
MS, RN, CENP
Assistant Vice President of Nursing
Brenda Pinder
MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Director of Nursing
Jonathan Green
DNP, MBA, RN, FACHE
Director of Nursing
Tabitha Madzura
RN, BSN, PhD, NE-BC, CPHQ, FCCS
Interim Clinical Director of Nursing, Critical Care
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