Healthcare Association of New York State Announces 2013 Board Chair and Officers

(Albany, NY) — The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) Board of Trustees re-elected its Chairman and Officers for a second term. Joseph McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Catholic Health System in Buffalo, will serve for a second year as Chairman.

2013 Board Officers:

• Chairman-Elect: Linda Brady, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn
• Secretary: Scott Cooper, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx
• Treasurer: Stephens Mundy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center, Plattsburgh
• Immediate Past Chairman: Herbert Pardes, M.D., Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System—New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City
• Past Chairman: Joseph Quagliata, President and Chief Executive Officer, South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside
• Past Chairman: David G. Kruczlnicki, President and Chief Executive Officer, Glens Falls Hospital
• Past Chairman: Michael J. Dowling, President and Chief Executive Officer, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck

In addition, the following individuals were elected or re-nominated to the Class of 2015:

• Pamela Brier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn
• Paul Kronenberg, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Crouse Hospital, Syracuse
• John McCabe, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President for Hospital Affairs, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse
• Douglas Melzer, Chief Executive Officer, Long Beach Medical Center
• Ronald Milch, Chairman of the Board, MJHS, Brooklyn
• Alan Morse, J.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, The Jewish Guild for the Blind, New York City
• Louis Shapiro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
• Anthony Shorris, Senior Vice President, Vice Dean, and Chief of Staff, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City
• Mark Webster, F.A.C.H.E., President and Chief Executive Officer, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg

The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) is the only statewide hospital and continuing care association in New York State, representing 500 non-profit and public hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, and other health care organizations.