FINAL 2024 Tribute Journal - Flipbook - Page 31
2024 Quality Improvement Champions
Jeffrey M. Nicastro, MD
Vice Chairman of Surgery, Director Adult Critical Care
Maimonides Medical Center
For leading a team through the re-engineering of the
surgical patient care processes, which led to a 20
percent increase in patient experience scores, a
reduction in length of stay for surgical patients, and
improvements in safety measures.
Rosa Nouvini, MD
Assistant Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
For helping expand access to cancer care in Queens
for vulnerable populations, creating a care team that
addresses all barriers to care thereby improving
treatment adherence, and for helping educate health
care providers on how to tackle health equity.
Ilyas Pinkhasov, MT (ASCP)
Senior Administrative Director of Laboratory
and Pathology
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center
One Brooklyn Health
For leading an initiative that increased testing capacity,
improved lab turnaround times, enhanced quality metrics,
and elevated staff morale; and for mentoring and fostering
professional growth and development of staff at various
levels within the organization.
United Hospital Fund | Tribute to Excellence in Health Care
