Tribute to Excellence Journal 2022 - Flipbook - Page 39
2022 Quality Improvement Champions
Faina Vasserman, RN, MS, CNS, IP
Director of Nursing
Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care
MJHS
For her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, both
in ensuring that employees have the proper equipment
and training to protect themselves, and in designing and
implementing an effective system for screening, testing,
and assessing residents for signs and symptoms of
COVID and establishing COVID quarantine units.
Shannon P. Wales, MSW
Manager, Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
For her work as a professional and natural leader for
quality and safety at Montefiore New Rochelle,
redesigning and re-imaging quality reporting, and
introducing preventive and proactive measures to
improve patient outcomes.
Ingrid A. Walker-Descartes, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP
Director of Child Maltreatment Services and
Vice Chair of Pediatric Education
Maimonides Medical Center
For playing an instrumental role in the development and
continued leadership of the first Child Abuse Fellowship
in New York State accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education, identifying the
needs of a vulnerable population and designing
innovative curricula allowing fellows to achieve clinical
excellence, and for understanding the impact of trauma
on the development of children and advocating for them
and their families from the clinic to the courtroom.
United Hospital Fund | Tribute to Excellence in Health Care