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Executive Appointments
Barbara Felker has been named vice president of community
and external affairs, reporting to Jennifer Mieres, MD, in the
North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Office of Community
and Public Health. Prior to this appointment,
Ms. Felker served as the vice president for
corporate human resources, overseeing talent
management and talent acquisition.
In her new role, Ms. Felker will develop and
implement community engagement strategies
to enhance the healthcare needs and wellness of
communities served by North Shore-LIJ. As part of
the health system’s diversity, inclusion and health literacy strategy,
Ms. Felker will also develop and implement affinity-based employee
resource groups to create business plans that drive employee
engagement, increase talent retention and serve as ambassadors to
internal and external communities.
Before joining North Shore-LIJ, Ms. Felker held various
leadership positions at companies including New York
Presbyterian’s Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and HR
Dynamics Consulting, Inc., and served as the legislative director
for the New York State Senate.
Catherine Galla has been promoted to assistant vice president
for nursing initiatives at the North Shore-LIJ Institute for Nursing.
Ms. Galla has been with the North Shore-LIJ Health System since
1981 in a variety of clinical staff and leadership
positions. In 1999, she transitioned into a project
management position in the Office of the Chief
Nurse Executive, where she coordinated projects
related to standardizing nursing practice across
the health system.
During the past 12 years, Ms. Galla’s role
has expanded to include leadership of large-scale,
patient-care-related process and practice changes
across the system, including the design and implementation of the
clinical information system, IV pump product selection, rollout
of the collaborative care model and the cross-country vendor
management agreement.
Susan Knoepffler, RN, has been named vice
president of nursing and chief nursing officer
at Huntington Hospital. Ms. Knoepffler joins
Huntington from LIJ Medical Center, where she
served as senior administrative director of the
Emergency Department. Ms. Knoepffler began
her 30-year career as a staff nurse in the Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit at North Shore University
Hospital. Career highlights include leadership roles
as administrative supervisor and nursing care coordinator at
St. Francis Hospital before joining LIJ in 2008. In her new
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role, Ms. Knoepffler’s top priorities are to enhance the patient
experience, work toward achieving Magnet redesignation and
focus on employee engagement.
Ms. Knoepffler earned a bachelor of science in nursing
from the University of Delaware, and a master’s in public health
administration from Long Island University — CW Post. She
is a certified nurse executive and is a member of the American
Organization of Nurse Executives.
Joseph Molloy has been appointed vice president of managed
care benefits and direct contracting with the North Shore-LIJ
Health System. In this role, he will develop relationships to deliver
North Shore-LIJ’s healthcare services directly
to employers, Taft-Hartley Health Funds and
partnerships with insurance carriers and thirdparty
administrators.
The demand for this position comes as the
health system’s model of care continues to evolve
to focus more specifically on preventing and
managing disease, as well as promoting wellness
and healthy lifestyles. Mr. Molloy will work to deliver
quality, evidence-based care to develop products and services for
employers, union funds and insurance carriers.
Prior to this position, Mr. Molloy served as the health system’s
vice president of benefits and human resources services, overseeing
nearly $1 billion of annual benefits, including the redesign of the
health plan to incentivize the use of system facilities, hospitals and
CIIPA network.
Ms. Diaz Named PA Director
Elizabeth Diaz, PA, has
been appointed director of
physician assistants at North
Shore University Hospital. She
had been supervising PA in the
Department of Surgery for a
year and a half. Ms. Diaz joined
the hospital from St. Vincent’s
Medical Center in Manhattan,
where she served as supervising
PA for four years. She graduated
in 2001 from the Saint Vincent’s
Catholic Medical Center’s PA
Program and holds an MPA
from New York University’s
Robert F. Wagner School of
Public Service.