Executive
Management Team
Arthur Klein, MD
Senior Vice President of Children’s Services
Executive Director and Chief of Staff
Schneider Children’s Hospital
Dr. Klein comes to North Shore-LIJ
from Lifespan Corporation, Providence, RI, where he was senior
vice president and chief physician officer. Also, he was associate
dean for strategy and special projects at the Warren Alpert Medical
School, Brown University. Prior to this, he served at New York
Presbyterian
Hospital as executive vice president and chief operating officer
of the New York Presbyterian Healthcare System. He began his career
in pediatrics at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center,
where he completed his residency and fellowship in pediatric cardiology,
and where his last position was executive vice chairman of the
Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Klein has held several academic appointments, including professor
of clinical pediatrics and professor of clinical public health
at Weill Medical College— Cornell University. He is a fellow
of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College
of Cardiology, and has written and presented extensively on pediatric
cardiology. Dr. Klein serves on a number of committees and boards,
including the Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine and
VHA Inc. He is chair of the American Hospital Association Committee
on Health Professions.
Dr. Klein received his medical degree from the State University
of New York Downstate Medical Center, and a bachelor’s degree
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Kevin McGeachy, MBA
Deputy Executive Director
As
Deputy Executive Director, Mr. McGeachy is responsible for the daily
operations at Schneider Children's Hospital and its satellite facilities.
Mr.
McGeachy has assumed several progressively responsible roles within
the Health System during the past 11 years. Previously, Mr. McGeachy
was the Associate Executive Director at North Shore University
Hospital at Manhasset, responsible for a variety of clinical and
ancillary support departments and major facility construction
projects. He began his career at North Shore Long Island Jewish
Health System in 1998 as part of an internal consulting group
charged with examining integration opportunities among the various
entities of the health system.
Before
joining the Health System, Mr. McGeachy served as the Director
of Health Policy for the Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council, an advocacy
group representing the Hospitals on Long Island. In addition,
he began his career at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in a variety
of positions within the Division of Ambulatory Care.
Mr.
McGeachy holds an MBA from Baruch College/Mount Sinai School of
Medicine and received his bachelor's degree from the Medical College
of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University program in health
administration. He is also a diplomat in the American College
of Healthcare Executives.
Eric
Chaikin, BA, MBA
Associate Executive Director for Operations
Mr.
Chaikin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Care from the
City University of New York/Brooklyn College and a Master's degree
of Business Administration in Health Services Administration from
Wagner College. He has been with the North Shore-Long Island Jewish
Health System since 1989, serving initially as the Assistant Administrator
of the Zucker-Hillside Hospital and then promoted to the Associate
Director of Operations at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
In 1998 he was appointed to a corporate position with the Health
System as Assistant Vice President for Real Estate Services. In
2001 he was appointed to the position of Associate Executive Director
for Schneider Children's Hospital. He is a member of the American
College of Health Care Executives and the Metropolitan Health
Administration Association.
Carolyn
Quinn, RN, MSN, CNA
Associate Executive Director for Patient Care Services
Ms.
Quinn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Adelphi
University and a Master's degree in Nursing Science from Molloy
College. In 1987 she was appointed to the Schneider Children's
as a staff nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In 1994
she was appointed to the position of Clinical Nurse Specialist
in Critical Care Medicine and in that capacity helped to establish
the ECMO (Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation) program. Ms.
Quinn was also the Assistant Administrator for Nursing for the
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Med 2 and Bone Transplantation
Unit. Ms. Quinn holds certifications in Nursing Administration
and Critical Care Nursing recognized by the American Nurses' Credentialing
Center.
Daniel Davies
Associate Executive Director for Finance
As Associate Executive Director at the North Shore Long Island
Jewish Health System, Mr. Davies is responsible for the daily
financial operations at Schneider Children's Hospital and its
satellite facilities including the Faculty Group practice. Mr.
Davies joined Schneider's in late June 2009.
Previously,
Mr. Davies was the Director of Financial Planning/DSS at NYU Langone
Medical Center where he served in that capacity for six years.
He spent over ten years of his career at NYU as well as two years
at Mount Sinai Medical Center in the Financial Reporting Corporate
division.
Mr.
Davies holds a BS from Pace University. He is also a member of
the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Linda
Jendresky, MPH, CPHQ
Associate Executive Director
Quality Management and Patient Safety
Ms.
Jendresky holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health
from St.Joseph's College, a Master's degree of Public Health from
Columbia University and Certification in Infection Control from
The Center for Disease Control. She has been a member of the North-Shore
- Long Island Jewish Health System since January 2008. Ms. Jendresky
has over 25 years of experience, and holds certifications as a
professional in Healthcare Quality and Infection Control. She
has numerous publications inclusive of being the recipient of
the prestigious 2004 New York State Patient Safety Award for commitment
and contributions to implementing effective clinical practices
to ensure high quality care.
Julie
Pascuzzo
Associate Executive Director
Human Resources
As
Associate Executive Director of Human Resources, Ms. Pascuzzo
is responsibility for the daily oversite of Human Resource needs
at the Children's Hospital. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Adelphi University and will obtain a MBA in Health Services
Management in the spring of 2010. Ms. Pascuzzo is an active member
of SHRM. She has assumed progressively responsible positions in
Human Resources within the health system over the past 25 years.
Before joining the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System,
she was a Home Care Coordinator for a private Home Care Agency.
Philip
Lanzkowsky, MD, ScD, FRCP, DCH
Consultant, Schneider Children's Hospital
Philip
Lanzkowsky, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, serves as consultant to Schneider Children's
Hospital. Dr. Lanzkowsky was instrumental in the development,
planning and establishment of Schneider Children's Hospital and
served as its Chief-of-Staff from the inception of the hospital
in 1984 until 2008. He is the former Executive Director of the
Schneider Children's Hospital and Vice President, Children's Health
Network of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Dr.
Lanzkowsky was Chairman of Pediatrics from 1970 until 2006 and
is presently Emeritus Chairman of Pediatrics. He was Director
of the Pediatric Residency Training Program from 1970 to 1999.
Dr.
Lanzkowsky is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and the author
of the standard textbook in pediatric hematology-oncology used
worldwide and of 270 scientific publications and chapters in standard
textbooks.
