{"id":16874,"date":"2015-05-11T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/personnel-briefs-may-2015.html"},"modified":"2017-07-31T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T16:59:47","slug":"personnel-briefs-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2015\/05\/personnel-briefs-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel Briefs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hometown Health Centers, a medical Burton, who previously served as chief Before joining Hometown Health Centers Prior to that, he served as both director of * * *<\/p>\n Jordan Blackwood<\/strong>, M.D., a boardcertified Also, area nurse practitioner Aimee Mc- Dr. Blackwood previously served as He received his bachelor’s degree from Blackwood completed his fellowship in McMaster has practiced at a number She also earned a certificate in wound * * *<\/p>\n Adirondack Health Institute (AHI) in She will identify, analyze, synthesize and FitzGerald earned a Bachelor of Science Caitlyn Huntington<\/strong>, MPH, CHES, Huntington earned a Bachelor of Technology Phil Kahn<\/strong>, MS, was promoted to communications Kahn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree Kelly Owens<\/strong>, MS, was promoted to Owens, formerly the interim center She will work with project teams of providers, Owens earned a Bachelor of Arts degree Jill Rock<\/strong>, BS, was promoted to project She will work with regional project Courtney Shaler Smith<\/strong>, BA, was promoted Shaler Smith attended Herkimer County Hometown Health Centers, a medical and dental facility, announced that Eric Burton of Glens Falls was promoted to chief operating officer. Burton, who previously served as chief financial officer, will oversee day-to-day operations, create operations strategy and policies, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[120],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nand dental facility, announced that Eric
\nBurton<\/strong> of Glens Falls was promoted to
\nchief operating officer.<\/p>\n
\nfinancial officer, will oversee day-to-day
\noperations, create operations strategy and
\npolicies, and communicate strategy and
\npolicy to employees.<\/p>\n
\nin 2009, Burton spent eight years as
\nthe chief financial officer for the Hudson
\nHeadwaters Health Network, a federally
\nqualified health center comprising 12 clinical
\nlocations at that time. In that capacity
\nhe oversaw accounting, accounts payable,
\npayroll, budgeting, reimbursement, and
\nfinancial analysis.<\/p>\n
\nfinance and controller at Cambridge-based
\nMcClellan Health System, as well as director
\nof claims at HUM Healthcare Systems
\nin Glens Falls. Burton began his career as a
\nclaims examiner at Empire Blue Cross and
\nBlue Shield in Albany.<\/p>\n
\ncardiovascular disease specialist,
\nhas joined the staff of Adirondack Cardiology,
\na service of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nMaster<\/strong> has joined the staff of Wilton Family
\nMedicine, a service of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nconsultant – cardiovascular education and
\nresearch with Danbury Hospital in Danbury,
\nConn. Prior to that, he served as chief fellow,
\ncardiology, at Danbury Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nEmory University in Atlanta, and earned his
\nDoctor of Medicine from Morehouse School
\nof Medicine in Atlanta. He completed his
\nresidency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s
\nRoosevelt Hospital Center in New York City,
\nwhere he was also junior attending physician.<\/p>\n
\ncardiovascular disease at Danbury Hospital.<\/p>\n
\nof medical offices in the Saratoga, Glens
\nFalls and Albany areas in a 25-year career
\nas a nurse, clinical manager and nurse
\npractitioner. She earned a bachelor’s degree
\nin nursing from Russell Sage College;
\na master’s of science in nursing from Sage
\nGraduate School; and post-master’s certificates
\nin nursing administration from Villanova
\nUniversity and as an acute cure nurse
\npractitioner from Sage Graduate School.<\/p>\n
\nostomy care and continence education from
\nAlbany Medical Center.<\/p>\n
\nGlens Falls promoted six staff members into
\nnewly-created positions.
\nAnne-Marie FitzGerald<\/strong>, RD, MSEd,
\nwas promoted to the position of evaluation
\nmanager. FitzGerald, formerly a data
\nspecialist for Community Health Services
\nat AHI, will be responsible for leading a
\nnumber of program evaluation projects by
\nworking with AHI colleagues and partner
\norganizations to design, develop, and implement
\nprocess and outcome evaluations.<\/p>\n
\npresent data to identify needs, measure
\nperformance and drive decision-making.<\/p>\n
\ndegree in dietetics from Syracuse University,
\na Master of Science degree in education
\nfrom the SUNY Potsdam, and a graduate
\ncertificate in Public Health Programs and
\nPolicy from the SUNY Albany School of
\nPublic Health.<\/p>\n
\nwas promoted to the position of telemedicine
\nproject coordinator. Huntington, formerly
\nan education and outreach specialist
\nwith AHI’s Health Insurance Enrollment
\nAssistance Services and Education (EASE)
\nprogram, will be responsible for engaging
\nmultiple hospital leadership teams and
\nother providers from various settings to
\nadvance telehealth implementation across
\na six-plus county region.<\/p>\n
\ndegree from SUNY Canton, and a
\nMaster of Public Health degree from the
\nSUNY Albany School of Public Health.<\/p>\n
\ncoordinator. Kahn, formerly
\nan education and outreach specialist and
\ncommunications coordinator for AHI’s
\nHealth Insurance Enrollment Assistance
\nServices and Education (EASE) program,
\nwill collaborate with internal and external
\nteam members to enhance stakeholder
\nawareness of AHI.<\/p>\n
\nin mass communications and a Master of
\nScience degree in teaching from SUNY
\nPlattsburgh.<\/p>\n
\nworkforce manager, health system transformation.<\/p>\n
\ndirector for the Hudson Mohawk Area
\nHealth Education Center (HMAHEC), a
\npartner organization of AHI, will be responsible
\nfor implementation of Delivery System
\nReform Incentive Payment (DSRIP)-funded
\nworkforce initiatives.<\/p>\n
\ncommunity-based partners and other
\nstakeholders in nine counties to achieve
\nproject goals and milestones. She will also
\nwork with various workforce vendors on
\nrecruitment, training, re-training and redeployment
\nactivities, develop and monitor
\nwork plans, and utilize project management
\nsystems to track and report progress.<\/p>\n
\nin gerontology from St. John Fisher College,
\nand a Master of Science degree in health
\nServices Administration from Sage Graduate
\nSchool.<\/p>\n
\nmanager, Delivery System Reform Incentive
\nPayment (DSRIP) program. Rock, formerly
\nan education and outreach specialist with
\nAHI’s Health Insurance Enrollment Assistance
\nServices and Education (EASE)
\nprogram, will be responsible for managing
\ninnovative health care redesign projects
\nundertaken by a network of providers and
\ncommunity-based partners spread across a
\nnine-county region.<\/p>\n
\nteams, develop and monitor work plans,
\nand utilize project management systems
\nfor tracking and reporting purposes. Rock
\nearned a Bachelor of Science degree in community
\nhealth from SUNY Potsdam.<\/p>\n
\nto manager, Adirondack Rural Health
\nNetwork (ARHN). Shaler-Smith, formerly
\nthe network coordinator for Community
\nHealth Services at AHI, will oversee ARHN,
\na program of AHI that covers a seven-county
\nregion.<\/p>\n
\nCommunity College and earned an Associate
\ndegree in Applied Science to become a
\nlicensed physical therapist assistant. She
\nlater earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
\nleadership and business from the College
\nof St. Joseph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"