{"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
\nand dental facility, announced that Eric
\nBurton<\/strong> of Glens Falls was promoted to
\nchief operating officer.<\/p>\n

Burton, who previously served as chief
\nfinancial officer, will oversee day-to-day
\noperations, create operations strategy and
\npolicies, and communicate strategy and
\npolicy to employees.<\/p>\n

Before joining Hometown Health Centers
\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

Prior to that, he served as both director of
\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

* * *<\/p>\n

Jordan Blackwood<\/strong>, M.D., a boardcertified
\ncardiovascular disease specialist,
\nhas joined the staff of Adirondack Cardiology,
\na service of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n

Also, area nurse practitioner Aimee Mc-
\nMaster<\/strong> has joined the staff of Wilton Family
\nMedicine, a service of Glens Falls Hospital.<\/p>\n

Dr. Blackwood previously served as
\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

He received his bachelor’s degree from
\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

Blackwood completed his fellowship in
\ncardiovascular disease at Danbury Hospital.<\/p>\n

McMaster has practiced at a number
\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

She also earned a certificate in wound
\nostomy care and continence education from
\nAlbany Medical Center.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Adirondack Health Institute (AHI) in
\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

She will identify, analyze, synthesize and
\npresent data to identify needs, measure
\nperformance and drive decision-making.<\/p>\n

FitzGerald earned a Bachelor of Science
\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

Caitlyn Huntington<\/strong>, MPH, CHES,
\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

Huntington earned a Bachelor of Technology
\ndegree from SUNY Canton, and a
\nMaster of Public Health degree from the
\nSUNY Albany School of Public Health.<\/p>\n

Phil Kahn<\/strong>, MS, was promoted to communications
\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

Kahn earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
\nin mass communications and a Master of
\nScience degree in teaching from SUNY
\nPlattsburgh.<\/p>\n

Kelly Owens<\/strong>, MS, was promoted to
\nworkforce manager, health system transformation.<\/p>\n

Owens, formerly the interim center
\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

She will work with project teams of providers,
\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

Owens earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
\nin gerontology from St. John Fisher College,
\nand a Master of Science degree in health
\nServices Administration from Sage Graduate
\nSchool.<\/p>\n

Jill Rock<\/strong>, BS, was promoted to project
\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

She will work with regional project
\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

Courtney Shaler Smith<\/strong>, BA, was promoted
\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

Shaler Smith attended Herkimer County
\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":"

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