Dr. Philip Ozuah appointed as CEO of Montefi ore Medicine
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
Montefi ore Medicine,
the umbrella organization
for Montefi ore Health System
(MHS) and Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, is
welcoming its new CEO, Dr.
Philip Ozuah on Friday, November
15.
Montefi ore Medicine’s
Board of Trustees announced
on Tuesday, Nov. 5, that
Ozuah will succeed outgoing
CEO Dr. Steven Safyer, who
has served the Montefi ore
community for the past 40
years.
“I have consistently been
impressed by Ozuah’s strategic
vision for the Montefi ore
Health System. His appointment
as CEO will guarantee
a smooth transition, and I
know he’ll continue to uphold
the standard of excellence on
which Montefi ore has built
its reputation,” said Safyer,
who has worked alongside
Ozuah for the past 25 years.
Dan Tishman, chair of
the Board of Trustees of
Montefi ore Medicine, said,
Ozuah’s “intellect and
warmth as physician, his
strength as a leader and
manager and his deep com-
Dr. Philip Ozuah, newly appointed CEO of Montefi ore Medicine.
Photo courtesy of Montefi ore Medicine
mitment to Montefi ore’s mission,
will lead the institution
into the next decade.”
Ozuah currently serves
as president of Montefi ore
Health System and previously
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served as Physician-in-
Chief of the Children’s Hospital
at Montefi ore (CHAM),
where he worked to deliver
the best in-class clinical care
with a commitment to healthcare
access for the underserved.
Under his leadership, U.S.
News and World Report has
ranked Montefi ore Health
System’s medical specialties
in the top one percent of the
nations hospitals and CHAM
as one of ‘America’s Best
Children’s Hospitals.’
Working closely with the
board, Ozuah said he looks
forward to continuing to
expand inclusive access to
state-of-the-art care and to
furthering Montfi ore’s role as
a global leader in healthcare
and biomedical research.
“It will be a privilege to
lead Montefi ore Medicine,
an organization with a clear
purpose — to heal, to teach,
to discover and to advance
the health of the communities
we serve,” Ozuah said.
“Ever since fi rst joining
Montefi ore in 1989, I’ve been
inspired by our institution’s
commitment to excellence.
We are an organization of exceptionally
talented and compassionate
people,” he added.
Ozuah also has a strong
commitment to medical education
as well as deep academic
medical research
expertise, including as an
NIH-funded investigator and
as Professor and University
Chairman of Pediatrics at
the Albert Einstein College
of Medicine.
In these roles, Ozuah
expanded access for underserved
communities,
recruited and cultivated outstanding
talent, advanced
programs of excellence, fostered
innovations in medical
education, and improved
financial and operational
performance by integrating
care across a rapidly growing
and evolving Montefiore
system that sees over six
million patient interactions
a year.
He’s been recognized regionally
and nationally for
excellence in teaching and
patient care, including as
an inductee into the Alpha
Omega Alpha Honor Medical
Society and a two-time recipient
of the Academic Pediatric
Association’s Helfer Award
for Innovation in Medical Education.
Along with his various
awards, Ozuah has also
been recognized by Modern
Healthcare as one of the ‘Top
25 COOs in Healthcare.’
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