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Barbara O’Sullivan becomes hospital C.E.O.
Barbara O’Sullivan, who for the past
three years has served as The Rockefeller University
Hospital’s hospitalist — its chief medical doctor
responsible for patient care — has been named C.E.O. of the
hospital and will assume Emil C. Gotschlich’s duties as the
facility’s administrative leader. Dr. Gotschlich announced
earlier this year that he would transition to emeritus status
effective July 1; he had been C.E.O. of the hospital and vice
president for medical sciences since 1996.
Dr. O’Sullivan, who will also continue
to serve as hospitalist, has training in internal medicine and
critical care. Since joining Rockefeller’s hospital, she has
led efforts to develop a quality assessment mechanism and improve
the medication safety program, as well as update the
hospital’s disaster plan and medical staff rules and
regulations. She also played an active role in preparing the
hospital for re-accreditation by the Joint Commission on the
Accreditation of Health Organizations, a process that culminates in
late October with a two-day survey of the hospital’s
facilities.
“We are extremely grateful to Dr.
Gotschlich for his outstanding leadership of The Rockefeller
University Hospital and delighted that he will continue to serve as
chair of the Institutional Review Board,” says Barry Coller,
physician-in-chief and vice president for medical affairs.
“We are very fortunate to have Dr. O’Sullivan as our
new chief administrative officer of the hospital. Not only does she
have superb medical and administrative experience, but she is
universally respected and admired by the hospital staff.”
In her expanded role, Dr. O’Sullivan
will assume responsibility for the day to day functioning of the
hospital, including its finances, regulatory compliance and
personnel. She will also work with Dr. Coller, James Krueger, the
hospital’s medical director, and members of the Rockefeller
University administration to set the overall vision and direction for the hospital.
“One of my goals is to evaluate and
streamline the way in which we work with our clinical investigators
when they launch new studies,” says Dr. O’Sullivan.
“Setting up a study involves writing protocols, obtaining
regulatory permissions, establishing mechanisms of patient care,
collecting and managing data, and handling dozens of smaller
details. I think we can be more organized and more efficient in how
we help our investigators navigate these processes, so there are
clear pathways and clear points of contact along the
way.”
Dr. O’Sullivan, who is board certified
in both internal medicine and critical care, received her M.P.H.
from Tulane University and her M.D. from the Medical College of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Before coming to Rockefeller, she led
a medical systems re-engineering project at Mount Sinai Hospital in
New York, where she served as clinical assistant in the department
of anesthesiology. She has also held clinical positions at Lenox
Hill Hospital and Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases.
September 23, 2005
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