Experience

Trenton Health Team

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • May 2015 - Present

  Trenton Health Team is an innovative multi-sector partnership focused on improving the health and well-being of New Jersey’s Capital City. THT was founded by Trenton’s largest healthcare entities, including St. Francis Medical Center, Capital Health, Henry J. Austin Health Center, the City of Trenton. Since inception in 2006, the partnership has received national recognition and grown to include more than 60 community organizations that play a critical role in improving the health of the community.THT’s strategies include:- Serving as the “backbone” for health improvement and convening diverse partners in Trenton around health, wellbeing, and health equity. These efforts include active partnerships on the local, regional, and national levels, to align efforts and share insights on best practices- Providing direct interventions for community members in need, including pilot programs, especially focused on priority populations- Utilizing data and data analytics as a tool to improve health and wellbeing. This work includes operating a robust regional health information exchange that includes real-time population health analytics and incorporates data from clinical, claims, and social determinant datasets- Advocating for policies that impact health and wellbeing and helping our community partners grow their capacity to support policy changes as well.Major projects:- ReThink Health Ventures - 1 of 6 partnerships nationally- BUILD Health Challenge - 1 of 17 coalitions nationally- 2015 Robert Wood Johnson Culture of Health Prize Finalist - 1 of 16 selected nationally (and only one in NJ) from more than 200 applicants- Certified as 1 of 3 Medicaid ACOs under NJ’s Demonstration Project (57,000 lives)- Trinity Health - Transforming Communities Initiative community (1 of 8 nationally)- National Quality Forum: Population Health Action Guide Field Testing Group- Featured in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Innovations Exchange

• Deputy Director

  • Mar 2013 - May 2015

  The Trenton Health Team is a community health improvement collaborative serving Trenton, N.J. The collaborative is an innovative partnership among St. Francis Medical Center, Capital Health, Henry J. Austin Federally Qualified Health Center and the Department of Health and Human Services of the City of Trenton. The vision of the Trenton Health Team is to make Trenton the healthiest city in the state. Our mission is to transform healthcare for the city by forming a committed partnership with the community to expand access to high quality, coordinated healthcare, while being ever mindful of the necessity of containing costs that have spiraled out of control and are now unsustainable.Major initiatives include:- Community-wide Clinical Care Coordination Team (C4T) and Care Management Team identifying gaps in care, addressing social determinants of health, and providing wrap-around services to the highest-utilizers of Emergency Department services- Development and Implementation of the Trenton Health Information Exchange- Substance-use/misuse screening and treatment through the grant-funded SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) program- Unified Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)- Restoration of pediatric, adult, and specialty care services in the City of Trenton Free Clinic- Formation of a Medicaid ACO under the NJ Medicaid ACO Demonstration Project



Somerset Medical Center

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager, Emergency Medical Services

  • Jun 2007 - Feb 2013

  Managed $7M budget and 120-person staff, supporting 14,000 annual patient visits. Responsibilities included oversight of all operations, policy formation, new program development and implementation, process improvement, hiring and mentoring talented staff, change management, strategic planning, community outreach.• Pioneered NJ’s pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia treatment for cardiac arrest. • Launched programs that became best practices, e.g. electronic medical record implementation, Lean Six Sigma cardiac angioplasty VSA, discharge process improvement, and mobile telemetry information sharing. • Reduced expenses while improving operations, e.g. outsourced billing provider, decreased supervisor workload 50% - with no performance loss and improved employee morale. • Markedly enhanced patient satisfaction metrics, including Press Ganey, and decreased average length of stay. • Interfaced with community stakeholders and represented department on statewide committees.• Select Achievements: ➢ Led 250% department expansion over 6 years, including implementation of new programs and services.➢ Generated additional $1.5M annual net revenue in first year. ➢ Consolidated operations into joint dispatching center, achieving FTE reductions.➢ Reduced cardiac angioplasty “door-to-balloon” time 30%.

• EMS Supervisor/Training Center Coordinator

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2007

  Supervised 25 FTEs in growing EMS Department. Managed American Heart Association (AHA) training center and supervised 100+ instructors, training over 5000 students each year.• Awarded competitive $1.2M federally-funded grant for NJ Dept. of Health Medical Coordination Center – which today is the cornerstone of regional emergency preparedness. Coordinated design and implementation.• As Training Coordinator, partnered with AHA National to design and launch 2005 national guidelines.



Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad

• United States
• Public Safety
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Department

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2006

  Responsible for all operations of career/volunteer Department. Managed 60 volunteers and 16 employees. • Led restructuring of department and management team; designed programs and processes that are now operational standards. Obtained State licensure in recognition of improvement.• Coordinated outreach efforts to community and governmental organizations to meet recruiting and fundraising goals.• Implemented new reimbursement model netting additional $500K annually.• Conducted feasibility study, capital campaign analysis, and real estate search for new headquarters building.• Peer-elected as youngest Chief in Department’s 60-year history. Longest consecutively serving.



Capital Health System

• Paramedic

  • 2001 - 2006

  Provided emergency care to critically ill and injured patients and directly interfaced with hospitals and clinical staff throughout the region. Full-time staff role from 2001 – 2003, then part-time. Provided emergency care to critically ill and injured patients and directly interfaced with hospitals and clinical staff throughout the region. Full-time staff role from 2001 – 2003, then part-time.



Princeton Township Police Department

• Communications Officer

  • 2000 - 2004



Penn Medicine Princeton Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Emergency Room Technician

  • 1998 - 2000