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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  JUNE 12, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 28

                             NYC Health + Hospitals have

                 names Hillary Jalon as Chief Quality

                    Officer and Manny Saez as Senior

                                 Vice President of Facilities

            NEERAJ DHAR                                                                                           rector of quality, and at the United
                                                                                                                  Hospital Fund, where she was direc-
            New York, NY
                                                                                                                  tor of quality improvement. She has
                   YC Health + Hospitals have                                                                     a  proven  track  record  working  with
                   announced the appointments                                                                     interdisciplinary  teams  to  improve
            Nof Hillary Jalon as Senior Vice                                                                      clinical  outcomes,  including  reduc-
            President  and  Chief  Quality  Officer                                                               ing  preventable  readmissions  and
            and  Manny  Saez,  Ph.D.,  as  Senior                                                                 hospital-acquired infections, and has
            Vice President of Facilities Develop-                                                                 trained  countless  leaders  in  quality
            ment. As Chief Quality Officer, Jalon                                                                 improvement methods.
            oversees  the  public  health  care  sys-
            tem’s  core  quality  functions,  includ-                                                             Jalon currently chairs the
            ing  quality  assurance,  performance                                                                 MetroPlus Quality Assurance Per-
            improvement,  accreditation,  patient
            safety, and risk management, as well                                                                  formance Improvement (QAPI)
            as care experience and wellness.                                                                      Board Committee and serves as
                She  also  leads  NYC  Health  +                                                                  an  advisory  board  member  and
            Hospitals’  continuous  improvement                                                                   faculty for the Greater New York
            efforts,  including  growing  a  Quality                                                              Hospital Association/United Hos-
            Academy  and  Healthcare  Adminis-  and safety across our system, and her  team  in  the  Office  of  Facilities  De-
            tration Scholars Program and serving  leadership will continue to raise the  velopment,  and  I  am  honored  to   pital Fund Clinical Quality Fellow-
            as faculty for the Clinical Leadership  standard of care we deliver to every  continue to lead the many engineers,  ship Program.
            Fellowship Program — initiatives de-  New  Yorker.  Manny  has  been  the  tradespeople,  and  support  service
            signed to build performance improve-  steady hand behind some of our most  staff members who keep the lights on   She  is  also  a  member  of  Joint
            ment capacity and a culture of excel-  complex  infrastructure  work,  ensur-  and our system running 24/7 to pro-  Commission’s Health System’s Cor-
            lence  and  equity  across  the  system.  ing our facilities will be safe, sustain-  vide  life-saving  care  whenever  New  porate  Liaisons.  She  began  her  ca-
            As Senior Vice President of Facilities  able, and resilient for years to come.  Yorkers may need,” said Manny Saez,  reer at New York-Presbyterian Hos-
            Development,  Saez  oversees  an  ap-  I am proud to see both of them step  Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Facil-  pital  and  is  currently  an  Associate
            proximately $10 billion portfolio con-  into  these  expanded  roles  that  will  ities Development. “I am committed  Professor at New York University’s
            sisting of over 300 projects spanning  help steer the future of the city’s pub-  to ensuring that our hospitals, com-  Wagner School of Health Policy and
            more than 20 million square feet of  lic health care system.”       munity health centers, and specialty  Management, where she teaches and
            real estate across the health system.   “Quality is not limited to a sin-  care  locations  are  safe,  sustainable,  mentors  students  to  think  critically
            His  portfolio  includes  opening  the  gle department or discipline — it is a  and modernized to provide state-of-  and creatively about how to improve
            recently constructed NYC Health +  shared commitment to providing our  the art, reliable care to the over one  health care systems.
            Hospitals/South  Brooklyn  Health,  patients with the highest standard of  million patients we serve each year.”  Saez  holds  certifications  as  a
            upgrading  and  maintaining  critical  care  across  every  team,  every  unit,    Jalon brings 30 years of experi-  Building  Operator  from  the  NYC
            hospital  infrastructure  throughout  and every interaction at NYC Health  ence in healthcare quality. As Senior  Department  of  Citywide  Adminis-
            the system, and managing a dedicat-  + Hospitals,” said Hillary Jalon, Se-  Vice  President  and  Chief  Quality  trative  Services  and  as  an  OSHA
            ed team of 100 facilities staff and 700  nior Vice President and Chief Quality  Officer, along with core quality and  Authorized  General  Industry  Train-
            full-time engineers and tradespeople.  Officer. “I am deeply grateful to work  safety  functions,  Jalon  also  current-  er. He serves as an adjunct professor
                “Hillary  and  Manny  bring  deep  alongside such an incredible team in  ly  oversees  several  systemwide  pro-  in the Master of Public Health pro-
            expertise,  extraordinary  dedication,  the Office of Quality & Safety. It is a  grams  including  Hospital  Violence  gram at Saint Joseph College and in
            and  a  genuine  commitment  to  pro-  true privilege to continue building on  Interruption Programs, a provider re-  the Healthcare Master’s program at
            viding  high-quality  care  to  our  pa-  the  efforts  we’ve  achieved  together  cruitment effort, and continuing pro-  Lehman College.
            tients and the best working environ-  to support our exceptional clinicians  fessional  education  at  NYC  Health   He  earned  a  Ph.D.  in  Business
            ments for our many staff members,”  and  staff  who  show  up  every  single  +  Hospitals.  She  brings  extensive  Management from Capella Universi-
            said  Mitchell  Katz,  MD,  President  day to deliver the safest, most equi-  experience  in  quality  improvement  ty, a Master of Administrative Science
            and  CEO  of  NYC  Health  +  Hos-  table care possible to the many New  from  prior  roles  at  NYC  Health  +  from Fairleigh Dickinson University,
            pitals.  “Hillary  has  been  a  driving  Yorkers who depend on us.”   Hospitals/Community  Care,  where  and a Bachelor of Science with Hon-
            force in building a culture of quality   “I  am  part  of  an  extraordinary  she served as associate executive di-  ors from Fordham University.

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