GIANELLI APPOINTED ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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December 21, 2011
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GIANELLI APPOINTED ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Will teach hospital management in May 2012 Executive Masters of Public Health program
EAST MEADOW, NY….Arthur A. Gianelli, President/CEO of the NuHealth System, has been appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where he will teach a course on hospital management, during the May 2012 Executive Masters of Public Health program. He joins several other prominent health leaders who also serve as adjunct faculty members: Don Ashkenase (Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Montefiore Medical Center), Robert Chaloner (President and CEO of Southampton Hospital), Frank Cino (Vice President of Audit Services at Mount Sinai Medical Center) and Donna Lynne (President of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Colorado Region).
“I am honored to have been appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, a school ranked one of the top five schools of public health by US News and World Report and whose alumni, numbering more than 11,000 worldwide, can be found in leadership positions in government, universities, non-governmental institutions and in the private sector,” stated Gianelli. “I am thrilled to help train health leaders of tomorrow, sharing my expertise obtained during my years of leading a major public health care system, as well as my years of governmental financial experience, and to provide my students with the needed tools for a broad understanding and leadership training needed for today’s and tomorrow’s complex public health challenges.”
Mr. Gianelli’s graduate course in hospital management will explore in depth, the myriad human, economic, political, regulatory, technological and strategic challenges facing hospitals and the healthcare industry, at a time of national health care reform, with an increasing focus on reducing excess inpatient capacity, the need to increase primary care, improve health outcomes, sustain cost controls and achieve efficiencies.
Arthur A. Gianelli is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nassau Health Care Corporation (d/b/a/ the NuHealth System), a $545 million teaching facility and public safety net provider which operates the Nassau University Medical Center and the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility; co-operates four family health centers in partnership with the Long Island FQHC, Inc.; runs one school based clinic; is the majority owner of South Ocean Care, Inc.; and is a part owner of Healthfirst, Inc. He has served in this position since June 1, 2006. Previously, Mr. Gianelli served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the NuHealth System. He was appointed to this position on March 8, 2006.
For the prior ten years, Mr. Gianelli served in senior executive positions for two Long Island municipalities. He was Deputy County Executive for Budget and Finance for Nassau County and Director of Operations for the Town of North Hempstead.
Mr. Gianelli serves on several boards of directors, including Regional Policy Council 2 of the American Hospital Association as well as the Executive Committees of Healthfirst and the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. He has delivered presentations at conferences across the country on public hospitals, health reform, and public finance. And he has received numerous professional, educational, and civic awards, most recently being designated by the Long Island Press as one of the 50 most influential Long Islanders in 2010.
Mr. Gianelli earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History from St. John’s University, a Master of Arts Degree in Political Science from Brown University, a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Dowling College, and a Masters Degree in Public Health from Columbia University. Additionally, Mr. Gianelli teaches healthcare and hospital management to graduate students at Hofstra University Dowling College, and Columbia University.
Mr. Gianelli lives in New Hyde Park, New York with his wife, Nassau County District Court Judge Sharon Gianelli, and his two children, Cameron and Jessica.
ABOUT COLUMBIA’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
The Department of Health Policy and Management (HPM) is home to education, research, and service programs that provide students with the skills, networks, credentials, and practical experience to obtain professional positions in today’s complex and changing healthcare environment. The educational programs offer MPH degrees to a diverse student body from across the United States and around the globe. Students can choose to focus on health policy, management, comparative effectiveness research or global health. Faculty include world-renowned scholars and experienced healthcare professionals who integrate theory and practice in the classroom.
ABOUT NUHEALTH
NuHealth is a Long Island health care organization delivering essential medical care and disease and lifestyle management to everyone at every stage of life. Also known as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth is a public benefit corporation managing the operations of Nassau University Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care and a network of Family Health Centers that bring primary and specialty care out into the community. By emphasizing wellness, cultural sensitivity and collaborative efforts with the North Shore-LIJ Health System, NuHealth is working to make good care more affordable and easier to access.
For more information about NuHealth or its Centers of Care, visit www.nuhealth.net.
