New York-based Montefiore Medicine's board of trustees has recently appointed Dr. Philip O. Ozuah as the new CEO of Montefiore Medicine, the parent organization of Montefiore Health System and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has also held the positions of Professor and University Chairman of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the Children's Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM), where he worked to deliver best-in-class clinical care with a commitment to healthcare access for the underserved. Under his leadership, U.S. News and World Report ranked Montefiore Health System’s specialties in the top 1% of the nation’s hospitals and CHAM as one of “America’s Best Children Hospitals.” Dr. 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 Chairman of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In these ro...
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