Gina Pezza

Executive Director, Department of Medicine Downtown @Mount Sinai Beth Israel

New York, NY, US

Responsible for leading strategy and decision-making for largest clinical & academic department. Leads finance, strategy, program development and physician recruitment with Chair, Medical Directors and Division Chiefs. Develops school, hospital and capital business plans to bolster provider recruitment strategy and program development. Oversees developing and managing budgets, planning, reporting and analysis for both hospital and school entities. Executes strategies to increase employee engagement, provider retention, team-building and communication. Oversees recruitment and retention of diverse clinical and non-clinical staff. Reduced hospital deficit funding through revenue enhancement and expense management efforts. Partners with hospital Chief Executive Officer and Vice President of Ambulatory Services to transform existing inpatient programs to outpatient to meet patient access needs. Oversees provider clinical effort across the Mount Sinai Health System, including five hospitals, multiple ambulatory practices and external ambulatory surgical and dialysis centers. Led overall redesign of Department of Medicine outpatient practices. Recruited more than 100 providers in six years for both inpatient and ambulatory services. Serves as administrative lead of nursing and physician partnership to drive patient satisfaction and quality. Directs revenue cycle management for professional and Article 28 billing. Successfully negotiated contracts with external organizations. Led Department of Medicine through three triennial Joint Commission (JC) surveys. Oversaw internal medicine residency and two fellowship programs. Directed the expansion of services and launched key clinical programs and new lines of business.

Northwell Health Center for Learning Innovation

Management and Process Improvement

eCornell

Executive Leadership for Healthcare Professionals

New York University

Master of Public Administration - MPA

City University of New York-Brooklyn College

Bachelor of Science - BS