Westchester County Health Care Corporation

Westchester County Health Care Corporation (WCHCC) is a public benefit corporation created by the spin-off in 1998 of Westchester County Medical Center (now known as Westchester Medical Center) and related assets from an enterprise fund of Westchester County. The Westchester Medical Center had been owned and operated by Westchester County since 1920 and is the only public hospital in Westchester County. Westchester Medical Center primarily serves the five-county area of Westchester, Orange, Rockland, Dutchess, and Putnam, and secondarily serves the counties of the Bronx, Ulster and Sullivan.

Westchester Medical Center is the only tertiary care and academic medical facility in this area. In addition to offering the services of a prototypical public hospital, Westchester Medical Center maintains a Level I trauma center, a full-service 24-hour cardiac center, an organ transplant program, a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit, and a burn unit. It provides 24-hour Medevac helicopter service, and offers alcohol detoxification rehabilitation and psychiatry services.

Served as member of board and participated in strategic planning and finance committees during period of financial turnaround. Served as Chair of the Board Quality Care Committee, Board Executive Committee for three terms, including holding office of Vice Chairman for two terms.