ST. JOSEPH’S HEALTH ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL AFFAIRS

Syracuse, NY (August 12, 2019) – St. Joseph's Health has named Cristian Andrade, M.D. to the position of Vice President of Medical Affairs (VPMA). In this role, Dr. Andrade will oversee medical staff and leadership obligations to each other and responsibilities to patients, ensuring the highest levels of quality care. He will also support St. Joseph’s culture of close and mutually beneficial relationships between the medical staff and leadership.

(Cristian Andrade, MD., Hi-res photo available upon request)

Dr. Andrade has been with St. Joseph’s for 16 years. Family Medicine-trained, he joined St. Joseph’s as a resident in 2003 and he has served as a St. Joseph’s hospitalist since 2006. During that time, Dr. Andrade has assumed progressive administrative responsibilities, most recently as the Regional Medical Director and Chief of Hospitalist Services. In 2019, he completed the Advanced Executive Leadership for Physicians training at Cornell University.

As VPMA, Dr. Andrade will provide administrative oversight for multiple programs and areas, including Medical Staff governance, Utilization Review and the Hospitalist service. He will also focus on improving length of stay, a priority strategic aim for St. Joseph’s Health and Trinity Health, and will be instrumental in strategic planning for long-term success.

About St. Joseph’s Health

St. Joseph’s Health is a regional non-profit health care system based in Syracuse, NY. St. Joseph’s has been an innovative leader in health care since our founding in 1869 as the first hospital open to the public in the city of Syracuse. Offering primary, specialty and home care, a Magnet-recognized hospital, and collaboration with community partners, St. Joseph's Health advances the well-being of the communities we serve through an expanding range of services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. St. Joseph’s is ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, a designated Stroke Center and a U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital.” St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. St. Joseph’s Health is celebrating our 150th Anniversary throughout 2019. For more information on our founding Sisters of St. Francis including Saint Marianne Cope, our legacy and our innovations, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.

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