Yuri Pashchuk, former flight nurse and Clinical Director will take the helm at the
U.S. News & World Report Best Regional Hospital System
Syracuse, NY — St. Joseph’s Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Yuri Pashchuk, MSN, RN, CCRN-k to Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Yuri has been with St. Joseph’s Health for nearly 20 years and has a wealth of experience as a flight nurse, outreach specialist, nurse manager and, most recently, Clinical Director.
Yuri is a proven and highly effective leader at St. Joseph’s Health. During the height of the pandemic, he was instrumental in overseeing COVID units and handling COVID capacity and workforce concerns. He started his career at St. Joseph’s Health in 2002 as a Student Tech in the emergency room. By 2006, he had become a registered nurse in the Critical Care and ER setting.
“I have been blessed to see the way in which my family was welcomed by our community when we immigrated from Ukraine in 1989,” said Pashchuk. “I am humbled by the opportunity to serve as the Chief Nursing Officer at St. Joseph's Health. It will allow me to give back to our community and an organization that I call my second family. I look forward to building on the 150-year legacy of those who came before me and help lead us into an exciting new future.”
As CNO, Yuri will provide clinical and administrative leadership for planning, organizing, directing, monitoring, and evaluating safe high-quality patient care to advance the mission of St. Joseph’s Health. He is responsible for the nursing workforce, quality outcomes, regulatory compliance, several allied health departments, organizational projects, and strategic initiatives.
“Yuri has extensive experience and years of service at St. Joseph’s Health,” said Meredith Price, Senior Vice President of Acute Operations at St. Joseph’s Health. “During those years, he advanced in the scope of his responsibilities. His relationships with physicians, staff, and patients have made him a very effective leader. Over the past few years, Yuri has been involved in several leadership development processes to prepare him for this role. We are absolutely confident he will succeed well into the future.”
In addition to nursing, Yuri is experienced in Disaster Medical Assistance and Emergency Preparedness. He earned his MSN from Liberty University, his BSN from Keuka College, and his AAS from the St. Joseph’s College of Nursing.
Yuri is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and several committees at St. Joseph’s Health. In the community, Yuri is an active member at Northside Church and is passionate about his involvement with UMANA, supporting Ukrainian medical relief during wartime. He raised more than $10,000 and more than $250,000 in medical supplies for Ukraine.
Yuri and his wife, Sarah, who is also a nurse at St. Joseph’s Health, have two boys and reside in Baldwinsville, NY.
About St. Joseph’s Health
St. Joseph’s Health is 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 one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and one of America’s 100 Best for Spine Surgery and Coronary Intervention according to Healthgrades. It 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 St. Joseph’s Physicians, and is a member of Trinity Health. For more information, visit www.sjhsyr.org/legacy.
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.
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