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Lomeo has also facilitated the acquisition, affiliation and partnerships with numerous physicians, hospitals and health care systems. Combined, that impact of these various entities is over $2.0 billion in revenue with 11 hospitals, 16,000 employees and over 2,000 physicians.

During his tenure at Kaleida Health, Lomeo has led the organization through a remarkable transformation, improving quality of care, increasing market share, improving physician and employee relations, recording budget surpluses, increasing philanthropy and facilitating new construction. Most recently, Lomeo led the planning, financing and construction of the soon to be opened $270 million John R. Oishei Children's Hospital.

He has energized the organization through his style of collaboration and inclusive leadership. His focus on engaging physicians, nurses and staff fosters new ways to deliver more efficient, high quality patient care.

Prior to coming to Kaleida Health, Lomeo served as CEO of ECMC. He had spent eight years as a board member there before being recruited to serve as its leader in 2009. His focus on patient care and the community was a driving force in the hospital's rebirth and renaissance. Lomeo initiated talks with the County of Erie (New York), leading to two historic agreements that have stabilized the County's finances while ensuring that ECMC remain autonomous and financially independent. In addition to this, Lomeo was also instrumental in negotiating unprecedented agreements with the New York State Nursing Association and CSEA.

In prioritizing the community's interests, Lomeo was able to implement several physician-led clinical improvements on the ECMC campus. New programs and facilities involving head and neck surgery, breast surgery, and orthopedics, as well as a primary care network of providers have become a part of today's ECMC - all due to his Lomeo's leadership.

A new Center of Excellence in Transplantation and Renal Care and the new Terrace View Long Term Care facility has been joined by a Center of Excellence in Behavioral Health on the ECMC campus. Nearly $200 million of new construction occurred at ECMC under Lomeo, generating new economic development above the impact that this $500 million entity provides through annual operations.

Lomeo's role and impact in health care, business and the community have been recognized numerous times through various awards and achievements.

He has been named Business First's "CEO of the Year," the University at Buffalo School of Management's "Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year," plus received Business First's "Health Care 50 Award," D'Youville College's "Achievement in Health Care Award," and the National Federation for Just Communities "Leadership Award." In addition to this, Lomeo has been given the UNYTS "Gift of Life Award," the Leadership Buffalo "Openness to Change Award," Trocaire College's "Reflections Award" and the Amherst Chamber "Commitment to Excellence Award."

Lomeo has provided support and guidance to a number of community organizations as a volunteer over the years, He is a member of the Board of Directors at Evans Bancorp, Inc. (Evans Bank) and the Greater New York Hospital Association. His previously served on the boards of directors at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, D'Youville College and the Healthcare Association of New York State.

He attended Fordham University before graduating from the State University at Buffalo (SUNY - UB). Jody and his wife Mary live in Clarence, New York with their three boys John, Vinny and Joe.

Boyd had been the president at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital and a vice president for Kaleida Health since August 2006. In his site president role, he helped lead the hospital's growth, particularly in the vascular service lines such as cardiac, stroke and vascular surgery plus the integration efforts for the Gates Vascular Institute.

In his current role, Boyd lead Kaleida Health's numerous growth initiatives, including the development of the Gates Vascular Institute (GVI), integration of Buffalo General and Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospitals, help with the implementation of the professional steering committee (PSC) recommendations for Great Lakes Health, ECMC and Kaleida Health, coordination of physician alignment plus other business development opportunities throughout Western New York.

A Williamsville resident, Boyd has been with Kaleida Health since its inception in 1998. He previously served as vice president for ambulatory services and business development, director of ambulatory services, manager of quality improvement and director of Kaleida Health's ambulatory surgery center in Williamsville.

He has a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in corporate finance and healthcare systems management, from the University of Buffalo (UB). He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in community mental health and psychology from UB.

Earle leads the information technology (IT) team, overseeing strategic and tactical planning, plus development and coordination of Kaleida Health and ECMC’s IT platforms. In this role, he has significantly changed not only the IT landscape of Kaleida Health, but also the way healthcare providers and patients use IT across the region and beyond.

Earle believes in the power of IT to enhance patients’ experiences. In designing the new Oishei Children’s Hospital, Earle was instrumental in leading the IT team to give patients, their families and friends a new and better healthcare experience. Oishei Children's Hospital leverages a smartphone app that includes wayfinding technology to reduce anxiety for campus visitors. The app also integrates a patient’s electronic medical record to provide appointment alerts and estimated arrival times for patients. Once at the hospital, the app displays parking information and guides patients within the hospital to their appointment location.

To make patients feel more welcome and comfortable, Oishei Children’s Hospital also features digital mosaic collages, live webcam streams of animals and public education sessions at the Buffalo Zoo that patients can watch in their rooms, on demand movies, and the opportunity to provide real-time electronic feedback about their stay so care takers can respond immediately.

Earle is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh, NY, and regularly participates in community fundraising opportunities as well as advocacy/speaking engagements focused on diversity.

Earle holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, NY, and a master’s degree in information systems from Strayer University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Hughes is an accomplished physician, business owner, entrepreneur and engineer. He has served as Kaleida Health's medical director for employee health, an attending physician in emergency medicine at Kaleida Health and ECMC, an assistant clinical professor in emergency medicine for the University at Buffalo (UB), as well the president of the Governing Board for the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) Faculty Practice Management Plan.

Dr. Hughes received his master's degree in public health from the Medical College of Wisconsin and his medical degree from UB. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Wake Forest University Medical Center in North Carolina. He received his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan.

Prior to entering medical school, Dr. Hughes was a process engineer at the General Motors Tonawanda Engine Plant.

Recruited to Kaleida Health in 2004, he is responsible for the hospital system’s external affairs including marketing, communications, and government affairs. He also oversees campus development, construction, real estate, planning and parking.

Active in the community, Hughes was appointed in 2008 to the board of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), becoming the youngest Commissioner in the history of the authority.  Hughes also serves on the Board of Directors for Buffalo Place (chair of marketing committee), the Buffalo Police Athletic League, Mercy Flight and the West Seneca Zoning Board of Appeals.

Prior to joining Kaleida Health, Mike was recruited to and served as the Public Affairs and Marketing Manager for Rural/Metro Medical Services, a national ambulance company.  He oversaw all media, government and community relations, marketing, and contract compliance in Western New York.  He also served as the statewide public information officer for Rural/Metro’s nationally recognized “Disaster Response Team.”

In 2018, Hughes was recognized by the Public Relations Society of America, winning its highest award – the prestigious and nationally recognized “Silver Anvil” – for his integrated communications campaign around the relocation, rebranding and grand opening of the former Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo (now Oishei Children’s Hospital).

Hughes has been named a National Federation For Just Communities “Community Leader” (2017) and the “Outstanding Practitioner” from the Public Relations Society of America Western New York Chapter (2016).  In 2010, the Communication Studies Department at Canisius College named him the “Marilyn G.S. Watt Alumni Award” winner, which is presented annually to a notable alumnus from the Communication program. In 2005, Hughes was named a Business First “40 Under 40” award winner. 

He is also a graduate of Leadership Buffalo (2002) and the Buffalo FBI’s Citizen’s Academy (2003). In addition to this, he has won numerous awards from International MarCom, the Healthcare Marketing Report and the Western New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Hughes completed Harvard Business School’s executive program in Cambridge, Massachusetts concentrating on health care management.  He earned a master’s of business administration degree (MBA) from Medaille College as well as bachelors in Communication from Canisius College.

Cheryl Klass came to Kaleida Health in 2004 when she was named president of Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and vice president for Kaleida Health. In December 2011, Klass was appointed senior vice president of operations, Buffalo General Medical Center, which also includes the Gates Vascular Institute and HighPointe on Michigan. Klass most recently served as vice president, Kaleida Health, and president, Buffalo General Medical Center.

Klass has a comprehensive and very successful background in both adult and pediatric healthcare operations. She began her career as a registered nurse at Children's Hospital of Buffalo in 1977, but quickly advanced into nursing leadership roles that included director of the pediatric, surgical and critical care divisions of the hospital. She also eventually served as the chief nursing officer of Children's Hospital for many years before relocating to Chicago in 1993 to accept the role of chief operating officer for Children's Memorial Medical Center, part of the Northwestern Healthcare System.

Klass returned to Buffalo in 2000 and served as the chief operating officer of Mercy Hospital of Buffalo and chief operating officer of Sisters Hospital of Buffalo, as well as vice president of Women's Health for the Catholic Health System, before returning to Children's in 2004. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Niagara University and her Master of Business Administration from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Spaulding served as interim general counsel since August 2014. Prior to that, she was associate general counsel, Corporate Risk Management, where she directed Kaleida Health's risk management, emergency management and regulatory affairs functions, in addition to overseeing the commercial insurance portfolio and legal services related to professional and general liability.

Spaulding, who has been with Kaleida Health since its inception, obtained her bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester where she completed a double major, and her Juris Doctor degree from Syracuse University College of Law, where she was a member of both the Law Review and Moot Court.

As vice president for finance and business operations, Swiatkowski guided Kaleida Health through major milestones, including the expansion of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital; the closure and sale of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital; the financing, construction and opening of the Gates Vascular Institute and HighPointe on Michigan; and the planning, financing and fundraising for the new John R. Oishei Children's Hospital.

An HR veteran with 23 years of experience, Venable comes to Kaleida Health from Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville, Tennessee. HCA is one of the largest health systems in the country with $35 billion in revenue, 240,000 employees, 37,000 physicians and 80,000 nurses.

Venable has been with HCA and its hospitals for 17 years rising through the ranks from manager of human resources at Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas to his most recent role as corporate talent director in HCA's corporate office. In that role, Venable was responsible for developing CEO and COO talent for HCA's 174 hospitals and 119 surgery centers.

Prior to this, he served for seven years as regional vice president for human resources in Richmond, Virginia, overseeing HR functions in 17 hospitals and 15,000 employees. Venable received his bachelor and master's degree from University of Texas at El Paso. He also completed a doctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona.

Christopher Lane was named vice president of Kaleida Health and president of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in January of 2007. In January 2012, he took on the additional responsibility of leadership as president for DeGraff Memorial Hospital as well.

Lane joined Kaleida Health in 2003, when he was named vice president of Kaleida Health and president of DeGraff Memorial Hospital. Before joining Kaleida Health, he served as administrator of Covenant Health Systems in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Lane is the winner of the prestigious Modern Health Care Up and Comer Award (given annually to only 12 Healthcare Executives nationwide), Buffalo Business First's "40 under 40," Buffalo Business First "Health Care 50" and the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Citizen of the Year 2006 award, among others. He is extremely active in the community: sitting on the Executive Board of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce and Millard Ambulatory Surgery Center, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Episcopal Church Home and Canterbury Woods, and a member of the Board of Directors for UNYTS. He is also a past board member of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, the Child Care Coalition of Niagara Frontier, Rotary Club of the Tonawandas and Salem, New Hampshire and the United Way of Tonawandas.

Lane holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Colgate University in Hamilton, NY and received his master's degree in healthcare administration from D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY.

Jackson brings 25 years of healthcare experience to this role, as
well as officer/captain level experience in the United States Army.
Jackson most recently served as senior executive director of hospital
operations at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio in San Antonio, TX, where he was responsible for overseeing
perioperative services, emergency services, trauma services,
ambulatory surgical services, sterile processing and medicine service
line.

Jackson is certified in basic life support, advanced cardiac life
support and advanced burn life support. He is a member of the
American College of Healthcare Executives. He received his Bachelor
of Science in nursing from the University of the Incarnate Word in
San Antonio, TX, and his Master of Health Administration from Webster
University in Webster Groves, MO. He is currently enrolled in the
Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Yale University in New Haven, CT.

Most recently, Schmidt held the position of vice president, strategic initiatives & implementation.

Schmidt joined Kaleida Health in 1988. Her experience includes:

• Senior Director, Ambulatory Services, Buffalo General Medical Center/Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo
• Project Coordinator, Performance Improvement, Buffalo General Medical Center
• Manager, Ambulatory Clinics/Geriatric Ambulatory, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital
• Specialist/Senior Employee Relations Specialist, Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital
• Manager, Women's Health Services, Buffalo General Medical Center

She is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and serves as board member, Buffalo Prenatal/Perinatal Association; sustainability committee member, Buffalo Prenatal/Perinatal Association; and committee member/past chair, Deaconess pediatric unit at HighPointe on Michigan.

Schmidt was named a 2013 Business First Top 50 in Healthcare and was a 2012 Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network honoree.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Medaille College and a Master of Science degree, Executive Leadership, from Daemen College.

Dr. McMahon most recently was the medical director of hospital operations at BGMC.

A resident of Orchard Park, Dr. McMahon received his Bachelor of Science in biology from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, and his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). He has also served as the director of adult services at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo and pediatric medical director at HighPointe on Michigan.

Dr. McMahon was the recipient of the Burt P. Flickinger, Jr. Award, Medical Professional of the Year (2009) and is a member of the American Medical Association, American Society of Internal Medicine, and American College of Physicians. He is also chairman for the Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation's "Festival of Trees."

Barbara Kuppel, MS, BSN, RN, CPHQ has been with Kaleida Health for 29 years; 25 years at Oishei Children's Hospital as a staff nurse, Clinical Nurse Educator, Nurse Supervisor and Nurse Manager. She also worked with Risk Management as a Regulatory Compliance Specialist and has spent the last three years leading the Quality and Infection Prevention Teams at BGMC/GVI.

Barb graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing from the University at Buffalo School of Nursing and received a Masters degree in Health Services Administration from D'Youville College. She is also a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and was named Nurse of Distinction for BGMC/GVI in 2018.

Craven was recruited from the Carolinas Hospital System where he served as chief executive officer. He joined the Carolinas Hospital System in 2010 as its chief operating officer before being promoted to the CEO position in 2012.

In his time there, he is credited with growing volume, improving quality, employee and patient satisfaction scores, modernizing the facilities, and developing an integrated network of physicians.

Prior to this, Craven held executive leadership positions with two Carolinas Hospital System affiliates - interim CEO of Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama and the assistant CEO of DeKalb Regional Medical Center in Fort Payne, Alabama.

Craven has a Master of Business Administration from Gardner-Webb University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Manitoba (Canada).

Dr. Pierce was most recently quality and patient safety medical officer and an attending emergency medicine physician at MFSH.

Dr. Pierce, who will continue to practice clinically in the emergency department at MFSH, also holds positions as medical education coordinator and attending physician in emergency medicine for FDR Medical Services, P.C., adjunct teaching faculty Harvard Medical School/Harvard Business School, and assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at UB.

A resident of East Amherst, Dr. Pierce received his Bachelor of Science in biology from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, began his medical training at the University of Guadalajara and finished at New York Medical College, and completed his residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Pierce was the recipient of the Dean's Award at UB for extraordinary service to the university and received distinction as Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) in 2009. He was also winner of the National Final Clinical Pathologic Case at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) conference in 2007.

He is an active member of several sections of the ACEP and holds numerous professional appointments including, content advisor/reviewer for the Harvard Business Review Advisory Board; NYS chief of police surgeons of the State Troopers PBA Police Surgeons Group; police surgeon for Criminal Bureau of Investigation of NYS Police Investigators Association and uniformed reserve deputy sheriff of the Erie County Sheriff's Department Scientific Staff Division.

DiBacco joined Kaleida Health in August 2018 and brings more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry into his new role. DiBacco has served as the interim Chief Executive Officer at ENH since May 2018 and previously held the COO position there since 2004. Prior to joining ENH, he has served in senior leadership and operations positions at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital.

A resident of Lewiston, DiBacco holds two bachelor’s degrees from Niagara University, one in accounting and one in business/commerce.  He is active in the Niagara County community, volunteering his time with various community, business and sports organizations. 

Swann joined Kaleida Health in 2015 and brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to this role, most recently serving as the senior director of neuroscience/stroke, critical care and emergency services at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute (BGMC/GVI). In that role, he led physician engagement, strategic planning and service line oversight, nursing operations, clinical excellence and facilitated program growth and development.

As CNO, Swann will be responsible for day-to-day nursing operations, developing and implementing nursing strategies and corporate policies, nursing practice guidelines and quality indicators; all with an emphasis on delivering quality care that exceeds the expectations of patients and their families in our community.

He began his healthcare career as an emergency department technician and has held a variety of direct patient care positions such as staff nurse and charge nurse. He has continually added to his broad range of leadership experience managing and directing high acuity service lines in hospitals in Buffalo and Boston, Massachusetts. In addition Swann has held senior level positions in healthcare technology companies based in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois.

Swann is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, American College of Healthcare Executives, the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Swann received his Associate of Applied Science in nursing from Trocaire College, his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Master in Healthcare Administration from Framingham University in Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program.

Langston provides financial guidance and analysis for decision making that involves strategic planning, service line growth, revenue generation and cost containment for the two hospitals.

Langston spent two years in the Finance Department as manager of Budget & Decision Support where he provided oversight to the analytics and finance team at Kaleida Health. He is credited with the development and implementation of budgeting improvements, creating streamlined efficiencies in financial reporting and teaching Finance and Budgeting classes to all levels of management throughout Kaleida Health.

Langston holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications and Philosophy from the State University of New York at Fredonia and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Canisius College. He is currently pursuing a second Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Canisius College in Professional Accounting.

A resident of Buffalo, he has sat on the Board of Directors for the Canisius MBA Alumni Association for the past several years.

Craven was recruited from the Carolinas Hospital System where he served as chief executive officer. He joined the Carolinas Hospital System in 2010 as its chief operating officer before being promoted to the CEO position in 2012.

In his time there, he is credited with growing volume, improving quality, employee and patient satisfaction scores, modernizing the facilities, and developing an integrated network of physicians.

Prior to this, Craven held executive leadership positions with two Carolinas Hospital System affiliates - interim CEO of Cherokee Medical Center in Centre, Alabama and the assistant CEO of DeKalb Regional Medical Center in Fort Payne, Alabama.

Craven has a Master of Business Administration from Gardner-Webb University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Manitoba (Canada).

Dr. Pierce was most recently quality and patient safety medical officer and an attending emergency medicine physician at MFSH.

Dr. Pierce, who will continue to practice clinically in the emergency department at MFSH, also holds positions as medical education coordinator and attending physician in emergency medicine for FDR Medical Services, P.C., adjunct teaching faculty Harvard Medical School/Harvard Business School, and assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at UB.

A resident of East Amherst, Dr. Pierce received his Bachelor of Science in biology from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, began his medical training at the University of Guadalajara and finished at New York Medical College, and completed his residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Pierce was the recipient of the Dean's Award at UB for extraordinary service to the university and received distinction as Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) in 2009. He was also winner of the National Final Clinical Pathologic Case at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) conference in 2007.

He is an active member of several sections of the ACEP and holds numerous professional appointments including, content advisor/reviewer for the Harvard Business Review Advisory Board; NYS chief of police surgeons of the State Troopers PBA Police Surgeons Group; police surgeon for Criminal Bureau of Investigation of NYS Police Investigators Association and uniformed reserve deputy sheriff of the Erie County Sheriff's Department Scientific Staff Division.

DiBacco joined Kaleida Health in August 2018 and brings more than 30 years of experience in the health care industry into his new role. DiBacco has served as the interim Chief Executive Officer at ENH since May 2018 and previously held the COO position there since 2004. Prior to joining ENH, he has served in senior leadership and operations positions at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital.

A resident of Lewiston, DiBacco holds two bachelor’s degrees from Niagara University, one in accounting and one in business/commerce.  He is active in the Niagara County community, volunteering his time with various community, business and sports organizations. 

Swann joined Kaleida Health in 2015 and brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to this role, most recently serving as the senior director of neuroscience/stroke, critical care and emergency services at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute (BGMC/GVI). In that role, he led physician engagement, strategic planning and service line oversight, nursing operations, clinical excellence and facilitated program growth and development.

As CNO, Swann will be responsible for day-to-day nursing operations, developing and implementing nursing strategies and corporate policies, nursing practice guidelines and quality indicators; all with an emphasis on delivering quality care that exceeds the expectations of patients and their families in our community.

He began his healthcare career as an emergency department technician and has held a variety of direct patient care positions such as staff nurse and charge nurse. He has continually added to his broad range of leadership experience managing and directing high acuity service lines in hospitals in Buffalo and Boston, Massachusetts. In addition Swann has held senior level positions in healthcare technology companies based in Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois.

Swann is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives, American College of Healthcare Executives, the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

A native of Buffalo, New York, Swann received his Associate of Applied Science in nursing from Trocaire College, his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the State University of New York at Buffalo and his Master in Healthcare Administration from Framingham University in Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership Program.

Langston provides financial guidance and analysis for decision making that involves strategic planning, service line growth, revenue generation and cost containment for the two hospitals.

Langston spent two years in the Finance Department as manager of Budget & Decision Support where he provided oversight to the analytics and finance team at Kaleida Health. He is credited with the development and implementation of budgeting improvements, creating streamlined efficiencies in financial reporting and teaching Finance and Budgeting classes to all levels of management throughout Kaleida Health.

Langston holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications and Philosophy from the State University of New York at Fredonia and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Canisius College. He is currently pursuing a second Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Canisius College in Professional Accounting.

A resident of Buffalo, he has sat on the Board of Directors for the Canisius MBA Alumni Association for the past several years.

Oishei Children’s Hospital is the regional center for comprehensive and state-of-the-art pediatric trauma, surgical and medical care, including neonatal, perinatal and obstetrical services. It is the only access point for pediatric critical care as the region’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center. Oishei Children’s Hospital also serves as the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Western New York. The hospital enjoys a worldwide reputation for innovation and research and also provides highly specialized care and treatment through an array of outpatient services.

Allegra leads one of only 43 freestanding hospitals in the United States and the only freestanding children’s hospital in New York State. In addition to planning and executing the historic and successful move that saw 125 patients transferred from Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo to Oishei Children’s Hospital in 2017, Allegra has been instrumental in the evolution of the hospital’s operational and business development strategies, resulting in physician recruitment, improvements in quality care delivery, the overall experience for patients, physicians and staff, successful clinical outcomes as well as increased market share and revenue generation.

Allegra is responsible for managing daily hospital operations, including clinical, ancillary and support services, community physician relations, all off-site pediatric and obstetric primary clinics, adherence to all regulatory requirements to maintain the Pediatric Level I Trauma program, the Regional Perinatal Center of WNY and the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Allegra serves on the boards of the Health Care Association of New York State (HANYS), Children’s Hospital Association Finance Committee, New York State Millennium Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) and UNYTS (Upstate New York Transplant Services). She earned a BS in finance and MBA, with an emphasis on healthcare, from Canisius College. She has been named to Buffalo Business First’s Power 250, Healthcare 50 and 40 Under 40 lists in recent years.

A Western New York native, Allegra resides in Williamsville, NY with her husband and two children.

A resident of Buffalo, Dr. Turkovich received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology as well as his medical degree from the University at Buffalo (UB). He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong. He currently serves as a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics for UB.

Dr. Turkovich has won numerous awards and honors, including the Business First "Healthcare 50" designation and the UB School of Medicine's "Medical Alumni Award for Community Service and Commitment." He is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics and member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

In this role, Charsha oversees nursing operations, develop and implement nursing strategies and policies, nursing practice guidelines and quality indicators, all with a focus on delivering high quality care to patients and families.

With 12 years of senior nursing leadership experience and 20 years of direct clinical experience, Charsha formerly served as vice president and chief nursing officer for Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Fairfax, VA, where she oversaw nursing practice and clinical operations for medical and surgical services, pediatrics, women’s health, emergency, critical care, progressive care, cardiology and ambulatory services. In addition, she served as the executive director for the opening of a new Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital with 330 private rooms, 108-bed single room NICU, 14 operating rooms and 33 labor and delivery rooms. Charsha led the orientation and training of all personnel working in the new hospital, which opened in February 2016.

Charsha also previously held roles as senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ; director of neonatal services at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO; and manager of nurse practitioner services at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

She is a certified neonatal advanced life support regional instructor and pediatric advanced life support instructor. She is also a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Perinatal Section, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Organization of Nurse Executives, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, and the National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners.

Charsha received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Wilkes College in Wilkes Barre, PA, and her Master of Science in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA, where she also received her post-graduate certification as a neonatal nurse practitioner. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.

In her new role, Trevino is responsible for implementing unique and varied initiatives aimed at improving patient care quality, leading continuous improvement programs and engaging leaders and care providers to make the necessary changes to promote a safer environment for the patients, staff and visitors at Oishei Children’s Hospital.

Trevino has over 20 years of pediatric nursing experience in settings across the US, and has a passion for improving patient care and health outcomes. Trevino was most recently the Clinical Risk Management, Patient Safety, and Quality Improvement Director at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, AR. She has been involved with multiple large, pediatric quality and patient safety collaboratives and is currently a national subject matter expert on event classification and cause analysis for the Children's Hospital's Solutions for Patient Safety and a member of the Child Health PSO Patient Safety Team.

She received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, IN and her Doctor of Philosophy in nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School in Little Rock, AR.

Baumgartner holds a Masters of Business Administration in healthcare systems from the University at Buffalo, and a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Bonaventure University.

Responsible for the clinical and operational direction for nursing, rehabilitation, home health and other services, Greisler provides oversight for overall VNA operating functions with particular focus on analysis and synthesis of data trends to forecast and support strategic business direction.

Greisler previously served as the lead clinical manager of the VNA since 1996. She joined the VNA in 1981 as a home health nurse, and has spent the majority of her career here, serving as a liaison nurse, patient service manager, and quality assurance director prior to her promotion to her current position. She began her nursing career as a staff nurse at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 1979.

She has a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University at Buffalo.