PORT JEFFERSON, NY – Christine Amoroso, RN, BS, MS, has been appointed as Mather Hospital’s vice president for quality, a new position.
Amoroso previously was director of quality management for Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. Before joining Southside in 2013, she served as assistant director of corporate quality for Northwell Health.
Amoroso received her master’s degree in Health Care Policy and Management from Stony Brook University and completed a long term care fellowship at the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook. She received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Molloy College, Rockville Centre and also received a New York State advanced certificate in health care policy and management.
Amoroso volunteers with Support the Kid for Cancer and the food pantry at St. Patrick’s RC Church, Smithtown. She lives in Smithtown with her husband and daughter.
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About Mather Hospital
Mather Hospital is an accredited 248-bed, non-profit community teaching hospital dedicated to providing a wide spectrum of high quality healthcare services to Suffolk County residents, showing compassion and respect and treating each patient in the manner we would wish for our loved ones. Mather has earned the prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), which recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. Mather has also received the top “A” rating for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group 12 times, including for both rating periods in 2018. For further information about Mather Hospital, visit www.matherhospital.org or “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/matherhospital.
About Northwell Health
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, nearly 700 outpatient facilities and more than 18,500 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 68,000 employees – 16,000-plus nurses and 4,000 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. We’re training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu.