“Launched The Walkalongside Leader™ to bring the power of STEPS – leading from your people’s point of view – to elevate leaders and their teams in any industry.”

“Inspired by his childhood participating in the family business, Michael and his teenage daughters are partners in a successful real estate business. Recognizing the need for innovative mental health solutions, Michael joined the board of Counslr, a startup that provides 24/7 text-based access to licensed coaches.

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“Following a successful healthcare career, Michael retired to leverage his unique experiences and increase his impact on people through meaningful ventures.

First, recognizing the shortage of childcare services on Long Island, Michael invested in a team to deliver high-quality, affordable childcare services. In the first year of operation, Michael’s leadership and coaching helped the team grow the business to serve over 100 families annually.”

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“On the eve of the COVID-19 crisis, Michael joined 23 generous clinicians in Quito, Ecuador, to provide care to many who otherwise wouldn’t receive it. Over 50 surgeries were expertly performed on children with cleft anomalies, as well as on adults with hernias, colorectal concerns, and bariatric surgery. Michael performed non-clinical functions by providing translation services, navigating and engaging patients, assisting surgeons and anesthesiologists in the Operating Rooms, and managing supplies.”

“At the original epicenter in the United States of the global pandemic, COVID-19 would test the hospital’s ability to stretch and flex internally, to rapidly house and care for hundreds more patients every day, many critically ill. It would test the ability of medical teams, nursing teams, supply teams, housekeeping, security guards, administrators, tech experts, and others to make sure patients continued to receive the top-level care they’ve come to expect from Northwell Health’s LIJ—all during the most extraordinary of circumstances. Highlights of Michael’s Role Include: Operationalized a doubling of the size of the hospital’s bed capacity from 600 to 1,200. Motivated and inspired a team of 12,000 Served as a beacon of hope in the media during the first wave. Provided the location and services for the award-winning documentary “the First Wave” Initiated the process of being the site of the First Vaccinated American”

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“Approx. 40 million people serve as an uncompensated caregivers for a friend or family member in the US. This represents about 1 in 10 people helping a loved one by running errands, taking friends or family to doctor appointments, or being a direct caregiver where they provide financial, emotional, or personal care support. Michael proudly ran and completed the 2019 NYC Marathon to raise awareness of these unrecognized heroes. Michael’s fundraising efforts set new marathon fundraising records.”

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“Career Day Inc.™ aims to change the lives of young adults by introducing high school students to the paths others have taken to reach their career goals. In partnership with executives and school staff, the program creates an atmosphere of acceptance and opportunity for all students at every academic level. Michael joined the board as a founding member to share his knowledge and business expertise with the committee. His insight into the thousands of job opportunities in health care is a cornerstone of his involvement.”

“Standing at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center In New Hyde Park with doctors, administrators, and other hospital leaders, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer revealed that Long Island hospitals are being deprived of critical federal dollars because of an under-the-radar-cut that began in January of this year. Schumer warned that gone untreated, this federal cut to the Island’s hospitals jeopardizes health care and services for many. On this day, Senator Schumer asked hospital leaders, including Michael, to gather at LIJ for a press conference directed at Congress to discuss the type of gap in care this could have on citizens who wouldn’t have a place to receive care for their cancer treatment if the programs that relied on these 340b dollars had closed.”

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“For the first time in a 60-year competitive history, leadership strategized to realign specialty services between two quarternary hospitals located 2 miles apart. With profound routed legacies and distrust at the front lines, Michael and clinical leadership led strategic workgroups to safely and effectively transition the best cardiac program in NY to its sister hospital. Immediately thereafter, they transitioned rapidly to 5 different surgical cancer programs. Each transition was an exercise in change management, project management, robust communications, delicate relationship management, PR, and of course, clinical outcomes. ”

“As a firm believer in building your services to improve customer experiences and quality instead of cost-cutting, Micahel worked collaboratively to innovate a model to bring more care to the bedside, not in the halls or at nurses’ stations–ultimately adding 1,000 incremental jobs. The journey to attain magnet status began in 2009 as the hospital CFO when Michael and the Chief Nursing Officer decided to undertake the challenge to achieve Magnet status. In 2015, Long Island Jewish Medical Center was awarded Magnet Recognition®, a distinguished designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) that recognizes commitment to excellence in nursing and dedication to exemplary patient care. About 500 hospitals worldwide – or about 8 percent – have been granted this status.”

“Promoted to Deputy Executive Director, day-to-day responsibility of hospital management and activities in partnership with Chief Medical and Chief Nursing Officers.”

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“Michael was part of Dartmouth College’s inaugural Master of Healthcare Delivery Science class: a hybrid pedagogy organized by Tuck and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI); the first group of people in the history of education to receive a degree in healthcare delivery science. During his time at Dartmouth College, Michael worked with a multidisciplinary team of extraordinary people to improve the quality of life for people with COPD. The model of care they developed has been proven as best practice throughout the country. In 2013 he was promoted to Chief Operating Officer and joined the faculty at Hofstra University in the Masters of Health Care administration program.”

“LIJ Medical Center Opens $300M, 10-Story Inpatient Tower with 188 Private Rooms, the largest hospital expansion project in NYS in over 30 years. From inception to operationalizing the building, Michael began working on this in corporate finance with the development of the business plan, market analysis, NYS approval and saw it through as the hospital’s CFO by working with his peers in hospital leadership to operationalize the plan into a budget with resources and targets set while opening the facility. This facility quickly became the number # 1 choice for moms to give birth to their children in New York State and is currently ranked by US News and World Reports as a top 10 place for obstetrics and gynecological care.”

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