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    David Brody, MPA

    Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Operations Officer, Central Market
    Northwell Health

    David Brody is the senior vice president and ambulatory operations officer for the Central Market of Northwell Health. In this role, he is responsible for the overall administration of this 250+ location ambulatory network and medical group spanning across Nassau and Queens counties in New York. He is responsible for the leadership, strategy, financial management, and operations of a network that sees more than 2.4 million appointments per year and has more than 5,000 team members, including over 1,200 physicians.

    Prior to his current role, David was the senior vice president for the ambulatory service organization where he was responsible for patient access, service line development and ambulatory shared services. Previously, he was the deputy executive director for the cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery service lines. There, he was responsible for the clinical and administrative operations for both service lines across the entire Northwell organization.

    During his tenure, David helped to develop and launch brand new heart and lung transplant programs. He also partnered with clinical leaders to expand access to best-in-class sub-specialty medicine and surgery across the downstate region of New York. Furthermore, he supported a cardiovascular surgery program which was one of three programs nationally in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ database to achieve three stars (highest rating) in all five surgical categories.

    David has held a variety of positions within the health system. He began his Northwell career at Northwell’s Center for EMS, where he covered both 9-1-1 emergency work in the NYC EMS system, as well as critical care interfacility transports. David also held several positions in hospital administration at North Shore University Hospital. Immediately prior to joining cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, David was the administrative director for emergency medicine and surgery at North Shore University Hospital.

    David received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from New York University and a Master of Public Administration degree from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, also at New York University.

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