The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Mount Sinai NYU Health have named Barry R. Freedman Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai NYU Health. Mr. Freedman is currently President of The Mount Sinai Hospital and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Mount Sinai NYU Health.

Theresa Bischoff, the current President of NYU Hospitals Center and Executive Vice President of Mount Sinai NYU Health, has been named Acting Chief Operating Officer of Mount Sinai NYU Health.

Celeste M. Johnson has been appointed Regional Director of the New York State Department of Health's (DOH's) Metropolitan Regional Office in New York City. Prior to taking this leadership position at DOH, she served as GNYHA's Director of Government and Community Affairs. In the mid-1990s Ms. Johnson was the President of Johnson, Lane Associates, a consulting firm to health and human service agencies in Boston. She also served as Chief of Staff to the Commissioner of the Boston Department of Health and Hospitals for more than six years.