GNYHA Ventures, Inc.

GNYHA Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Greater New York Hospital Association, provides an array of important business services to the health care community.

Kenneth E. Raske
Chief Executive Officer
(212)506-5401
raske@gnyha.org

Lee H. Perlman
President
(212) 506-5433
perlman@gnyha.org

Christopher O'Connor, FACHE
Executive Vice President

(212) 506-5415
oconnor@gnyha.org

Susan C. Waltman, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

(212) 506-5405
waltman@gnyha.org

Lori R. Levinson, Esq.
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

(212) 506-5419
levinson@gnyha.org

Corey Ackerman
Associate General Counsel

(212) 259-0715
ackerman@gnyha.org

Brian Conway
Vice President, Media Relations and Public Affairs
(212) 506-5477
conway@gnyha.org

Amy Kaufman
Director, Project Development

(212) 259-0730
kaufman@gnyha.org

Tina Lee
Manager, Communications
(212) 506-5461
tlee@gnyha.org

Stewart M. Presser
Vice President, Corporate Affairs

(212) 506-5444
presser@gnyha.org

Marjorie Rosenthal
Vice President, Human Resources and Administration

(212) 506-5434
rosenthal@gnyha.org

Andrea T. Williams
Assistant General Counsel

(212) 258-5318
awilliams@gnyha.org

New Business Initiatives

Barbara A. Green, PhD
Senior Vice President
(212) 259-0720
green@gnyha.org

Lauren Glasser
Account Manager

(212) 258-5304
lglasser@gnyha.org

Bellwether Specialty Management

To address a critical, yet unmet need in the pharmacy market, GNYHA VENTURES, Inc. launched Bellwether Specialty Management in early 2006 to focus exclusively on managing high-cost injectable drugs used to treat various chronic illnesses—such as certain forms of cancer, arthritis, and anemia—that are typically administered as part of a physician office visit and reimbursed under the patient’s major medical benefit plan.

Lee H. Perlman
Chief Executive Officer
(212) 506-5433
perlman@gnyha.org

John P. Sganga
President

(212) 901-1349
sganga@bellwetherplus.com

Cindy Fong, Pharm.D.  
Director, Clinical Services
(212) 258-5373
fong@bellwetherplus.com

Cynthia Radford
Vice President, Specialty Pharmacy Management

(212) 259-0768
cradford@bellwetherplus.com

GNYHA Alternate Care Purchasing Corp.

John P. Sganga
President
(212) 901-1349
sganga@gnyha-alternatecare.com  

Lisa Sokol
Senior Vice President, Operations

(212) 901-1361
sokol@gnyha-alternatecare.com  

Frank Geiger
Vice President, Contract Services

(646)413-1349
geiger@gnyha-alternatecare.com 

GNYHA Services

GNYHA Services, Inc., a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of GNYHA Ventures has a unique business alliance with Premier, Inc., one of the nation's largest medical/surgical and pharmaceutical group purchasing programs. GNYHA Services also operates its own regional group purchasing program for both Premier and non-Premier members.

Lee H. Perlman
President and Chief Executive Officer
(212) 506-5433
perlman@gnyha.org

Susan Waltman, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
(212) 506-5405
waltman@gnyha.org

Lori R. Levinson, Esq.
Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel

(212) 506-5419
levinson@gnyha.org

Pharmacy Services

William R. Larkin, MS, RPh
Senior Vice President, Pharmacy Services
(212) 506-5450
larkin@gnyha.org 

David J. Grish
Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Client Services
(212) 506-5469
grish@gnyha.org 

Joseph Mislowack, MS, RPh
Regional Vice President, Pharmacy Services

(212) 506-5504
mislowack@gnyha.org

Sudha Narayanaswamy, PharmD, BCPP, CGP
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

(212) 258-5376
snarayanaswamy@gnyha.org

Elizabeth A. Shlom, PharmD, BCPS
Vice President and Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services

(212) 506-5448
shlom@gnyha.org 

Leila M. Tibi, PharmD
Assistant Vice President

(212) 259-0775
tibi@gnyha.org   

Andrea Watson, Pharm.D.
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

(212) 506-5498
awatson@gnyha.org  

Group Purchasing

Christopher O’Connor, FACHE
Executive Vice President

(212) 506-5415
oconnor@gnyha.org

Yasmin Ahmad
Client Service Executive
(646) 773-3741
ahmad@gnyha.org

Jeffrey Ashkenase
Vice President, Business Intelligence and Program Administration

(212) 259-0774
ashkenase@gnyha.org

Anthony D. Bertuch
Senior Director, Contract Operations
(212) 258-5358
bertuch@gnyha.org 

Erin Cummings
Manager, Program Administration
(212) 259-0724
ecummings@gnyha.org

Daniel M. Dunphy
Regional Director, Group Purchasing Services

(845) 367-1277
dunphy@gnyha.org

Jayakar Edmond
Director, Food Services and Client Service Executive

(908) 803-2428
edmond@gnyha.org

Lisa Fishelberg, MHA
Project Manager
(212) 258-5388
fishelberg@gnyha.org

Jay Fligstein
Assistant Vice President, Client Service Operations

(631) 651-8089
fligstein@gnyha.org

Renata Frystock
Client Service Executive

(732) 364-4599
frystock@gnyha.org

Donna L. Gammarato
Vice President, Supply Chain Management and Director, Client Service Operations

(212) 506-5436
gammarato@gnyha.org

Timothy Glennon, RN, MSN, MBA, and CMRP
Vice President, Clinical Resource Management and Business Development
 
(212) 506-5445
glennon@gnyha.org

Martin Glick
Assistant Vice President, Business Intelligence
212-506-5324
mglick@gnyha.org

Adam Holtz
Assistant Director, Regional Contract Operations

(212) 258-5391
holtz@gnyha.org 

Andrew Infante
Client Service Executive

(646) 660-0385
ainfante@gnyha.org

Robert J. Karcher
Assistant Vice President, Contract Operations
(212) 262-8889
bkarcher@gnyha.org

Cosmo LaCosta
Client Service Executive

(845) 294-4710
lacosta@gnyha.org  

Lawrence Mandel
Client Service Executive, Supply Chain Management

(631) 588-0070
mandel@gnyha.org

Babu Paturi
Project Manager

(646) 483-2035
paturi@gnyha.org

Michelle Pollack
Client Service Executive, Imaging Specialist
(917) 232-8412
mpollack@gnyha.org

Sandra Schoby
Director, Clinical Resource Management

(212) 506-5521
sschoby@gnyha.org  

Praful Shah
Associate Vice President, Clinical Diagnostic Services

(212) 258-5386
shah@gnyha.org

Raul Tosado
Senior Client Service Executive

(212) 258-5338
tosado@gnyha.org

John Vivenzio
Vice President, Contract Operations

(212) 258-5319
vivenzio@gnyha.org  

Innovatix, LLC

Innovatix provides high quality group purchasing and consultative services to our national membership base of alternate care and non-acute care institutional providers. One of the fastest growing group purchasing organizations in the country, Innovatix serves over 9,200 members in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Today our programs are providing services to patients in the home infusion, extended care, long term care (dispensing) pharmacy, retail and mail-order pharmacy, institutional providers and independent medical oncologists segments.

John P. Sganga
President and Chief Executive Officer
(212) 901-1349
sganga@innovatix.comJohn

Rocco D. Consiglio
Vice President, Corporate Development

(610) 614-1663
consiglio@innovatix.com

Walter S. Geba, PharmD
Vice President, Contract Services

(212) 901-1342
geba@innovatix.com

David J. Mancione, MBA
Group Vice President, Sales

(212) 901-1345
mancione@innovatix.com

Lisa Sokol
Group Vice President
(212) 901-1361
sokol@innovatix.com

Nexera

Nexera is a national health care consulting firm that specializes in supply chain cost reduction, outsourcing, technology, and project management.

Lee H. Perlman
Chief Executive Officer
(212) 506-5433
perlman@gnyha.org

Christopher O'Connor, FACHE
President
(212) 506-5415
oconnor@nexeraconsulting.com

Joseph Abela
Assistant Director, Management Services
(917) 232-8421
jabela@gnyha.org

Elliot Allen
Vice President, Management Services
(917) 232-8421
allen@nexeraconsulting.com

Lee O. Alvarez
Senior Consultant, Operations

(212) 259-0732
alvarez@nexeraconsulting.com  

Russell Bing-You
Associate Director Management Services
(908) 994-8635
rbing-you@trinitas.org

George Bonanno
Director Management Services
(201) 325-6785
gbonanno@nexeraconsulting.com

Diane Buonanni
Director, Management Services
(201) 352-6781
dbuonanni@nexeraconsulting.com

Francine Disla
Manager, Operations
(212) 258-5363
fdisla@nexeraconsulting.com

Aaron J. Garmong
Director, Business Development and Finance
(212) 259-0722
garmong@nexeraconsulting.com

Frederick Gerken
Director, Management Services
(201) 858-5355
fgerken@nexeraconsulting.com

Salil Joshi
Senior Consultant - Technology

(212) 258-5303
sjoshi@nexeraconsulting.com  

Timothy J. Mangione
Manager, Operations
(212) 259-0734
tmangione@nexeraconsulting.com 

Victoria Miller
Assistant Vice President, Management Services

(646) 284-6623
vmiller@nexeraconsulting.com  

Diane Mongiello, RN
Vice President, Administrative Services
(212) 506-5486
mongiello@nexeraconsulting.com

Joseph Monteleone
Assistant Director Management Services

(845) 279-9398 ext.22
jmonteleone@health-quest.org

Eileen O’Donnell, RN
Vice President, Operations & Technology
(212) 259-0763
odonnell@nexeraconsulting.com

Nick Piro
Director Management Services
(718) 818-3836
npiro@rumcsi.org  

Ulrick Rosa 
Assistant Vice President, Materials Management
(908) 994-5039
rrosa@trinitas.org

Louis Santomauro
Director, Supply Chain - Health Quest

(845) 437-3044
lsantomauro@health-quest.org

Sandra Schoby
Director, Materials Management

(914) 493-2899
schoby@nexeraconsulting.com    

Dean Sheffield
Assistant Director, Materials Management

(914) 493-7658
scheffeldd@wcmc.com

Jim Teisl
Senior Consultant, Operations

(212) 258-5390
jteisl@nexeraconsulting.com

Mark Terranova
Director Management Services

212-312-5087
mark.terranova@downtownhospital.org

 
 

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