OUR LEADERSHIP

Dr. Sandra Scott is the Chief Executive Officer of One Brooklyn Health. 

Dr. Scott has served as Interim CEO since January 2024. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center for nearly three years and Chair of OBH’s Department of Emergency Medicine. In her role at Brookdale, she made history as the hospital’s first woman, physician, and person of color to serve as Executive Director in its 100-year history.

Dr. Scott has also led Brookdale’s efforts to address health equity and Black women’s maternal health issues. Dr. Scott joined U. S. Senator Chuck Schumer to champion the Maternal Health Momnibus Act to address disparities in women’s healthcare.

Today, as the Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Scott will continue to oversee the strategic leadership, network management, and financial performance of the hospital network. She works closely with the Board of Trustees and staff to set the long-term vision, oversee day-to-day operations, and ensure that OBH achieves its financial, operational, and strategic goals.

Under Dr. Scott’s leadership, over 7,000 employees provide enhanced access to high-quality medical care, keep their communities healthy through an integrated care system that respects the diversity of their communities, and address the health needs that shape them.

Dr. Scott is a graduate of Louisiana State University and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She completed her Emergency Medicine residency at Boston Medical Center. She also served as the Chief of Service for Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Chair of Emergency Medicine at Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx. Throughout her career, Dr. Scott has worked exclusively in safety-net hospitals such as Kings County and Brookdale. Her priority goal is to serve and uplift communities with health and equity disparities both in the U.S. and abroad.

Arthur Gianelli joins OBH from Mount Sinai Health Systems where he served as Chief Transformation Officer and President for the Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. Mr. Gianelli has more 25 years of experience in senior leadership roles in complex health systems, including nearly eight years as a health system’s Chief Executive Officer.

As President and Chief Transformation Officer for OBH, Mr. Gianelli is responsible for leading the operational management and cultural environment of the hospital by ensuring the health system is safer, more efficient and accessible to patients. He is also working to direct, restructure, and streamline the health system’s acute, post-acute and ambulatory operations as well as its partnerships with community physicians. Additionally, Mr. Gianelli is developing an operating model for the health system that allows for sustained clinical and operational success.

Mr. Gianelli is a graduate of St. John’s University and Columbia University with a Master of Public Health in Healthcare Management. He also is a graduate of Brown University with a Master of Arts in Political Science along with a Master of Business Administration from Dowling College. Gianelli has been recognized for a robust number of awards and affiliations, including “32 Inspiring Chief Transformation Officers in Healthcare: Becker’s Hospital Review in 2022,” “Award of Distinction: Healthcare Leaders of New York in 2022,” and considered one of the “20 Most Influential Long Islanders: The Long Island Business in 2013.”

Veteran Healthcare executive Paul Rosenfeld brings an impressive and valuable breadth of experience to the position of CEO/COO of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, and as a member of the One Brooklyn Health System Senior Executive team.

Responsible for day to day operations and execution of the strategic vision and mission of the campus as a part of the overall system, he is responsible for oversight of Acute, Ambulatory and Long term Care/Nursing Home Operations and Initiatives.

Rosenfeld joined Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center at One Brooklyn Health in January 2018. In addition to his operational responsibilities at Kingsbrook. Rosenfeld serves as a Board Member of the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition and the Cinergy IPA, as well as having served on various Commissions and Boards during the course of his career. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President for Long Term Care Operations at CenterLight Health Care System of New York.

Prissana Alston, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, a nurse leader with more than three decades of experience, has been named Interim Executive Director of Interfaith Medical Center & Chief Nurse Executive (CNE) for One Brooklyn Health.  

Dr. Alston is an authentic leader with a proven ability to implement complex programs, manage multiple projects and build relationships with professional staff and the community.  

Dr. Alston has led the nursing department through multiple regulatory and compliance surveys successfully, integrated services to promote safe patient outcomes, acts as liaison to integrate standards & policies in collaboration with the healthcare team. Dr. Alston as a thought leader is passionate, deliberate and a fixer who works with the health care team to generate ideas into action to drive results.  

Dr. Chris Paras is the Interim Executive Director of Brookdale Hospital Medical Center at One Brooklyn Health. Dr. Paras currently serves as the VP of Academic Affairs and Designated Institutional Official for One Brooklyn Health.  The role oversees 16 training programs, with a total of approximately 450 graduate trainees.  For the undergraduate piece, his role manages multiple medical school partners, with continental schools including SUNY Downstate, NYITCOM, and TouroCOM.  Dr. Paras is an Associate Professor of Medicine with extensive teaching experience.

Dr. Paras completed his undergraduate bachelor's degree at New York University, where he double majored in biology and history.  He continued onto NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine for his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.  He subsequently completed his training in internal medicine, a chief resident year, and a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at SUNY Downstate.  He is also boarded in clinical hypertension.

In the role of Interim Executive Director of the Brookdale Campus, Dr. Paras will collaborate with the leadership team in the implementation of high priority initiatives, supporting the Brookdale campus' role within the One Brooklyn Health system.  Dr. Paras is a Brooklyn native and has deep roots in the borough, giving him additional insight and passion about the OBH mission and responsibility to uplift the health and wellness of the people we serve.