Honorees Recognized for Efforts to Improve Quality, Safety, and the Patient Care!
NEW YORK, NY—May 4, 2026—United Hospital Fund today honored 76 extraordinary quality improvement leaders from 68 health care organizations across the metropolitan region for their tireless efforts to improve the quality, safety, and patient care at their institutions.
The eighth annual
Tribute to Excellence in Health Care event was held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City and was attended by more than 500 members of the New York area’s
health care community. TD Bank was the lead sponsor of the event, and keynote remarks were given by James V. McDonald, MD, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. Alister F. Martin, MD, MPP, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, also attended the event.
The honorees include physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and a broad range of other health care leaders, each selected by senior executives at their institution. They represent 68 hospital systems, long-term care facilities, home care organizations, independent practice associations, federally qualified health centers, medical groups, and behavioral health organizations.
“Today’s celebration of health care excellence is part of UHF’s broader work to build an effective and equitable health care system,” UHF President and CEO Oxiris Barbot, MD, told the audience. “We have some of the best health care institutions in the world, many represented in this room, but we all recognize that we must relentlessly continue to improve quality.” The Tribute was created to recognize and nourish this essential work, she said.
Cary A. Kravet, a UHF board member and trustee of Northwell Health, was the event chair.
The honorees and their institutions are below and can also be found online
here.
