University Hospital of Brooklyn Names Delphine Mendez de Leon As New Chief Strategy Officer
By Office of Communications & Marketing | Feb 18, 2021
MEDIA CONTACT: Dawn S. Walker | dawn.walker@downstate.edu | 917-439-9666
Mendez de Leon Will Help SUNY Downstate Implement Forward-Looking Strategies And Foster Strategic Partnerships Across Healthcare Institutions
Brooklyn, NY - SUNY Downstate today announced the hiring of Delphine Mendez de Leon, RN, MBA,
MPH as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for University Hospital of Brooklyn.
With over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, including as former Chief
Operating Officer of Chamberlain University, Mendez de Leon will lead the senior management
team on the monitoring of critical external trends, disruptions, and innovations,
and help leaders to adopt new policies and strategies to maintain SUNY Downstate’s
position as a leading academic medical center.
“We are thrilled to welcome Delphine Mendez de Leon to the Downstate family, and I
am certain that her invaluable experience will help us continue to deliver the highest
quality care to our patients,” said Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of Brooklyn Dr. David H. Berger. “Her decades of expertise and remarkable leadership skills will help us to constantly
evaluate our strategic goals and ensure we uphold our mission to strive at all times
for excellence in patient care and the education of our next generation of medical
professionals.”
“I am honored to join the SUNY Downstate family, and look forward to working with
the entire leadership team at both Downstate and the University Hospital of Brooklyn
to keep both institutions at the forefront of medicine and medical education,” said
Delphine Mendez de Leon, Chief Strategy Officer for University Hospital of Brooklyn.
Mendez de Leon will lead the ongoing development, implementation, management, communication,
and monitoring of University Hospital of Brooklyn’s (UHB) strategic plans. She will
also spearhead efforts to establish relationships with prominent external stakeholders
and work to develop strategic partnership opportunities and foster relationships that
align with SUNY Downstate’s strategic initiatives.
Mendez de Leon joins SUNY Downstate with a wide range of clinical and leadership experience
with provider system operations, strategic and program planning, system network development,
facility construction, and program business planning and implementation. Most recently,
Mendez de Leon worked as Regional Director for Innovaccer, where she helped the organization
utilize its healthcare analytics platform to improve care for patients across the
country.
Mendez de Leon received her BS, MBA, and MPH at Columbia University in Manhattan,
NY and is a DNP Candidate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She
is a licensed Registered Nurse and is a Member of the Board at multiple prestigious
institutions, including the Columbia University School of Nursing and the Hispanic
Federation Advisory Board.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is the borough’s only academic medical center for health education, research, and patient care, and is a 342-bed facility serving the healthcare needs of New York City, and Brooklyn’s 2.6 million residents. University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB) is Downstate’s teaching hospital, backed by the expertise of an outstanding medical school and the research facilities of a world-class academic center. More than 800 physicians, representing 53 specialties and subspecialties—many of them ranked as tops in their fields—comprise Downstate's staff.
A regional center for cardiac care, neonatal and high-risk infant services, pediatric dialysis, and transplantation, Downstate also houses a major learning center for children with physical ailments or neurological disorders. In addition to UHB, Downstate comprises a College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, a School of Graduate Studies, a School of Public Health, and a multifaceted biotechnology initiative, including the Downstate Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT for early-stage and more mature companies, respectively. For more information, visit www.downstate.edu or follow us on Twitter at @sunydownstate.