UHB Appoints George Buckley, MBA, MPH as Executive Administrator for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
By Office of Communications & Marketing | Apr 23, 2021
Brooklyn N.Y. (April 23, 2021) - SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is pleased to welcome George Buckley, MBA, MPH as Executive Administrator for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Medicine at University Hospital of Brooklyn.
In his new role, Mr. Buckley will develop, implement, coordinate, monitor, and market
new clinical initiatives for the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Medicine at SUNY Downstate. He will oversee operational activities within the Musculoskeletal
Service Line. Mr. Buckley will also implement programs that grow the market share,
revenues, and profitability of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Medicine. He will report to the Senior Vice President for Hospital Operations, Patricia A. Winston, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE.
Mr. Buckley has an established record of accomplishment in clinical services operations,
finance, and strategy, most recently serving as the Senior Program Manager in Clinical
Services Operations and Finance at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in Los Angeles,
CA. In this role, he oversaw workforce management decisions for more than 4,500 clinical
services staff. He utilized Lean Six Sigma tools to empower clinicians and staff and
drive patient-centered, high-value, coordinated care.
Mr. Buckley received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and an MPH
from the Fielding School of Public Health in Los Angeles, CA, through a concurrent
degree program and a BS in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Art History from Duke
University in Durham, NC. He is a native of Long Island, where he now lives with his
wife and one-year-old daughter. Like many, he hopes that this Knicks basketball re-build
will come to fruition.
Mr. Buckley is located at the Hospital in Room B7-308. You can reach him via e-mail at George.Buckley@downstate.edu or by phone at 718-270-2045.
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Mr. Buckley and wish him success in
this new role.
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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.