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SINAI PRESIDENT AND CEO PRESENTS TALK ON LONG-TEM ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS
AT AMERICAN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVES CONFERENCE

 

STOUGHTON, MA —Lester P. Schindel, of Framingham, MA and President and CEO of New England Sinai Hospital, was recently selected to speak on “Long-Term Acute Care Partnerships: Creative Ways to Strengthen Clinical Management and Boost Hospital Revenue” at the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) 2008 Congress on Healthcare Leadership on March 10-13, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. The annual event draws than 4,000 participants each year, including senior executives, middle managers, new managers and students from across the U.S. and around the world, representing a range of organizations from hospitals, healthcare systems, other healthcare organizations and the profit and nonprofit sectors.

Schindel has over 27 years of senior-level hospital administrative experience. Prior to joining New England Sinai Hospital, he was CEO and President at Merrimack Valley Hospital (formerly Hale Hospital) in Haverhill and is credited with its successful turn-around. Schindel is a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association Board of Directors and serves on the Boards of the Metro South Chamber of Commerce, the Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce. He also serves on the Board of Temple Am in Framingham. Schindel has a master’s degree in healthcare administration from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University.

ACHE is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is also known for its journals, the Journal of Healthcare Management and Frontiers of Health Services Management and its magazine, Healthcare Executive, as well as ground-breaking research and career development and public policy programs.

                                                     
 
New England Sinai Hospital is a 212-bed, non-sectarian, not-for-profit, long-term acute-care hospital with its main campus in Stoughton, MA and inpatient satellite units at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Recognized as a regional leader in pulmonary, medically complex and acute rehabilitation care, Sinai also offers a wide range of outpatient programs and services.  Sinai is a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine.

Contact:
Carole Herrup
Public Relations Director
New England Sinai Hospital
150 York Street
Stoughton, MA 02072

Tel. 781-297-1329
FAX: 781-297-7509