NANTUCKET COTTAGE HOSPITAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director, External Communications, Community Division, Mass General Brigham
Job Titles:
- Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care
Aimee Carew Lyons, PhD, RN, is Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Prior to joining NCH, Aimee served as a Chief Clinical Officer at Fenway Health and was the Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Franciscan Children's Hospital. She also served as the Director of Medical-Surgical ICU and Critical Care Transport Team at Boston Children's Hospital.
Aimee earned her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University, a master's degree from Boston College, and a PhD in Nursing - Population Health from the University of Massachusetts. Aimee is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner, has numerous peer-review articles, and has presented nationally regarding the care of children. Aimee is engaged in several community volunteer initiatives including, serving as a health care consultant to the YMCA, and was on the METCO board of directors. She also serves as a volunteer at the Shultz Guest House Dog Rescue and Adoption Agency.
Job Titles:
- FACMPE President and Chief Executive Officer
- MBHA, MJ, FACMPE, President
Amy E. Lee, MBA, MBHA, MJ, FACMPE, joined Nantucket Cottage Hospital as President in October 2022.
She previously served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President at Central Maine Medical Group/Central Maine Healthcare, where she was recognized for her leadership abilities and strategic vision, as well as her role as a mentor. Prior to her current role, Amy served as Vice President for Primary Care, Medical Specialties, Physician Residency Programs & Patient Contact Center at Carle Foundation Hospital, a 433-bed hospital in Urbana, Illinois. Click to read more about Amy.
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- Member of the American College of Physicians / Member of the Massachusetts Medical Society
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- Department 's Director of Community Health and Staff Dermatologist at MGH
Dr. Kourosh is a board certified dermatologist and Instructor in Dermatology at Harvard Medical School. She graduated from the University of Virginia with numerous honors and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, receiving the institution's Excellence Award in Dermatology. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at Tulane Medical Center, and dermatology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where she received the awards for Leadership in the specialty of Dermatology and for Outstanding Professionalism and Humanism as a physician.
Dr. Kourosh serves as the Dermatology Department's Director of Community Health and staff dermatologist at MGH and the MGH Health Centers in Chelsea and Revere, increasing access to dermatologic care for underserved communities in the Boston area. She also advocates for patients at the national level as the State Advocacy Leader for Massachusetts in the AAD's delegation to Congress to protect medical research and affordable care for patients with skin disease.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Strategy
- Vice President of Strategy and Community Development, Nantucket Cottage Hospital 508 - 825 - 8250 or
- Vice President, Strategy, Community Health, and Chief Development Officer
Christopher Glowacki is the Vice President of Strategy at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Previously, as Managing Director of Strategy and Development, Chris was responsible for the major gifts program for the $120 million capital campaign to build the island's new hospital. Chris holds his master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan, his bachelor's degree from Amherst College and is a Certified Fundraising Executive. He is a graduate of Nantucket High School and a third-generation Nantucketer.
Chris returned to Nantucket after serving as a business development executive with NBC and Discovery Communications, and as a Chief Strategist at CNBC and CNBC.com in New York City. Following his tenure at NBC, Chris was the co-founder and CEO of Plum TV, the lifestyle television network that operated on Nantucket and other resort destination communities.
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- Vice President, Human Resources
- Member of the Society of Human Resources Management
Cristina Hickey-Toedtmann, MBA, SPHR is Vice President of Human Resources at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. With over 25 years of experience as a seasoned HR leader, Cristina brings a blend of nonprofit and for-profit experience to NCH by effectively balancing big-picture-thinking and strategic planning with hands-on execution.
Cristina earned her bachelor's degree in business management from Friend's University, and a master's degree in business administration from Newman University. She is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources. Her diversified industry background includes several years in health care, information technology, real estate and manufacturing, as well as oil and gas.
Cristina is an active member of the Society of Human Resources Management and has served as an Adjunct Human Resources Professor.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Community Medicine
Cynthia Winston is Vice President, Community Medicine at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Prior to joining NCH, Cynthia worked as the Program Director for Primary Care Quality at Mass General Brigham in what is now the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. While there, her work focused on equity, population health and primary care quality measurement and reporting. She has also worked in a number of physician and payor organizations in the Greater Boston area throughout her career.
Cynthia's undergraduate degree is from the University of Massachusetts and her graduate work was completed at the UMass McCormack Institute for Policy and Global Studies. She has been a volunteer in community organizations, including the Town of Milton Warrant Committee and the Board of Directors at Zeitgeist Stage Company in Boston.
Dr. Townsend has been in practice for 25 years, since completing residency and fellowship training in 1985. He has had extensive experience as a practicing ophthalmologist and oculofacial surgeon, having directed the residency oculoplastic services at both Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Tufts New England Medical Center in the past, along with founding the orbital trauma service at Mass Eye and Ear in 1985. He has numerous publications in the peer reviewed literature, and has authored and edited several books and book chapters within his specialty. He is the former president of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary medical staff, and in 2000 was awarded the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement award for his contributions to the field of ophthamology.
Dr. Pearl is a Nantucket native and a graduate of Nantucket High School. Returning to the island after 20 years of education and training, Dr. Pearl opened her internal medicine practice on Nantucket in 1990.
Dr. Malone is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her residency in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota. She completed fellowship training in Pediatric ENT at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Returning to the Twin Cities, she was the Pediatric ENT for a large private ENT group for 25 years. Subsequently for the last seven years she joined the practice at Children's Minnesota ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery. In 2016 she became the program's medical director in charge of three major hospital sites, four clinics, seven physicians, six advanced practice providers and the support staff for the practice. She also was an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.
Dr. Barbara Malone is Chief Medical Officer at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Dr. Malone joined the NCH team in 2020 as a pediatric otolaryngologist. Previously, she was Medical Director of ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery at Children's Minnesota and also spent 25 years at Midwest ENT as a pediatric otolaryngologist. In her time at Midwest ENT, Dr. Malone served as Chief of Surgery, Chief of Surgical Quality, Chief of the Medical Staff and Director of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Malone has numerous peer-reviewed publications, awards and presentations, and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngologist. She also continues to see patients in clinic at NCH. Dr. Malone and her husband, Paul, enjoy living on Nantucket year-round.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Quality, Risk and Patient Experience
A seasoned Registered Nurse, Dr. Sandra Van Gundy spent 12 years rotating throughout clinical roles before making the jump to academia where she was an Associate Professor of Nursing with a focus on quality, patient safety, and health at Plymouth State University. "As an advocate for population health, my work centered on health needs of populations across the world, from Latin America to China, treating both chronic and acute illness and monitoring determinants of health," said Van Gundy.
Despite years in healthcare as a practicing clinician and educator, Van Gundy's most enlightening experience wasn't as a nurse or professor, but rather as a patient, at the receiving end of the care she spent a lifetime practicing.
"As a cancer survivor, I realize being a patient was a gift as a practitioner, because I realized that despite efforts to empathize with the patient, really have no idea what our patients are going through," said Van Gundy. "There was a tremendous empathy gap, caregivers were often challenged to successfully put themselves in their patient shoes and were developing plans of care that were not able to meet patient's individualized needs." Following recovery, Van Gundy came to the conclusion that her experience was an opportunity to influence healthcare system design so it balances evidence-based decision making with unique needs of patients in order to provide those we serve with a better patient experience.
As the hospital's leader for quality and patient experience, Van Gundy believes that her experience as both a patient and practitioner has uniquely equipped her to optimize patients' experiences at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, while leading the organization through a pivotal period for healthcare providers across the nation.
Faith Frable, MD has worked at Nantucket Cottage Hospital since 2009 at which time she was working part of the year in the Arctic Circle of Alaska and part of the year on Nantucket. As time went on, she and her family spent more and more time on Nantucket and less time in Alaska, until the fall of 2011 when they made their last pilgrimage to the frozen North. Dr. Frable grew up near Portland, Maine, graduated from Middlebury College, spent a year in Italy learning Italian and then attended Medical School at the University of Connecticut. From Connecticut she went to Hunterdon Medical Center (where she was born) in western New Jersey to complete a family medicine residency program.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Support Services
- CHCIO Vice President, Support Services
James Scheurell is Vice President of Support Services at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin in Spanish Language and Culture and Pre-med and has since continued his education by completing a Master's Degree in Business Administration with a focus on technology. He is also a CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO.
James began his early career working for Epic and crisscrossing the U.S. leading large-scale electronic health record software implementations. He also founded a small consulting firm specializing in healthcare transformation, innovation, and optimization.
Most recently, James has worked with Nantucket Cottage hospital in a variety of roles which included the creation of the Clinical and Business Technology team, serving as interim NCMG Practice Director, and working to bring departments and teams together to solve difficult challenges.
James and his husband of 10 years, Tim, are both originally from Wisconsin but now call Nantucket home.
Job Titles:
- Communications Manager and Public Information Officer
- Press and Media
Dr. Kvedar is a board-certified dermatologist and Associate Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School, as well as Vice President of Connected Health at Partners HealthCare. His passion for patient care is paired with his work to create a new model of healthcare delivery, by developing innovative strategies to move care from the hospital or doctor's office into the day-to-day lives of patients. Dr. Kvedar has contributed to a number of publications, including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. He has also served as a past President and board member of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and Past Chair of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Task Force on Telemedicine.
Dr. Joseph Garasic is an attending cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who provides outpatient consultative cardiovascular care at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital year round. Originally from Chicago, IL, Dr. Garasic has studied and lived in Boston since 1986. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Boston University School of Medicine, he completed post graduate training in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, and Vascular Medicine and Intervention at Harvard-affliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Dr. Garasic has been on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2001, where he serves as Director of Peripheral Vascular Intervention and Medical Director of the Cardiac Access Unit. Dr. Garasic provides outpatient consultative cardiovascular care at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, and has admitting privileges at Massachusetts General Hospital where he provides in-patient acute care.
Dr Garasic and his family reside in Boston and Nantucket.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Medical Director of the NCH Emergency Department
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- Vice President of Contracting and Policy Administration
Nancy S. Pittman is Vice President of Contracting and Policy Administration at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Illinois and completed her Juris Doctor degree at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri.
Nancy started her career as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District, and later served as Assistant Counsel to the Illinois Secretary of State where she was the legal advisor to the Department of Driver Services. Nancy served the State of Illinois for 13 years as the Chief Labor Counsel and Manager of the Office of Labor Relations for the Department of Central Management Services. Prior to joining NCH in 2015, Nancy was Assistant to the Chairman of the United States Railroad Retirement Board, providing legal advice and confidential assistance to the Chairman on issues affecting the Board and its constituents.
Job Titles:
- Medical Director of Urgent Access
Dr. Steven Kohler joined NCH in January 2024 as Medical Director of Urgent Access. He has served as an Emergency Medicine Physician at Cape Cod Hospital since 1996. Kohler has lived on Nantucket fulltime since 1996 and has been doing the "reverse commute" to Cape Cod for 26 years. In that time frame he has experienced over 125,000 emergency room and urgent care patient encounters.
Job Titles:
- Leader for Quality and Patient Experience
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- Chief of the Division of Maternal
William H. Barth, Jr, MD, is Chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
He is Chair of the Committee on Obstetric Practice for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is an Oral Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Before retiring as a Colonel in the United States Air Force in 2005 he served as Department Chair at Wilford Hall Medical Center, as Chief Consultant to the Surgeon General for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and as Commander of the 407th Expeditionary Medical Group in Iraq.
His primary research interests since 1996 have been in the design and conduct of a number of randomized trials in clinical obstetrics and perinatology. His clinical practice and interests are in the areas of preterm birth, cervical insufficiency, multiple gestations and intrapartum obstetrics.
Job Titles:
- Chief of the General Obstetrics Maternal
William J. Barth MD, chief of the General Obstetrics Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, talks about the practice and the importance he finds in the patient-physician relationship.