President's Greeting
Welcome to New England Sinai, a long term acute care hospital and pulmonary center of excellence, serving patients at our main campus in Stoughton and our satellite units at Tufts Medical Center and Caritas Carney Hospital. At Sinai we are committed to exceeding the expectations of our patients and their families. Our goal is for every patient to receive the highest quality of care delivered with compassion, respect and understanding; to provide support and comfort to our families; and to make certain the hospital experience is always the best that it can be.
Patients come to Sinai from hospitals and medical centers in Boston and Southeastern Massachusetts, many directly from the ICU, for the outstanding complex medical, pulmonary and acute rehabilitative care we provide. Most stay for an average of 25-30 days.
Sinai is about people– the patients and families we serve and our outstanding staff who make the Sinai name synonymous with the very best medical care. Our physicians, PAs, nurses, therapists and the entire Sinai team are truly dedicated to the wellbeing and dignity of our patients, and are one of the many reasons patients and families request Sinai when long-term acute care is needed.
Sinai’s pulmonary focus
Sinai was founded in 1927 as a tuberculosis hospital. This original focus is the foundation upon which Sinai’s pulmonary programs and services have grown, propelling us to the forefront in pulmonary care. Today, Sinai’s success rate with hard to wean patients exceeds national benchmarks, and our pulmonary rehabilitation programs are known for the outstanding outcomes our patients achieve. Additionally, under the leadership of Alexander C. White, MD, MS, Chief of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Sinai is breaking new ground in pulmonary research through the Kalman Research Center A major teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Sinai is an important rotation site for Tufts pulmonary fellows, adding to our reputation as a Center of Pulmonary Excellence.
For more than 82 years, Sinai has been here when our patients and families have needed us. We look forward to being here for many more.
Background
Judith C. Waterston, BSN, MS, was appointed President and CEO of Sinai
in September 2009. An outstanding leader with over 30 years of
healthcare experience, Judith has dedicated her career to making a
difference for patients and their families. Under her expert leadership,
Sinai is meeting today's healthcare challenges and continuing an
82-year tradition of exceptional care.
She most recently served as President of Spaulding Rehabilitation
Hospital Network, Boston, and prior to her move to New England she
served as President and CEO of Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Mount
Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago, Illinois. These appointments
followed more than a decade of leadership experience within the Baylor
Health Care System of Dallas, Texas, where she served as Executive
Director of the Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation. Throughout her
career, President Waterston has been recognized as an accomplished
strategist committed to quality improvement and efficient operations.
An active leader in local, state, and national professional
organizations, she has served as President of the Texas Association of
Rehabilitation Facilities and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She also served as Chairman
of the American Hospital Association's Section for Long-Term Care and
Rehabilitation. In 2002, she was named to the "Today's Chicago Woman"
Hall of Fame, and in 1997 was recognized as one of the "great One
Hundred Nurses in Dallas/Ft. Worth. Currently Waterston's professional
and community commitments include serving as a member of the Health Care
Management Association of Massachusetts, American College of Healthcare
Executives, The Boston Harbor Island Alliance, Lynn Home for the Aged,
HEARTH and The Boston Club.
A graduate of the University of Michigan with a BS degree in Nursing,
Waterston earned her Masters in Nursing degree from Ohio State
University.