PRESS RELEASE

JUDITH C. WATERSTON, BSN, MS NAMED PRESIDENT & CEO
OF NEW ENGLAND SINAI HOSPITAL

STOUGHTON, MA — September 8, 2009 ―The selection of Judith C. Waterston, BSN, MS, as the new President and CEO of New England Sinai Hospital was announced recently by Richard K. Blankstein, Chairman of the Sinai Board of Directors.  In announcing the appointment, Blankstein stated, “The search committee completed an extensive search to fill the hospital’s top position, and we are most certain that we have selected an outstanding leader who brings the executive experience and knowledge to guide New England Sinai Hospital in meeting the healthcare challenges and issues of our time.” 

In accepting the position, Waterston stated, “New England Sinai Hospital is known throughout New England for its outstanding quality of care, and I am honored to be joining an organization with a more than eighty year tradition of excellence. I look forward to working with the Sinai leadership team and staff in furthering the Hospital’s mission and in championing the role of the long-term acute hospital in our healthcare system.”

Waterston 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, 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.  She and her husband are residents of Marblehead, Massachusetts.

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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 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