Crain's New York Business highlights notable leaders in healthcare in 2024. In honoring them, Crain’s celebrates their exceptional accomplishments and meaningful progress across the health care sector.

Among the list of recipients is Mary Cassai, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at HSS. She presides over the operational landscape of all inpatient and ambulatory sites, optimizing nursing, perioperative services, service lines and facility services.

Throughout her career, Cassai led strategic initiatives that transformed post-anesthesia care units and operating rooms into intensive care units, integrated telehealth, optimized biomedical assets and enhanced clinical systems to allow for optimal access across the health system. 

Cassai enhances access to care for diverse communities and is active in initiatives including a health equity task force, a diversity, equity and inclusion executive committee and a supplier diversity program.

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