Nemours Announces New Leadership Appointment

Nemours Enterprise
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 @ 12:00 AM EDT

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest children’s health systems, recently appointed Mariane Stefano, FACHE, as the Managing Director of Service Excellence for Nemours. Stefano will be responsible for driving all service excellence initiatives and programs throughout the four-state organization to ensure its success in care and service delivery.

“We have always done a great job in providing outstanding care to a large number of children in diverse geographic locations. This appointment represents prioritization and culture change to take us to the highest levels of service delivery,” said President and CEO of Nemours, David J. Bailey, MD, MBA.

“Mariane’s passion for service excellence combined with the organization’s commitment to optimizing the patient and family experience will enhance Nemours’ mission and recognition for the value we bring to children’s health and healthcare,” said Roy Proujansky, MD, Nemours Executive Vice President and COO. “This appointment represents a critical next step for demonstrating a patient and family-focused approach to everything that we do.”

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.