NEW YORK, NY (TIP): NYC Health + Hospitals announced on February 19, 2026 that Svetlana Lipyanskaya, MPA, FACHE will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Maimonides Health, pending the formal approval of the partnership of the two health care systems. Lipyanskaya is currently the CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, a position she has held since 2020, and she serves on the leadership team charged with bringing the two health care systems together. Moving forward, she will spend more time at Maimonides to best understand the needs of patients, staff, and the community. In addition, Manjinder Kaur, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, would become CEO at South Brooklyn Health. Dr. Kaur currently serves as the hospital’s Chief Operating Officer and was previously Chief Nursing Officer. She has been at NYC Health + Hospitals since 2006. In her new role, Dr. Kaur will be the first nurse CEO of a NYC Health + Hospitals facility in recent history.
Maimonides and NYC Health + Hospitals are currently finalizing the terms of their partnership, which will be supported by $2.2 billion over five years from New York State to protect safety net health care in Brooklyn. By joining the public health care system, Maimonides will offer New Yorkers expanded access to high-quality care in Brooklyn, seamless digital access to their health record through MyChart, and ongoing system stability. Additionally, this partnership will strengthen Maimonides to ensure that Brooklynites continue to get an extensive range of specialty and subspecialty care that is only provided by Maimonides in this area of Brooklyn. There will be no change to patient care as the two systems come together. South Brooklyn Health will continue to be served by its leadership team, ensuring no gaps in care.
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