Laura G. Iavicoli, MD, MBA, FACEP, CHEP

Laura Iavicoli offers two decades of extraordinary service at New York City Health+Hospitals, Elmhurst, as a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
With a forte for successfully building strong teams and holding a key role leading all facets of healthcare and strategy, Dr. Iavicoli has successfully positioned New York City Health+Hospitals as a leading expert in its field with respect to the application of best business and finance practices contributing to the following successes:

● Navigated the Health System through the COVID-19 pandemic response, leveraging expertise in disaster management to innovate and implement new procedures and treatment protocols.
● Led the organization to reduce health disparities while directing safety event reporting, root cause analysis, national patient safety goals, and the evolution of a culture of safety.
● New York Academic Emergency Medicine Award 2022 - Awarded to a member who has made a significant contribution to advancing emergency care in New York State. Presented at the New York Academic Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly July 7, 2022.

Dr. Iavicoli’s contributions to public health are immeasurable and anchored by leadership experiences with Elmhurst Hospital, NYC Health + Hospitals, and through initiatives that have had broad-ranging local, regional, and national impacts.

As the Chief Medical Officer at Elmhurst Hospital, Dr. Iavicoli plans and executes strategies to position the facility as a High Reliability Organization through hospital wide assessments, visioning workshops, and action plan development. In this position, she has led Elmhurst Hospital through 17 successful regulatory surveys, including a Joint Commission Triennial survey that produced the best survey results in the history of the organization.

In the role of Senior Vice President of Emergency Management for NYC Health + Hospitals, Dr. Iavicoli established the Central Office Incident Management team encompassing section chiefs, unit leaders, a safety officer, a liaison officer, a public information officer, and an incident commander. She has been credited with building a formal crisis communication system that leverages mass email communications, live webinars, an alert blog, Intranet hub, and software applications to coordinate information distribution throughout the organization.