Quality and Safety

2026–2027 Making Care Better Performance Improvement Fellowship

The Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has opened its application for the 2026-2027 Making Care Better Performance Improvement Fellowship! This year-long administrative fellowship is an amazing opportunity for those interested in creating sustainable change in patient safety and quality of care at a top academic medical center. The fellow will report to Dr. Michael Vitale, Medical Director of the Pediatric Initiative to Make Care Better and Chief of Pediatric Spine Surgery, as well as Lystra Swift, Vice President of Clinical Operations for Perioperative Services. This fellowship allows for unique opportunities to lead several pediatric-wide quality improvement initiatives with a high-degree of autonomy and visibility alongside administrative, clinical, and research leaders.

Applications for the fellowship are due by September 26th, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.

BA, Princeton University
MHA, Columbia University

PAST QUALITY FELLOWS

BS, The University of Texas at Austin
Minor, Business in the McCombs School of Business
MHA, Sloan Program, Cornell University
First Position After Fellowship:
Project Manager, Quality & Patient Safety—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BS, Cornell University
MHA, Cornell University
First Position After Fellowship:
Project Manager of Operations—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BS in Global and Public Health Sciences, Cornell University
Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Columbia University
First Position After Fellowship:
Project Manager of Operations—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BA, Duke University, Durham NC
MHA, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | May 2022
First Position After Fellowship:
Project Manager of Operations—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BS, University of California, San Diego
MHA, Columbia University
First Position After Fellowship:
Operations Associate—Nomad Health

BS, State University of New York at Stony Brook
MPH, Yale University
First Position After Fellowship:
Associate Strategist—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BS, Cornell University
MHA, Cornell University Sloan Program
First Position After Fellowship:
Project Manager, Office of the EVP/COO—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BA, University of California, Berkeley
MHA, Columbia University
First Position After Fellowship:
Senior Project Manager—Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

BS, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick  
MHA, Columbia University
First Position After Fellowship:
Business Administration Manager, Perioperative Services—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

BS, University of Maryland, College Park    
MPH, Columbia University  
First Position After Fellowship:
Senior Research Analyst—Egon Zehnder