North Shore University Hospital today announced the appointment of Tara Laumenede, as chief nursing officer.
Laumenede, who previously served as interim CNO during the First Wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, has spent the last 32 years as a nurse or nurse leader at Northwell Health.
She succeeds Irene Macyk, who has been named executive director of South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore.
Macyk is the second consecutive nurse leader to leave NSUH to run another hospital, replacing Kerri Scanlon, who left NSUH in 2020 to assume the role of executive director at Glen Cove Hospital.
“North Shore University Hospital is a Magnet facility and during Tara Laumenede’s long tenure here, she has done as much as anyone to elevate the quality of nursing to the highest level,” said Jon Sendach, executive director of NSUH and deputy regional executive director for Northwell’s Central Region. “She has spent her entire career focused on making both the patient experience – and her teammates – better. We’re excited to formally welcome Tara into this vital leadership role.”
North Shore University Hospital is a Level I trauma center and teaching hospital that treats more than 90,000 patients each year. It is home to the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, the Katz Women’s Hospital, neurosurgery, multi-organ transplant services and one of the busiest emergency departments in the New York Metropolitan area.
It is a Magnet-recognized hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which spotlights excellence in nursing. In 2023, CMS gave North Shore the hospital it’s highest 5-star rating while US News & World Report named the hospital No. 1 in New York State and top 22 nationally.
Laumenede most recently served as deputy chief nursing officer. She joined NSUH as senior administrative director of patient care services in 2013 after a 22-year stint at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where she worked primarily in critical care.
Laumenede graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and later earned a master’s degree in nursing from Molloy College and master’s in health care delivery from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business.
She also was a nurse executive fellow at The Academy GE Fellows Program and completed Northwell’s eCornell executive leadership development program.
“I am honored to lead NSUH nursing and excited to further collaborate with the interdisciplinary professionals to promote the excellence that makes NSUH a health care leader,” said Laumenede, who resides in Floral Park with her husband and two daughters. “I look forward to working with the executive leadership team, setting patient care standards that continue to impact the community in providing the highest quality care.”