Patti Hammond
Vice President of Operations

Patti Hammond has over 20 years of senior health care management experience and an extensive knowledge of hospital operations.

Prior to coming Ellis Patti served as Chief Operating Officer/Executive Vice President at Bellevue Woman's Hospital. Among the hospitals accomplishments under her leadership were the initiation of weekly, mobile MRI services and the acquisition and implementation of a second digital mammography machine.

Previously, Patti held the following leadership positions which reflect a deep and broad set of experiences: executive vice president of Iroquois Healthcare Alliance in Clifton Park; senior consultant at Quorum Health Resources, L.L.C. of Brentwood, TN; executive vice president of FoxCare Network in Oneonta, NY; and vice president of Patient Care Services at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, also in Oneonta.

Patti's responsibilities as Ellis Medicine's Vice President of Operations include directing, coordinating and overseeing operational efforts in the following areas: critical care, surgical services, mental health services, emergency services and women's and children's services.

Patti earned a Master of Business Administration from Sage Graduate School, a master's degree in Health Administration from Russell Sage College and a bachelor's degree in nursing from Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY.

Patti is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and holds advanced nursing administration certification with the American Nurses Association. Patti was honored as one of the YWCA's 2010 Women of Achievement and is a past recipient of the Quorum Health Resources, L.L.C. Executive of the Year Award and the Opportunities for Otsego, Inc. Volunteer of the Year Award.