Kevin Hannifan
President, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Kevin Hannifan is president of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. Hannifan brings 33 years of knowledge and skills in the health care industry to St. Elizabeth’s and the Greater Brighton community. Prior to joining Steward, Hannifan was the senior vice president for operations for the Tisch and Rusk Hospitals in New York, N.Y., and the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. He also has served as chief executive officer at Methodist Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. Hannifan holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Catholic University and a Masters in Health Administration from Duke University.

Terry J. Garfinkle, MD, MBA
Vice President of Medical Affairs, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Terry J. Garfinkle, MD, MBA, serves as St. Elizabeth's vice president of Medical Affairs. Dr. Garfinkle oversees Quality and Safety, the Medical Staff Office and Medical Staff Library. In addition, he serves as a member of our senior leadership team and medical staff executive committee, among others.

Before joining St. Elizabeth's, Dr. Garfinkle served as medical director the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care in Danvers and chief of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the North Shore Medical Center in Salem. His area of clinical practice is otolaryngology-head and neck surgery with particular interest in pediatrics and otology. He was president and a founding director of the Massachusetts Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and a member of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Garfinkle received his BS from the University of Pennsylvania and his MD from George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and training in otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management.

Nathan Howell
Chief Operating Officer, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Nathan Howell is the chief operating officer at at St. Elizabeth’s  Medical Center. Howell brings experience in improving patient care and patient satisfaction, growing inpatient and outpatient service lines and leading facilities modernization projects.

Before joining St. Elizabeth's, Howell served as chief operating officer for three different hospitals, including Easton Hospital in Pennsylvania, Midwest Regional Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Crossgates River Oaks Hospital in Brandon, Miss. He also worked for several years for John Hancock Financial Services.

Nathan earned an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and a bachelor of arts in sociology from Colby College.

Suzanne G. McLaughlin, RN, MBA
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President for Patient Care, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

Suzanne G. McLaughlin, RN, MBA, a tremendous leader with more than thirty years of achievements as a health care executive, is the chief nursing officer and vice president for Patient Care at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. She joined St. Elizabeth’s in April 2011.

For the 10 years prior to joining St. Elizabeth’s, she was both chief operating officer and chief nursing officer at Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers, a 330-bed Catholic hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Previously, she was the first vice president of Patient Care Services at Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton, which was established by the 1993 merger of the Goddard and Cardinal Cushing hospitals. Good Samaritan is a Steward Health Care hospital. She also served as director and then vice president of patient care at the former Goddard Memorial Hospital in Stoughton.

McLaughlin holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Saint Olaf College in Minnesota and an MBA in health care management from Boston University. She has been recognized with awards from community and business leaders, physician groups and nurses associations.

Denise Mehegan, RN
Director of Quality and Safety, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

Denise Mehegan, RN, serves as St. Elizabeth’s Director of Quality and Safety. Mehegan leads the hospital’s ongoing development of comprehensive quality and patient safety programs and is responsible for ensuring clinical and service excellence.

Before joining St. Elizabeth’s, Mehegan served as Director of Regulatory Compliance at Boston Medical Center. Previously, she was the Director of Quality Improvement and Risk Management at Boston Medical Center. She is also a member of the Massachusetts and American Society of Healthcare Risk Managers and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors.

Mehegan holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Mass., and received her degree in nursing from the Laboure School of Nursing in Boston.

Jeffrey P. Dion
Vice President of Finance, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Jeffrey P. Dion serves as vice president of finance at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, overseeing all budget functions and managing all aspects of accounts, payroll, general accounting and revenue cycle

Previously, Dion served for more than three years as the chief financial officer of the 75-bed Marlborough Hospital, a member of the UMass Memorial Health Care system. Before joining Marlborough Hospital, he was worked for UMass Memorial Health Care system for eleven years where he took on roles of increasing responsibility. He also worked for Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group in Boston and ProForma Consulting Group in Concord, Mass.

Dion, who lives in North Andover, holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University, and a bachelor's in economics from Dartmouth College.