New York City-based NYU Langone Health appointed Kim Glassman, PhD, RN, the Lerner Director for Health Promotion at NYU Langone, a newly created, endowed position.
Dr. Glassman will assume the new directorship in addition to her current roles: senior vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer at NYU Langone Health as well as associate dean for partnership innovation at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing in New York City.
In the new position, Dr. Glassman will oversee the integration of health and wellness practices into the health system's processes as well as lead the development of population-level interventions.
"[The new title] recognizes Kim's dedication to advancing the mission for all nurses to achieve expertise in holistic nursing techniques, for their own self-care as well as for the care of the patients, and to better promote great outcomes for all of our patients," said Robert Press, MD, PhD, senior vice president and chief of hospital operations at NYU Langone Health.