President/CEO
William LeCates, MD
President/CEO of the Mohawk Valley Health System
Dr. LeCates began his career in healthcare more than 21 years ago and brings extensive expertise and experience to MVHS from a wide range of organizations and positions. Dr. LeCates comes to us from JPMorgan Chase where he provided clinical oversight of the healthcare operations of 22 US health centers serving more than 150,000 employees.
As a physician and healthcare leader, the majority of Dr. LeCates’ career has been spent in various roles with Bassett Healthcare Network and its affiliates, most recently as president and chief operating officer for Bassett Medical Center. His years spent with Bassett provide an in depth knowledge of our region and patient population.
Dr. LeCates brings an impressive educational background, completing his medical education – from medical degree through internship, residency and fellowship in Nephrology – at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. LeCates is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Dr. LeCates also brings extensive military leadership experience. A colonel in the Army Medical Corps, Dr. LeCates currently serves as the New York Army National Guard State Surgeon. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College and has served overseas tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Liberia.
Senior Vice Presidents
Louis Aiello
Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Louis Aiello is senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). He has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for MVHS since March 2014.
In this position, Aiello is responsible for the finance and operations of the company while integrating accounting, budgeting, investing and financial reporting as well as providing the health system with the managerial support necessary to administer the highest quality of care to all patients.
Aiello is responsible for overseeing Patient Access Services, Patient Accounting, Financial Services, Cash Management, Health Information Management, Telecommunications, Purchasing, Mail Room/Print Shops, Nutrition Services, Environmental Services (FSLH), Patient Transport System (FSLH), Call Center, Laundry and Home Care Services. Prior to the MVHS affiliation, Aiello served as the chief financial officer and vice president of finance at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Utica College of Syracuse University and passed his Uniform CPA Examination in 1996.
Tammy Canfield, MBA
Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer
Tammy Canfield, MBA, has joined the MVHS IT Department as chief information officer.
Canfield earned her earned her Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration from the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Science in Economics from SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, New York.
Prior to joining MVHS, Canfield served as a vice president of Enterprise Clinical Applications at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has more than twenty years of systems experience in healthcare.
Patricia Charvat
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy
Patricia Charvat provides leadership and direction, in conjunction with the organization’s senior executives, for establishing growth, business development and marketing strategies. Charvat also helps MVHS establish deep community relationships that target programs to demonstrably improve the health of the communities we serve throughout the region. She is responsible for developing advocacy strategies at the federal, state and local levels and managing the marketing and communications functions and staff.
Charvat brings extensive experience to MVHS, as well as knowledge of New York healthcare and of Utica. Charvat served as vice president of Corporate Communications and Marketing for the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) in Albany, New York. Charvat also served as a senior vice president at the Massachusetts Hospital Association, and for several years, ran her own consulting company which focused on healthcare marketing and strategy, advocacy, community health, as well as providing support to start-up companies.
From 2013 to February 2019, she led the public affairs, communications and marketing function for the Greater Waterbury Health Network in Waterbury, Connecticut, where she was instrumental in navigating through regulatory processes, building community trust and grassroots advocacy. Her focus on rebranding also included a successful effort to improve awareness and referrals.
Charvat graduated from Utica College with a dual bachelor’s degree major in Journalism and Public Relations.
Julie Hall, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer
Julie Hall, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has joined MVHS as senior vice president and chief nursing officer. Prior to joining MVHS, Hall was chief nursing officer and vice president, Patient Services, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York, where she led improvements in nursing quality care outcomes, patient experience, employee engagement, increased retention and fortified community partnerships.
Hall earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at State University of New York at Delhi in Delhi, New York, and her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership at Capella University, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently working on her Doctor of Nursing Practice through Case Western Reserve University, based in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mary Anne Healy-Rodriguez, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Senior Vice President/Chief Quality Officer
Dr. Healy-Rodriguez earned her Master of Science in Nursing Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Health Policy from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an interest in Emergency
Department crowding and patient logistics.
Dr. Healy-Rodriguez has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare at organizations ranging in diversity from a 110+ bed community hospital to a 600+ bed Level I Trauma Center. Prior to joining MVHS, Dr. Healy-Rodriguez served as both chief operating officer and chief nurse executive at the Prospect Medical Holdings Hospital in New Jersey. She has extensive experience in clinical quality management, revenue cycle and hospital operations; all aimed toward the delivery of care that prioritizes quality and patient safety outcomes.
Randy Johnson
Acting Chief Human Resources Officer
Randy Johnson is acting Chief Human Resource Officer. Randy has worked at MVHS for 18 years, first as a respiratory therapist for 10 years, joining the HR team 8 years ago as a business partner. Since, he has served as director, executive director, assistant vice president and vice president
Gary D. Zimmer, MD, FACEP
Senior Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
Gary D. Zimmer, MD, FACEP earned his Bachelor of Arts in molecular biology at Princeton University, his Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University and completed his residency with The Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency.
Dr. Zimmer began his career at Johns Hopkins University, where he served in a teaching role. He left Johns Hopkins to serve as the chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor Hospital (part of MedStar Health), which began his nearly 20-year leadership path in emergency medicine and healthcare administration. Dr. Zimmer held leadership positions with TeamHealth, Mercy Health System and Crozer Health.
As a physician and healthcare leader, Dr. Zimmer brings more than 20 years of health system and clinical expertise to his role. Prior to joining MVHS, Dr. Zimmer served as chief medical officer for Emergency Medicine at Sound Physicians, where he led clinical operations for their emergency medicine specialty.
As CMO, he provides strategic leadership to ensure the continuous improvement of patient safety, quality, effectiveness, value and efficiency of patient care across MVHS.
