Mount Kisco Medical Group has named Donna Montalto as senior director of special projects and chief of staff to the president and CEO of the roughly 500-physician multispecialty group practice, Dr. Scott D. Hayworth.
MKMG officials said her responsibilities will include strategic planning, corporate communications, analytics, provider recruitment, and coordination of key external relationships.
Montalto, who holds a master”™s degree in public policy from SUNY Albany, served 21 years as executive director of New York State District II of the American College and Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and spent an additional four years as its government and public policy leader. Mount Kisco Medical Group officials said she led development of the nationally known, multimillion-dollar Safe Motherhood Initiative, which uses standardized obstetric protocols to review and reduce maternal mortality.
Between stints at the health care association, Montalto worked in the office of former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, where she developed women”™s health care policy and legislation. Mount Kisco Medical Group officials said she is credited with writing laws guaranteeing all maternity patients a 48- hour to 96-hour hospital stay after childbirth and assuring that all newborns are prenatally screened for HIV infection.
“We are dedicated to program development and growth opportunities as a physician-driven organization and Donna”™s executive talents along with her longevity working in association management for physicians and providers will help us accomplish our organization”™s goals,” Hayworth said.
The 70-year-old Mount Kisco Medical Group treats more than 500,000 patients in 40 locations throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties.
