Hilary Cassel
Hilary Cassel, MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN has been named director of the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Heart and Vascular Center.
“I am thrilled to welcome Hilary back to the Shore Regional Health team, as she has been with us previously making an impact as an orthopedic nurse navigator,” said Ken Kozel, President and CEO, UM SRH. “Her business and clinical experience, as well as her strong leadership skills, make her a great addition to our Cardiovascular Services team and our Heart and Vascular Center.”
The Heart and Vascular Center at UM Shore Regional Health includes the Cardiac Intervention Center at UM Shore Medical Center at Easton; UM Shore Medical Group-Cardiology offices in Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties; cardiovascular diagnostics and the vascular labs in Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties; and Center for Cardiopulmonary Fitness and Wellness locations at UM Shore Medical Center sites at Cambridge, Chestertown and Easton.
Cassel comes to UM SRH from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, where she was the Assistant Director of Nursing in the hospital’s Perioperative Services Department, managing more than 150 team members and overseeing 700 surgical cases monthly. Previously, Cassel served as the Assistant Director of Perioperative Services at Lenox Hill Hospital (Northwell Health) in New York City and as nurse manager and clinical nurse in several NYC hospital surgical units, where she helped lead and establish several critical programs and was voted one of Northwell Health’s “Most Promising Leaders.” Cassel is a member of the American Heart Association and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Cassel received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., and her Master of Business Administration from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y.
About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
As part of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. UM Shore Regional Health’s team of more than 2,200 employees, medical staff, board members and volunteers works with various community partners to fulfill the organization’s mission of Creating Healthier Communities Together.
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of 10 University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
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