Buffalo, NY (WBEN) Tom Quatroche will be leaving ECMC to become the head of the Healthcare Association of New York State. He has been with ECMC for 22 years.
Dr. Quatroche began his career at ECMC in 2004, serving as senior vice president of marketing, planning and business development from 2004-2015. In 2015, he was appointed President of ECMC where he was responsible for all Surgical Services, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Head & Neck/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Bariatrics, and Oral Oncology Maxillofacial Prosthetics, as well as marketing, strategic planning and the development of new business. In 2016, he was named President and CEO of ECMC. During his tenure as President and CEO, Dr. Quatroche oversaw several significant initiatives at ECMC, including the planning, development and opening in 2020 of ECMC’s $55 million KeyBank Trauma and Emergency Center, which was ECMC’s first-ever public capital campaign that raised $15 million of the new facility’s project cost.
Dr. Quatroche said, “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve for so many years alongside the most talented, dedicated and compassionate caregivers, helping to maintain and fulfill the remarkable legacy ECMC has created for over 100 years on our Grider Street health campus. Together, our focus and commitment has always been providing high-quality healthcare services to our patients, no matter their condition or circumstance. The evolution of ECMC over the past two decades has been significantly positive and the members of our ECMC Family have distinguished themselves time and again with many nationally recognized clinical achievements and accomplishments. As is the case throughout the healthcare industry in our nation and abroad, many challenges have occurred over the years – most significantly the COVID-19 pandemic – and there will continue to be challenges going forward, but the resilience and commitment our ECMC caregivers demonstrated unfailingly throughout the pandemic will continue to fortify their efforts on behalf of their patients for years to come. While I am saddened to leave an institution I love so completely and have devoted so much of my energy to for twenty-two years, I look forward to the new opportunity of working on behalf of healthcare institutions across New York State and utilize the experience and knowledge I have gained at ECMC to help them fulfill their commitments and missions to their patients and their respective communities.”
In 2016, Dr. Quatroche played a pivotal role in successfully adding an amendment to a 2003 state law that had created the Erie County Medical Center Corporation as a standalone state public benefit corporation. Passed in the State Legislature and signed by the Governor, the amended state legislation permitted ECMC to enter into agreements for the creation and operation of an integrated healthcare delivery services in collaboration with Kaleida Health and the University at Buffalo, including: coordination and integration of clinical services to reduce redundancy and increase efficiency; joint management of graduate medical education and academic affiliations; joint purchasing of services, supplies and equipment; and joint marketing of health care services. That outcome has contributed significantly to Buffalo’s stature as a world-class destination for the best in patient care, clinical research, and medical education.
“Tom has long been recognized as a compassionate, committed and highly-effective healthcare leader and champion at the local, state and federal levels,” said Patrick O'Shaughnessy, DO, MBA, MS-POPH, FACEP, president and CEO, Catholic Health (Long Island), and chair, HANYS’ board of trustees. “He knows firsthand the needs of our patients, healthcare workers and provider organizations and the challenges they face, and he’s proven himself time and again to be an effective advocate and spokesperson. Tom has our board of trustees’ utmost confidence and support.”
Quatroche will succeed Bea Grause, RN, JD, who has led HANYS since 2016. Grause announced her plans to retire in the summer of 2026 last September.