Professional Profile

About Seleem Choudhury

Intimately familiar with U.S. Healthcare’s political, regulatory, and health environment. Experience with strategic planning in complex multi-entity environs and cultures, alignment and integration, within integrated delivery systems. Passionate about advancing affordable population strategy using data, establishing high quality, safety, and strong relationship building with the objective of improving the patient, family, and the employee and provider experience. Excel at managing complex boards, physicians, unionized, employee engagement and political, business, and community relationships.

Experience

Network Operations Executive
University of Vermont Health Network
2020-present

Recruited by CEO at UVHN to be lead executive providing operational, financial, strategic support to ensure that “road ahead” strategy for UVHN skilled nursing, palliative, hospice care across UVHN enterprise is successful and sustainable.  

The University of Vermont Health Network is a six-hospital health network plus Home Health and Hospice facility. The anchor hospital is University of Vermont Medical Center, affiliated with University of Vermont Colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.

Chief Nursing Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals
Jan. 2021-Present
NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest public health care delivery system. They are an integrated network of hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, and post-acute care centers. They are a home care agency and a health plan, MetroPlus. The health system provides essential services to more than 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 patient care locations and in their homes.

President, Porter Medical Center
University of Vermont Health Network
Apr. 2019-Dec. 2019

Recruited to direct operations of 25-bed acute care facility, 105-bed skilled nursing facility, memory care, short-term rehab, long-term care units, and primary care/specialty physician network.

Porter Medical Center (PMC) is a 25-bed acute care facility and 105-bed skilled nursing facility which includes a memory care unit, short-term rehabilitation unit, and a long-term care unit. PMC also has a network of primary care and specialty medical practices.

Vice President, Professional Services
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
2013-2019

Served in hybrid role of Chief Nursing Officer/Chief Operations Officer coordinating day-to-day clinical and operational activities to deliver quality, cost-effective patient care.

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital is a rural health system with 25-bed critical access hospital, multiple primary care clinics, specialty and surgical services, birth center, and 24-hour, physician-staffed emergency department. 

Deputy Chief Executive Nursing Officer (2010-2013)
Interim Chief Nursing Officer (2012-2013)
Denver Health Medical Center

Teamed with CNO to identify organizational goals, plan financial, operational efficiency, special projects, ensure compliance of patient services with nursing care standards, state/federal regs. Interim Chief Nurse for one year while CNO was on extended Medical Leave.

Denver Health Medical Center is an academic medical center with 650 beds, 8,000 employees, 55K annual admissions, 200K emergency department visits, and an annual budget over $900M. It is one of Colorado’s busiest trauma hospitals.

Service Line Director, Emergency Services, Critical Care Floor Pool, and Cardiology
Parker Adventist Hospital
2007-2010

Accountable for planning, leadership development, organizing, directing patient care services for Level II Trauma Center Emergency Department, urgent care, and cardiology.

Parker Adventist Hospital is a Centura Health hospital with 170 beds, Level II trauma center, 2000 employers, and 28,000 annual admissions.

Additional Relevant Experience

Adjunct Professor
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2017-present

Adjunct faculty teaching Doctoral, Masters and Bachelor nursing and non-nursing

Staff Nurse (per diem)
Rutland Regional Medical Center, Rutland City, VT
2020-present

Director of Emergency Services, Trauma and Flight Program
University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA
2005-2007

Clinical Educator Manager, Corporate Emergency Management
Mount Sinai, New York City
2003-2005