In honor of Certified Nurses Day, March 19, 2024, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC) acknowledges the 500 members of our Magnet-recognized nursing staff who have achieved and maintained national board certification during 2023 in their nursing specialty.
Achieving certification requires both a defined number of hours working within a nursing specialty and a level of expertise evaluated by rigorous testing. Board certification is the formal recognition of the specialized knowledge, skills, and experience demonstrated by the achievement of standards identified by a nursing specialty to promote optimal health outcomes.
We appreciate the time and effort put forth by these nurses towards the continuation of their growth as health care providers. Their dedication plays an important role in assuring we continue to provide a high standard of care to our patients and loved ones.
Congratulations and thank you to the following nurses who have achieved this milestone.
Jami Abes, Organ Transplants
Noelle Acierto, FCC
Madgalena Adimari, Cardiac Cath Lab
Eina Jane Marie Adlawan, Stroke Center
David Adodoadji, 2WOC
Eduard Agapay, Care Coordination
Gertrude Ajavon, 2WOC
Regina Albano, Operating Room
Tracey Aldana, FCC
Paula Alem, Burn Care ICU
Sara Alfano, PACU
Aamina Ali, Operating Room
Krysta Aliberti, FCC
Darrell Alinea-Garcia, Cardiac Service Administration
Emily Allig, Labor & Delivery
Tatiana Alvarez, Outpatient Transplant
Mayda Alvrez, Organ Transplants
Brenna Anderson, 2WOC
Shalin Andrade, Operating Room
Claire Angelo, Outpatient Transplant
Emma Anonuevo, Cardiac Service Administration
Sharon Antoine-Dixon, Case Management
Beverly Antoine-Williams, 4W
Guido Appelgren, Burn Care ICU
Guinevere Aquino, Outpatient Transplant
Anelisa Arevalo, 4W
Elena Arias, ICU
Michelle Armah, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Arlene Arnold, Emergency Department
Edna Articona, NICU
Lydita Atanacio, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Sasha Ausay, 2WOC
Lisa Avery, Outpatient Transplant
Anjali Badeti, 2WOC
Nicole Baker, Neurological Care
Michaela Baker, Nursing Administration
Erin Barasch, Labor & Delivery
Jemalie Barrios, Clinical Documentation
Diana Barroso-Aguilar, Labor & Delivery
Lovely Beaucluche, Infusion Center
Widlyn Beauvais, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Jamie Beins, NICU
Paola Beltran, 2WOC
Mariana Beltran, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Alicia Berbesi, 2WOC
Maria Best, Cardiac Cath Lab
Jyothi Biju, Emergency Department
Shiny Binu, FCC
Barbara Bochen, Labor & Delivery
Jessie Borer, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Monica Bowling, Outpatient Transplant
Alana Brabyn, 4W
Kimberly Brennan, NICU
Ruby Brillantes-Brathwaite, 4300 Pediatrics
Julia Brodock, FCC
Cassandra Brooks, 2200
Lisa Brosko, Labor & Delivery
Emily Brower, Wound Care
Sarah Brutosky, Burn Care ICU
Julia Bryan, Infusion Center
Kimberly Buechel, PACU
Candice Buno Sot, Labor & Delivery
Argelia Bustamante, ICU
Rani Belle Cabaccang, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Antoinette Cadacio, CTICU
Silvia Calderon Cadena, Cardiac Service Administration
Jessica Callejo, 5700
Evelyn Campbell, Radiation Oncology
Emmy Canaria, 1W
Lorna Cano, Perioperative Services
Kathryne Cappucci, Cardiac Cath Lab
Yetty Carcamo, IV Therapy
Ashley Cardoso, NICU
Amalia Carneiro, Burn Care ICU
Kristen Carrotto, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Katherine Casas, Cardiac Service Administration
Wuilda Castro, Emergency Department
Krystle Castro, Operating Room
Stephanie Cavallaro, Wound Care
Lycel Celo, 1W
Kristina Cerro, 4W
Mini Chacko, NICU
Jemy Chacko, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Waichun Chak, GI Endoscopy
Kaitlin Chan, 5200
Angeline Charles, 2WOC
Ruichao Cheng, Cardiac Service Administration
Joanna Chin, Hemodialysis
Casey Chu, ICU
Lindsay Cianciotto, Nursing Administration
Elizabeth Ciesielski, PACU
Erin Ciklic, Radiation Oncology
Jennifer Cinque, CCU
Deanna Ciriaco, Radiation Oncology
Mary Collazo, Infection Control
Claudia Conego, 2100
Kathleen Conlon, Burn Educators
Kecia Connor, Float
Rosanna Conry, ACC Breast Center
Ines Coppola, FCC
Margaret Correale, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Sean Cox, Quality
Imee Cuaycong, Cardiac Cath Lab
Gabrielle Cummins, FCC
Jolenne Custodio, PACU
Veronica Cuzzola, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Julia Czajkowski, Labor & Delivery
Caroline Dabrowski, 2400
Nancy Dalessandro, 2400
Irene Dalisay-Macavinta, CTICU
Kevin Daly, PACU
Deborah D'Angelo, Organ Transplants
Jaclyn Danyo, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Brittany Dasti, CTICU
Ashley Daveniero, 4W
Moira Davis, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Edna Delacruz, 1W
Irene Delaunay, Logistics
Anthony Delcalzo, 5200
Melissa DelMauro, Emergency Department
Sophia DePergola, Burn Care ICU
Mary Lucy DeTizio, CCU
Lobsang Dhondup, Outpatient Transplant
Lauren DiCosimo, Infusion Center
Joseph Didonna, Care Coordination
Ashley Dimaria, Stroke Center
Stephanie Dimitrakis, PICU
Susan DiRocco, FCC
Molly Docherty, Emergency Department
Ann Dohm, FCC
Michele Dolisca, 2WOC
Melissa Donnay, Float
Madeline Dorestil, Cardiac Service Administration
Katherine Doria, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Colleen Dowling, Outpatient Transplant
Lani Nimfa DumDum, Labor & Delivery
Perlita Dungca, SDS
Maureen Dunn, NICU
Rowena Durand, CTICU
Kristine Eckert, Burn Care ICU
Anne Ellis-Kosty, Outpatient Transplant
Janelle Epp, Cancer Office Practice
Linbyrd Esguerra, Case Management
Rosalind Espina-Dario, PACU
Maria Victoria Espiritu, NICU
Eva Esson, CTICU
Angela Estela, 2WOC
Monica Estrellado, 2WOC
Rosalind Eyerman, FCC
Irysa Filimonczuk, FCC
Agatha Finnigan, PACU
Ashley Fischer, 2400
Julia Fitzpatrick, Preadmissions Testing
Daniel Fleming, ICU
Lucia Russini Floresca, CTICU
Peter Foglio, 1W
Mindy Foley, Infusion Center
Kathleen Foley, Outpatient Transplant
Elizabeth Foy, Operating Room
Vonetta Freeman, Neurological Care
Laura Freire, Care Coordination
Rosemarie Freschi, ICU
Valerie Fuentes-Pazmino, ICU
Jyothi Furtdo, NICU
Emily Gaine, 4300 Pediatrics
Christian Garcia, 4W
Cindy Garcia, NICU
Devon Garrity, Emergency Department
Helen Gaughan, Operating Room
Flutra Gaxha, Labor & Delivery
Lynmarie Gearhart, PICU
Galina Gendelman, Labor & Delivery
Bindu George, Perioperative Services
Erin Gibbons, Labor & Delivery
Zoey Gibbs, ICU
Elizabeth Gilligan, Quality
Alison Gilmartin, FCC
Maria Gomez, Radiology
Susan Govlick, Float
Jessica Graessle, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Marlene Grafstein, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Laura Gramatica, GI Endoscopy
Alisa Gregory, FCC
Ashley Grieco, GI Endoscopy
Heather Grundy, Labor & Delivery
Christine Grywalski, Cancer Office Practice
Jenny Guevarra, Care Coordination
Coleen Gurkus, ACC Breast Center
Mark Gutierrez, Hemodialysis
Christine Guvener, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Christina Habrahamshon, Radiology
Lucy Hahn, Infusion Center
Danielle Handsman, PACU
Mary Hanley, NICU
Shaneisa Harilal, Burn Care ICU
Nadeka Shanique Hawthorne, Float
Nadreka Monique Hawthorne, Float
Cassandra Hayes, Infusion Center
Lynn Haytaian, Infusion Center
Rosemary Helmer, Cancer Office Practice
Emily Henion, PICU
Yulieth Hernandez, Cardiac Cath Lab
Natalia Hernandez, Infusion Center
Vivian Herrera, Cardiac Cath Lab
Jennifer Hinkis-Siegel, Organ Transplants
Jessica Hladky, Burn Care ICU
Kelly Hlavin, Quality
Jeanmarie Hodge, CTICU
Marsha Horowitz, 2WOC
Dianne Horton, Wound Care
Lorena Huamancaja, Operating Room
Virginia Huffman, FCC
Christine Hug, EEG
Christine Hughes, ICU
Mirtha Hurle, IV Therapy
Sandy Hussain, FCC
Ebentz Hyppolite, Operating Room
Janice Iglesias, Emergency Department
Nicco Ignozza, 2300
Claudia Irmiere, Cardiac Service Administration
Taslima Ishmael, Emergency Department
Susan Jacob, CTICU
Christina Jamieson, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Pierina Jijon, 2WOC
Catherine Job, Infusion Center
Sandra Johansen, Wound Care
Grethel John, Stroke Center
Cassandra Jung, Emergency Department
Carolina Kalil, 2WOC
Grace Kao, FCC
Leanna Karlicki, 2WOC
Jennifer Kaspereen, Post-Part Depression
Chelsea Katalbas, Cardiac Cath Lab
Kaitlyn Kelly, Labor & Delivery
Tatia Khardziani, Operating Room
Lisa Killian, Burn Care ICU
Madeline Kincaid, Infusion Center
Daniel King, IV Therapy
Erin Klecka, Burn Care ICU
Creyana Knox, Cardiac Cath Lab
Sarah Koritam, ICU
Stacy Krakower, Wound Care
Belinda Krever, Case Management
Cherryl Kudyba, Labor & Delivery
Shyni Kurian, FCC
Jolly Kuruvilla, Palliative Care
Elaine Lamb, Quality
Kenneth Lao, ICU
Cresencia Lardizabal, NICU
Maureen Larkin, Infusion Center
Lori Lastella, Cancer Office Practice
Joanna Laurent, 1W
Minerva Layug, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Esther Lee, Perioperative Services
Rizaline Lendio, ICU
Andrea Lennon, Infusion Center
Jacqueline Lewis, Emergency Department
Esther Lewis-Craig, Case Management
Frances Lin, 4100/4700
Karen Linden, Infusion Center
Patricia Lipari, Cancer Center
Kedisha Lloyd, Palliative Care
Kevin Lo, Float
Raechel Lofaro, Care Coordination
Sandra Lopez, NICU
Edith Lopez-Genuario, Cardiac Cath Lab
Linda Lordi, Labor & Delivery
Marie Louis, 2200
Marie Louis, 5700
Maria Lozano, NICU
Jan Lukasiewicz, 4W
Caitlin Lynch, Infusion Center
Rebecca Mack, Cardiac Cath Lab
Katherine Mackenzie, Labor & Delivery
Deion Maligaya, 2WOC
Teresa Malit Freda, Outpatient Transplant
Jessica Manalo, Infusion Center
Josephine Maramba, MMG Concurrent CBMC
Alexandra Maravic, Infusion Center
Marissa Marcantonio, ICU
Amber Marcantonio, Labor & Delivery
Silvia Mariano, Infusion Center
Marcella Marinas, PACU
Jennifer Marion, Cardiac Cath Lab
Janine Marley, OB Support Center
Daniel Marques, ICU
Tracey Martino, FCC
Victoria Matyola, CCU
Karen McClellan, Emergency Department
Todd McCoy, Cardiac Cath Lab
Susana McCoy, Emergency Department
Kathleen McKay, NICU
Virginia McShane, Logistics
Dara Medina, Burn Care ICU
Jeremy Mendoza, ICU
Anna Mendoza, Infusion Center
Ana Merced-Castro, Outpatient Transplant
Martha Miller, Infusion Center
Harriet Mills-Tagoe, Stroke Center
Amy Miranda, Labor & Delivery
Luz Molina, Organ Transplants
Marc Monteith, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Allison Moorman, Organ Transplants
Karissa Moos, Perioperative Services
Morgan Morales, 3200
Marie Morgievich, Outpatient Transplant
Gina Morris, Spine Institute/Orthopedics
Jennifer Muller, PACU
Taylor Munro, 4300 Pediatrics
Janet Mutinda-Kiteta, 2WOC
Tunda Mwenge, Stroke Center
Delecia Nelson, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Alexander Nguyen, CCU
Safiyah Nicely, Operating Room
Christine Nickel, IV Therapy
Stamatia Nikitopoulos, Cancer Center
Jennifer Nitzsche, CCU
Martha Nunez, Infusion Center
Ashley O'Connor, GI Endoscopy
Karoline O'Keeffe, Float
Miriam Olivares, PACU
Mini Oommen, PICU
Karina Orpilla, PACU
Shannon Ostrowski, 2400
Sharon Pabrua, NICU
Jocelyn Paloma, 1W
Aida Palomino, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Taira Pangilinan, 2WOC
Hoyoung Paredes, Infusion Center
Erin Parvin, 2400
Bhavaish Patel, ICU
Anitaben Patel, SDS
Maggie Patella, CCU
Heather Patten, SDS
Latoya Pearson, Labor & Delivery
Mary Pellecchia, Labor & Delivery
Dana Pena, Perioperative Services
Kimberly Petrilak, Cancer Office Practice
Kathleen Phillips, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Olga Pierson, 2100
Ida Podolski, GI Endoscopy
Catherine Ponterio, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Tamara Porada, NICU
Aileene Portalatin, IV Therapy
Erin Poulsen, Infusion Center
Catherine Powell, Clinical Documentation
Linda Price, ICU
Deborah Priestman, 2100
Geraldine Prophete, Infusion Center
Preethi Pushparathinam, Operating Room
Bethany Quieruga, FCC
Laura Quinn, 2WOC
Amanda Quinn, 2WOC
Karyn Quinn, Emergency Department
Mary Jean Ramirez, IV Therapy
Belkis Ramirez, Organ Transplants
Christine Ramos, 2WOC
Gertruda Ramos, SDS
Himali Rana, Labor & Delivery
Suzanne Randall, 2WOC
Erin Rawson, Cardiac Cath Lab
Lauren Raynor, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Sonia Rebelo, Cancer Office Practice
Maria Refinski, PACU
Barbara Reisinger, FCC
Patricia Relvas, 4300 Pediatrics
Julya Rempel, Palliative Care
Michelle Rice, Care Coordination
Tyler Richards, 2300
Crystal Richburg Oliver, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Stephanie Richter, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Tia Rillo, Infusion Center
Rita Rivard, Cancer Office Practice
Marlene Roberts, Cardiac Service Administration
Ana Rodrigues, CTICU
Laura Rodriguez, FCC
Ruth Rodriguez, Labor & Delivery
Marissa Rodriguez, OB Support Center
Denise Rodriquez, 2WOC
Maria Roesler, Palliative Care
Amanda Rogers, Labor & Delivery
Kimberly Rojas Nunez, Labor & Delivery
Laura Romeo, NICU
Renegilde Romero, Infusion Center
Kristina Roque, Cardiac Cath Lab
Stephanie Rotoli, Neurological Care
Johanna Royandoyan, PACU
Deborah Ruesch, Cancer Office Practice
Suzanne Russo, Infusion Center
Linda Russo, Labor & Delivery
Coutney Saavedra, Cardiac Cath Lab
Rebecca Sachs, PICU
Frances Sagun, 1W
Juliet Salas, CTICU
Julie Salazar, 2100
Fallon Salkins, PICU
Carlyn Salus, Cardiac Cath Lab
Janey Samuel, FCC
Leanne Sanabria, Nursing Administration
Stacy Sanchez, 2WOC
Jonathan Sanchez, ICU
Jenna Santoro, Cancer Office Practice
Donna Schaarschmidt, Labor & Delivery
Diane Schickram-Smith, Logistics
Bridget Schiraldo, Organ Transplants
Molly Schulenburg, GI Endoscopy
Sandra Schwanborg, Case Management
Pamela Schwartz, Operating Room
Nicole Schweighardt, 2400
Sharonda Scroggins, Infusion Center
Suzanne Seguin, NICU
Gifty Selby, PACU
Maria Seron, Infusion Center
Catherine Serrano, Cancer Surg Physician Services
Shany Shaji, FCC
Sung Shim, IV Therapy
Jaquelyn Shtitsberg, 2WOC
Lisa Silliman, Wound Care
Vanessa Silva, Pediatric ICU
Lorraine Silvestre, Labor & Delivery
Sarah Simon, ICU
Eileen Singer, Logistics
Evelyn Sison, NICU
Yvette Small, Float
Kimberly Snitkin, 2100
Hannah Solon, Float
Pietro Somma, 2WOC
Bora Son, Cancer Svs Patient & Family
Derling Sotelo, 4W
Cherryl Soto, 4300 Pediatrics
Carlita Spike, Telemetry Float Pool
Bina Steaphen, 2WOC
Erica Steele, CCU
Tara Stephens, CCU
Karolina Stepien, FCC
Arlene Stewart, Case Management
Mary Stoffel, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Kristine Strelec, CORC-Cardiac Rehab
Naimah Stubbs, Infusion Center
Carol Stypulkoski, NICU
Diane Sudol, NICU
Shiney Sunil, Labor & Delivery
Michele Sutera, Cardiac Service Administration
Sean Sweet, CTICU
Marcela Tabago, Infusion Center
Victoria Tan, PACU
Rizalina Tan-Dizon, 2300
Cecilia Tecson-Gandhi, PACU
Maristel Tenorio, CTICU
Janella Tenorio, Emergency Department
Joseph Tenorio, NICU
Jennifer Terrone, Labor & Delivery
Chandon Thompson, Infusion Center
Rosalin Thottumari, Emergency Department
Christopher Tiamson, CCU
Sharna Timonera, NICU
Nicole Tomasello, Emergency Department
Peter Toscak, ICU
Gabrielle Toussaint-Blanc, GI Endoscopy
Sheila Townsend, PACU
Laura Trovato, Pediatric ICU
Stephanie Trstensky, Cancer Office Practice
Gideon Tsedze, Operating Room
Samantha Tunney, 5700
Jacqueline Turner, Operating Room
Rosemarie Vasquez, Palliative Care
Melanny Velasco, NICU
Mellany Velez, 2400
Jenny Ventura, 2WOC
Karen Verbeke, NICU
Marilyn Verdi, 4W
Desiree Vergara, ICU
Julianna Verso, 1W
Joanne Vieira, 4300 Pediatrics
Cielito Lou Villanueva, Hemodialysis
Viane Villanueva, ICU
Danielle Villone, 1W
Kara Virruso, Labor & Delivery
Kristin Visentin, PICU
Czerisnelle Vitug, 1W
Diahann Volcy, 3200
Yeltsie Volcy, NICU
Michelle Wagner, Burn Care ICU
Casey Warren, Outpatient Transplant
Bethany Watkins, Nursing Education - CPDIR
Kim Weinstein, Labor & Delivery
Michael Weissman, Perioperative Services
Lisa Werdann, FCC
Katherine G Williamson, 4W
Donisha Wynter, Burn Care ICU
Mary Yarussi, ACC - Multiple Sclerosis
Inja Yeo, CTOR
Reine Zangue-Temgoua, Cardiac Service Administration
Yueli Zhou, Labor & Delivery
Anna Zielinski, Labor & Delivery