Our Leadership
As Strong Memorial Hospital’s leadership team, our priority is to ensure that our patients and families have the highest quality care and the best possible health care experience. We strive to recruit the brightest and finest clinical and support staff to provide the most advanced, patient-centered medical care. Collectively, our team offers decades of experience at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
All of our leadership offices are centrally located inside the hospital to ensure that we’re well integrated with the ebb and flow of hospital life. In our ongoing pursuit to deliver exceptional patient care each and every day, we welcome and encourage your feedback. Please feel free to email or call us.
Kathy Parrinello, R.N., Ph.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Email: Kathy_Parrinello@urmc.rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 275-4605
Kathy Parrinello directs all aspects of Strong Memorial Hospital’s operations and leads the effort to prepare the health care system to succeed in a managed care environment. She also directs all of the managed care activities at Strong and the University of Rochester Medical Center’s affiliates.
Steven I. Goldstein
President of System Integration Strategy, UR Medicine
Email: Steven_Goldstein@urmc.rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 275-7685
Steven Goldstein will continue to direct strategic integration of the UR Medicine health system.
Michael J. Apostolakos, M.D
Chief Medical Officer
Email: Michael_Apostolakos@urmc.rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 275-4786
Michael Apostololakos is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. As Strong Memorial Hospital’s CMO he serves as the liaison between the medical staff and administration. He is responsible for coordinating patient care and safety.
Carrie Fuller Spencer, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Email: Carrie_FullerSpencer@urmc.rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 275-3033
Carrie Fuller Spencer monitors financial matters relating to Strong Memorial Hospital and its affiliates.
E. Kate Valcin, MS, RN, CNL, CCRN-K, NEA-BC
Interim Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President
Email: Kate_Valcin@URMC.Rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 273-3899
Kate Valcin is Strong Memorial Hospital’s senior nurse and oversees a department of over 5,000 nurses, support staff and respiratory therapists.
Robert J. Panzer, M.D.
Chief Quality Officer & Associate Vice President
Email: Robert_Panzer@urmc.rochester.edu
Office Phone: (585) 273-4438
Robert Panzer leads Strong Memorial Hospital’s quality assurance, clinical practice evaluation, quality, and safety improvement initiatives.