{"id":18173,"date":"2018-05-02T13:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/christopher-roker-ceo-nyc-health-hospitals-queens-to-be-honored-thursday-may-17\/"},"modified":"2018-05-02T14:20:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T18:20:57","slug":"christopher-roker-ceo-nyc-health-hospitals-queens-to-be-honored-thursday-may-17-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/christopher-roker-ceo-nyc-health-hospitals-queens-to-be-honored-thursday-may-17-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Roker, CEO NYC + Health Hospitals Queens To Be Honored Thursday May 17 in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christopher Roker<\/strong>, CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens, will be honored with the &#8216;<strong>Administrative Excellence in Healthcare Award<\/strong>&#8216;, at DeCosta Headley&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/decosta-headleys-dream-foundation-first-annual-gala-tickets-45385857321?ref=enivtefor001&amp;invite=MTQyNjcwNTAvdmpvbmVzQGppZy5tZWRpYS8w&amp;utm_source=eb_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&amp;utm_term=attend\">D.R.E.A.M. Foundation Annual Gala<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Roker joins a distinguished group of healthcare executives who will be honored at this event.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Roker (yes, the brother of Al Roker), is an operational expert focused on building, growing, and improving the profitability, performance, and value in organizations with a leadership style that fosters teamwork and motivates staff. Mr. Roker recently spent more than 3 years at The MetroHealth System in Ohio first serving as Vice President of Surgical Care and Perioperative Services and then serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Hospitals Administrative Officer where he was responsible for overseeing inpatient hospital services and departments. Mr. Roker previously held leadership positions at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, and The Parkway Hospital Queens. Mr. Roker holds a B.A from the State University of New York at Oswego, an MBA from Pace University, Certificate \u2013 Healthcare Leadership Advancement from Cornell University, and completed Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for Healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held <strong>Thursday May 17, 2018, at El Caribe Country Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/decosta-headleys-dream-foundation-first-annual-gala-tickets-45385857321?ref=enivtefor001&amp;invite=MTQyNjcwNTAvdmpvbmVzQGppZy5tZWRpYS8w&amp;utm_source=eb_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&amp;utm_term=attend\">here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 To become an event sponsor call\u00a0<strong id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489379518915_5521\"><em id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489379518915_5520\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1489379518915_5519\">347.529.0402.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- East New York --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1341283317876058\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"3847248207\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Roker, CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens, will be honored with the &#8216;Administrative Excellence in Healthcare Award&#8216;, at DeCosta Headley&#8217;s D.R.E.A.M. 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Christopher Roker (yes, the brother of Al Roker), is an operational expert focused on building, growing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":18174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bk-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christopher Roker, CEO NYC + Health Hospitals Queens To Be Honored Thursday May 17 in Brooklyn - Brooklyn News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/christopher-roker-ceo-nyc-health-hospitals-queens-to-be-honored-thursday-may-17-in-brooklyn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christopher Roker, CEO NYC + Health Hospitals Queens To Be Honored Thursday May 17 in Brooklyn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher Roker, CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals\/Queens, will be honored with the &#8216;Administrative Excellence in Healthcare Award&#8216;, at DeCosta Headley&#8217;s D.R.E.A.M. 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