Professional Biography
Patti Adelman is the Vice President for the Center for Learning and Innovation, the Corporate University for Northwell Health, and the Physician Leadership Institute. She has been at Northwell Health since 1998 and the Center for Learning and Innovation since 2005.
In today's healthcare organizations, we operate in a rapidly changing environment. Consequently, one of the most important assets for an organization is the ability to manage change across the entity and for people to develop agility and the desire to learn. To achieve these goals and organizational objectives, Dr. Adelman is responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of organizational and leadership development activities for both clinical and non-clinical team members. In conjunction with senior leadership and organizational stakeholders, Dr. Adelman plans appropriate interventions to grow organizational effectiveness. Dr. Adelman helped to develop and implement the Physician Leadership Institute, growing it from one small program for Medical Directors to an offering of over 17 consistent programs.
Dr. Adelman is responsible for collaborating with Physician Leadership to identify and develop educational activities for those physicians who possess both clinical expertise and substantial leadership abilities. This role grew as a result of the organization’s response to the nationwide shift to a more patient-focused and inter-professional and collaborative care model.
The Organizational Development and Learning team is responsible for developing and delivering numerous educational activities related to leadership development, interpersonal skills and communication, as well as change management to all levels of administrative and physician leaders within the organization.
Dr. Adelman received her Ed.D. from the Penn Chief Learning Officer program in May 2017. She obtained her master’s in Education from the University of Pennsylvania in May of 2016 and received her master’s in Social Work from New York University. Dr. Adelman holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
