Garnet Health Announces Leadership Promotions - April 2023

Garnet Health, which includes Garnet Health Medical Center, Garnet Health Medical Center – Catskills, Garnet Health Doctors, Garnet Health Urgent Care, Garnet Health Foundation and Garnet Health Foundation – Catskills, recently announced the promotion of the following individuals.

Kareema Dale, BSN, RN, CMSRN, has been promoted to Director of Nursing Float Pool. In this role, Dale will be responsible for the float pool nurses, nursing assistants and nursing unit clerks. She will be responsible for hiring, onboarding and mentoring the entire float pool staff. 

Dale joined the organization in April 2022 as clinical coordinator of the float pool and successfully decreased the vacancy rate. She is the nurse leader liaison for the Professional Excellence Committee in Shared Governance. Dale received her BSN from Post University. 

Marcy Manheim, MBA, has been promoted to Administrator of Marketing & Corporate Communications. She joined the organization in 2003 as Marketing & Public Relations Director. During her tenure, she has helped lead marketing and communications efforts for the new hospital and supported the marketing launch of many new products and service lines, including the Heart Center, Bone and Joint Center, Bariatric Center, Garnet Health Doctors and—most recently—Cardiothoracic Surgery. 

Under her leadership, the marketing department has significantly increased its digital marketing footprint as well as adopted consumer relations management, digital programmatic marketing and search engine marketing. She has also helped to expand the health system’s social media presence and assisted in the launch of Garnet Health’s new website. Manheim was a key strategic player in the planning and launch of Garnet Health’s comprehensive rebranding initiative. She also provides leadership in corporate communications, which includes creating and coordinating internal and external messaging.

Prior to joining Garnet Health, Manheim worked for the Times Herald-Record in sales and sales management for 15 years. She earned her MBA at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship; a BS in business, management and economics with a concentration in marketing from SUNY Empire in Saratoga Springs, New York; and an associate degree in applied science from Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, New Jersey.

Amanda Muller-Lewis, BA, CSTR, has been promoted to Trauma Program Director. Muller-Lewis has been with Garnet Health Medical Center for 11 years. She began in the Emergency Department and joined the Trauma Department in 2012 as a Trauma Registrar. She became a Certified Specialist in Trauma Registry and grew her role as lead registrar when the department expanded. Shortly thereafter, she was promoted to the role of Trauma PI Coordinator and then Trauma Registry Manager.
 
During her tenure with the Trauma Department, Muller-Lewis assisted the team through a successful American College of Surgeons Level II verification. Additionally, she is a member of several trauma committees and is a co-author of the most recent addition of the NYS Trauma Data Dictionary. 
 
Muller-Lewis earned her BS in psychology from Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, New York, and is currently working toward an associate in nursing at SUNY Orange. 
 
Andrew Myles, RN, BSN, has been promoted to Emergency Services Nursing Director. Myles joined Garnet Health as a physical therapy assistant in 2003. In 2010, he completed his AAS in nursing and began his nursing career at Horton Hospital. 
 
In June 2013, Andrew joined the Emergency Department at Garnet Health and quickly progressed into the roles of Triage and Charge RN. He has been involved in many performance-improvement initiatives in the ED, as a staff member and a leader. In April 2016, he was promoted to ED Nurse Manager, and in the summer of 2022, he took on the interim role of Nurse Director for Observation/CDA and 2 West.

For more information about career opportunities at Garnet Health, visit careers.garnethealth.org.

About Garnet Health 

Garnet Health is a New York State, not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Middletown, New York, approximately 60 miles northwest of New York City. It is the corporate parent of Garnet Health Medical Center, Garnet Health Medical Center – Catskills, Garnet Health Doctors, Garnet Health Urgent Care, Garnet Health Foundation and Garnet Health Foundation – Catskills. Garnet Health is dedicated to developing specialty services, medical programs and needed healthcare services that allow residents to remain close to home to receive quality care.

Providing healthcare to approximately 500,000 residents in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, Garnet Health was designed to improve the quality, stability and efficiency of healthcare services in the mid-Hudson and Catskills region. Garnet Health provides the services of more than 4,000 employed professionals and over 850 medical staff members. An academic affiliate of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Garnet Health retains compassionate professionals who continually strive toward the hospital’s mission to improve the health of our community by providing exceptional healthcare. To learn more about Garnet Health, visit garnethealth.org.