PAUL SANSONE, M.D. has joined the Palliative Care department at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. Dr. Sansone, who assumed his role last summer, leads a team of clinicians, whose focus is improving the quality of life for patients coping with serious and complex illnesses. Leading up to his fellowship in hospice & palliative medicine, Sansone […]
PAUL SANSONE, M.D. has joined the Palliative Care department at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. Dr. Sansone, who assumed his role last summer, leads a team of clinicians, whose focus is improving the quality of life for patients coping with serious and complex illnesses. Leading up to his fellowship in hospice & palliative medicine, Sansone spent six years as the director of pain medicine at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of anesthesiology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Sansone earned his bachelor’s degree in physics and medical degree from the University at Buffalo. He went on to complete an internal-medicine residency, anesthesiology residency, and pain-medicine fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. During his anesthesiology residency, he served as chief resident. After practicing pain medicine for several years and prior to joining St. Joseph’s Health, Dr. Sansone returned to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to complete his fellowship in hospice & palliative medicine. He is board certified in pain medicine, anesthesiology, and internal medicine. St. Joseph’s Health has also appointed
JULIE EDMUNDS SMITH VP, financial operations and planning, effective immediately. She will be instrumental in setting and achieving performance metrics as well as working with operations on new business ventures. Smith joined St. Joseph’s Heath in April 2016 after 14 years of progressive experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Syracuse and Atlanta, Georgia. During her nearly five years at St. Joseph’s Health, she served first as the director of finance, then system controller. In those positions, she has been responsible for accounting, finance, budget, strategic planning, and financial analysis. Smith has led several initiatives that improved the competency and efficiency of St. Joseph’s Health financial operations. She is a CPA and holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Le Moyne College.
