SHERRIE VASSALLO has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as VP of operations, where she will focus on operational and strategic planning and efficiency for the health-care system. Vassallo, based at the St. Elizabeth Campus at 2209 Genesee St. in Utica, began her career at Rome Medical Group. She worked in pediatric-cardiac surgery at […]
SHERRIE VASSALLO has joined the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) as VP of operations, where she will focus on operational and strategic planning and efficiency for the health-care system. Vassallo, based at the St. Elizabeth Campus at 2209 Genesee St. in Utica, began her career at Rome Medical Group. She worked in pediatric-cardiac surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia while obtaining her graduate degree. Vassallo also served in a range of director and above-level positions in various areas including clinical, operational, research programming, and administrative/executive leadership roles. With more than 20 years of health-care experience, she has worked at community hospitals, as well as large academic health-care systems. Those include St. Joseph’s Health, Ellis Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Weill-Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Vassallo holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology/business management from Utica University (formerly Utica College) and a master’s degree in biomedical science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.