MIDDLETOWN- 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 Floating 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 all floating pool staff.
Dale joined the organization in April 2022 as the Floating Pool Clinical Coordinator and has successfully reduced the vacancy rate. She is the head nurse liaison for the Committee for Professional Excellence in Shared Governance. Dale received his BSN from Post University.
Marcy Manheim, MBA, has been promoted to Marketing and Corporate Communications Administrator. She joined the organization in 2003 as Director of Marketing and Public Relations. During her tenure, she 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 his leadership, the marketing department significantly increased its digital marketing footprint and embraced consumer relationship management, digital programmatic marketing and search engine marketing. She also helped expand the health system’s social media presence and helped launch Garnet Health’s new website. Manheim was a key strategic player in planning and launching Garnet Health’s comprehensive rebranding initiative. She also provides leadership for 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 received her MBA from 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’s degree in applied science from Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, New Jersey.
Amanda Muller-Lewis BA, CSTR, was promoted to Trauma Program Director. Muller-Lewis has worked at Garnet Health Medical Center for 11 years. She started in the emergency department and joined the trauma department in 2012 as a trauma registrar. She became a Certified Trauma Registry Specialist and increased her role as Senior Registrar as the department grew. Shortly thereafter, she was promoted to PI Trauma Coordinator and then Trauma Registry Manager.
During her tenure in the trauma department, Muller-Lewis helped the team through a successful Level II audit from the American College of Surgeons. In addition, she is a member of several trauma committees and is co-author of the most recent addition to 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 becoming a nursing associate at SUNY Orange.
Andrew Myles, RN, BSN, has been promoted to director of emergency services nursing. Myles joined Garnet Health as a Physiotherapy Assistant in 2003. In 2010 he completed his AAS in Nursing and began his nursing career at Horton Hospital.
In June 2013, Andrew joined Garnet Health’s Emergency Department and quickly progressed into RN triage and load roles. He has been involved in numerous performance improvement initiatives within ED, both as a staff member and as a leader. In April 2016, he was promoted to Emergency Services Nurse Manager and in the summer of 2022, he assumed the interim role of Nurse Manager for Observation/CDA and 2 West.
For more information on career opportunities at Garnet Health, visit garnethealth.org/careers.