Anthony C. Ferreri has served as President and CEO of Staten Island University Hospital since 2003. During his tenure, the hospital has expanded facilities, earned numerous quality awards, and played a leading role in the community. Ferreri oversaw the expansion of the emergency department and completion of an education center, and led responses to disasters like Hurricane Sandy. As a lifelong Staten Island resident, he is deeply committed to serving the healthcare and community needs of the borough.

1. Biography
Anthony C. Ferreri
A lifelong Staten Islander, Anthony C. Ferreri has served as Staten Island University
Hospital’s president and chief executive officer since August 2003 and in 2013 was
named Executive Director of the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Southwestern Region,
retaining his former title.
With Ferreri at the helm of New York City’s sixth largest teaching hospital, SIUH
accomplished a major expansion of its emergency department with the 2009 opening of
the Elizabeth A. Connelly Emergency and Trauma Center and realized its dream for a
21st century globally connected medical education facility in 2011 with the completion
of the Regina M. McGinn, MD Education Center.
As a leader driving the hospital’s focus on quality, SIUH earned national recognition in
an impressive number of prominent quality studies. These include the federal
government’s CMS awards, Premier Award, American Heart Association’s Gold Plus
Award for the Treatment of Stroke, the Joint Commission’s Codman Award and Press
Ganey Hospital Value Index Award, as well as twice receiving the New York State
Hospital Association’s Pinnacle Award.
More recently, SIUH was top winner among the nation’s hospitals for in all 6 years of
the Medicare/Medicaid’s Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project (HQID).
While saving more lives, SIUH aced scores in more than 30 quality-based measures of
clinical care from heart attack to pneumonia and earned more than a million dollars in
incentive rewards.
Ferreri heads a hospital whose role is relevant in the local economy. In this regard,
SIUH continues to be the Island’s largest employer and remains Staten Islanders’
preferred provider earning the Annual Consumer’s Choice Award for the 13th year.
As Staten Island University Hospital commemorated its 150th anniversary in 2011,
Ferreri said he could think of no better expression of its mission than to be a co-sponsoring
partner and chair of the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
(SIEDC) 2011 Health and Wellness Expo.
Prior to joining the hospital in 2001, Ferreri served as President and Chief Executive
Officer of Metrotemp Services Company, Inc. and Metro Healthcare Services, for-profit
healthcare staffing and home care firms.
Before founding Metrotemp, he served as Vice President for Human Resources at Saint
Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey.

3. Ferreri received his Bachelor of Arts from Wagner College and his Master of Science
Degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from Rutgers University, and is
currently pursuing doctorate.
His personal mission of staying connected to the causes of healthcare and community is
evident in his multi-faceted activities and responsibilities.
Ferreri serves on the boards of Staten Island University Hospital, the North Shore-LIJ
Health System and Greater New York Hospital Association. He is a board member of
the New York Organ Donor Network, and in 2011, Mayor Michael Bloomberg
appointed SIUH’s CEO to the New York City Industrial Development Agency.
He has served on the boards of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and the Staten Island
Division of the American Heart Association and has chaired several of its fund raising
events. He is also a charter member and chairman of the board of Moore Catholic High
School.
Living the legacy of his Italian-American heritage, Ferreri is proud to have been
awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by The National Ethnic Coalition of
Organizations.
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of Staten Island, the Children’s Campaign, Eger Health,
Richmond County Medical Society, African American Political Association, Staten
Island Heart Society, the VNA of Staten Island, the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation, Wagner College and the New York Board of Rabbis have all honored this
fourth generation Staten Islander for community service. In 2001, Ferreri received the
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce Louis R. Miller Business Leadership Award.
Anthony Ferreri, and his wife, Michele DeStasio Ferreri, have been married for more
than 40 years. They are the proud parents of son Joseph, and a daughter, Toni Ann,
married to Michael Spinella. The couple has one son, Michael Joseph Spinella.

4. ANTHONY C. FERRERI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTHWEST REGION,
NORTH SHORE-LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM
“A leader has the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose
and the character to inspire confidence”
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George Montgomery
Richard D. Goldstein, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees for North Shore-LIJ
Health System summed it up perfectly as he introduced Tony on June 16, 2014 as a
recipient of the New York Board of Rabbis’ Humanitarian Award, “Tony is a true
community leader: caring, compassionate, committed, and community-focused.” During
this introduction, Mr. Goldstein provided a number of anecdotes to illustrate his
sentiment. In particular, he related his experiences touring the storm-ravaged Staten
Island following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. As the two men visited gravely
damaged sections of Staten Island, Tony was simultaneously delivering food and water
to the residents of his community who were in great need.
Born a fourth generation Staten Islander in 1951, Anthony C. Ferreri became President
and Chief Executive Officer of Staten Island University Hospital in August 2003,
previously having served as Executive Vice President and member of the Board of
Trustees.
Six months following his appointment as CEO, Tony reported to the hospital Board, “I
have diligently listened and learned as much as I could about the health and medical
needs of Staten Island’s residents, while working to uphold University Hospital’s
extraordinary tradition of compassionate care.” It was then and there that the community
saw the two Tonys emerge -- Tony the CEO and Tony the Staten Islander – an
extraordinary synergism.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, Tony opened his own heart to give hope to a
grieving community. The Hospital memorialized Staten Island’s fallen forever-after with
the creation of a 9/11 Memorial that serves as the site of the Hospital’s Annual
Remembrance. Tony recently stated “in reflecting on the accomplishments over my last
10-plus years as CEO, one of my proudest is the 9/11 Memorial Wall. It was the first
permanent memorial on Staten Island. The idea came to me while a spectator at the
first annual memorial service held by the former CEO. Andy [the former CEO] was
speaking with his back to a blank wall. I couldn't help notice that the wall was divided
into rectangular blocks that seemed to be a perfect form for a monument. Following the
ceremony, I asked Andy for his consent for the use of the wall for a permanent
memorial. Andy agreed and within two months the name of every Staten Islander lost
on 9/11 was engraved on that wall.”

5. ANTHONY C. FERRERI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTHWEST REGION,
NORTH SHORE-LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM
When the Staten Island Ferry boat slammed into the St. George pier the afternoon of
October 15, 2003, dozens were killed or injured. Tony led the hospital’s all out clinical
response in saving lives and repairing wounds, but it was with Tony’s personal
involvement that he became the ambassador of hope and emotional healing for Staten
Islanders who had been injured or affected.
Several years later, Tony led the unprecedented complete inpatient evacuation of SIUH
in advance of 2011’s Hurricane Irene. Due to his extraordinary actions, all patients,
including the most critical neonates, were safely transported to other facilities both on
and off Staten Island, and family communication was maintained during the course of all
patient relocations.
Tony was also a staunch defender against the surge of Hurricane Sandy, protecting the
Hospital, its patients, its employees, and participating in post-Sandy community
recovery. While Staten Island recovered from damage that Hurricane Sandy left
behind, more than 140 Staten Island University Hospital staff members’ lives were
interrupted. Indicative of the culture that has been developed through Tony’s
leadership, SIUH employees offered clothing, furniture, gift cards and local housing to
their colleagues. A “Company Store” opened at both campuses to supply employees
with such necessities as food, toiletries, blankets and many other items at no cost. A
virtual store was also developed for larger items that could not be stored on site, such
as furniture and appliances. The hurricane may have destroyed their homes but it didn’t
break the spirit of SIUH employees, knowing more than 500,000 count on the hospitals
for healthcare. The dedication of the SIUH workforce, led by Tony Ferreri, is incredible.
Sharing a belief in the benefits of medical and community education with the late
physician/educator, Regina M. McGinn, MD, Tony took up the challenge to complete the
multi-million dollar construction of an Education Center named in her honor. The Center
has become the focal point for educating doctors, students and the community. Staten
Island, unfortunately, leads the City of New York in heart disease, lung disease, obesity
and diabetes. It also has the highest rate of breast cancer of all the boroughs. The
Education Center provides a state-of-the art location for physicians, nurses and
members of the community to host educational forums and support groups.
When women were waiting months for mammogram screening to detect for early breast
cancer, Tony’s efforts were successful in expanding the Breast Imaging Center.
Through Tony’s vision, the Comprehensive Breast Center was opened to provide a new
level of care in breast health in our community. He is diligent and successful in securing
resources.
On the road to SIUH’s 150th anniversary celebration in 2011, Tony learned from an old
hospital admission book that his grandfather, a laborer, was treated at Staten Island
Hospital as a charity patient. Tony relayed this story openly with a great appreciation
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6. ANTHONY C. FERRERI
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SOUTHWEST REGION,
NORTH SHORE-LIJ HEALTH SYSTEM
for his own heritage and its link to the rich legacy of Staten Island University as stepping
stones to the future – of the community and health care.
As he stepped up to the podium at Staten Island University Hospital’s 2013 Annual
Gala, Tony was again transformed from CEO to community advocate. With his own
diagnosis of breast cancer a few months prior, Tony stepped forward to share his
diagnosis and begin a regional awareness campaign, to alert other men that they, too,
could get breast cancer. In telling his own story, he showed the way to others so that
they might know the symptoms of this rare but lethal disease in men.
Tony’s heart and soul are nourished by his love for his native Staten Island community,
and, above all for his family. Staten Island and America were the harbingers of hope for
Tony’s grandparents who emigrated here from Italy in the late 19th century and lived the
American dream.
On April 26, 2014, in front of an audience of 600 community members, James Oddo,
New York City Councilman for Staten Island, issued a Proclamation for Anthony C.
Ferreri Day on Staten Island. A fitting tribute for a leader who has transformed the
quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Staten Islanders through his caring,
compassion, commitment, and community-focus. As stated by George Montgomery, “a
leader has the capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and
the character to inspire confidence.” In Anthony C. Ferreri, Staten Island has such a
leader.
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