GREENPORT, NY, April 1, 2024 - Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital (SBELIH) has named Lory M. Tortelli, MBA, BSN, RN, as its new Vice President of Nursing Administration. She began her role on March 11, 2024, and reports to Suzie Marriott, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Patient Care, MS, RN, PMH-BC (she/her).
"Lory brings with her an outstanding blend of expertise in acute care nursing and hospital administration," expressed Paul J. Connor, Chief Administrative Officer of SBELIH. "We are delighted to have discovered such an ideal match for our hospital and eagerly anticipate collaborating with her to elevate all our programs here at SBELIH."
“Even during my administrative career, I never left the clinical side,” explains Lory who comes to SBELIH after a long career in radiology, cardiology, and administration.
She began in cardiology with a focus on inpatient critical care, telemetry, and heart failure, as well as outpatient cardiology clinics post-cardiac catheterization and open heart surgery. Her career then saw her move into interventional radiology and ambulatory imaging. As a Nurse Manager and later a Senior Administrative Director II of Patient Care Services, Lory worked across Northwell Health to coordinate the opening of 10 facilities while developing clinical nursing policy and procedure manuals for Article 28 regulatory compliance and standardization. Lory became President of the Association of Radiology Imaging Nursing (ARIN) Long Island Chapter in 2017 until 2021.
She joined Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan where she served in numerous roles including Senior Systems Director IR and Radiology, Senior Director Nursing-Cardiology, and Senior Director of Critical Care. Lory was also part of the expansion team to build out Mount Sinai West’s first dedicated cardiovascular computerized tomography (CT) system program in July 2023.
“The best decision I ever made was to become a nurse,” says Lory. “I was living in Florida in the 1980s going to college and working part-time as a receptionist for a cardiologist's office. I learned how to draw blood, EKG, and assist physicians with stress testing. The patients started calling me ‘nurse’. I became a medical assistant and loved it. Shortly thereafter I applied and went to Adelphi University for nursing. It was very rewarding.”
Lory holds a Bachelor of Nursing from Adelphi University, Master of Business Administration from Lynn University, as well as several certifications obtained at Cornell University with a focus on leadership.
“Every day at Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, I make rounds to be visible and foster open communication with the staff to get to know who they are and what they need,” Lory explains. “I’m here to make sure the nursing staff is supported and the workflow is seamless.”
