Congratulations to Courtney Starnes, senior vice president and chief information officer for Kaleida Health, who made this year's list of Buffalo Business First's C-Level Executives.
The 14th annual awards recognize Western New York’s most effective business leaders. Starnes and 23 other executives will be honored at an event on October 9.
Including this year’s class, 284 people have been recognized since the C-Level awards began in 2012.
Starnes was selected for the significant impact she has made and continues to make in healthcare IT. She has a proven record of success in leading initiatives and organization-wide transformations, including Kaleida Health’s transition to an all-new electronic health record (EHR). The massive project will replace the existing EHR system at all Kaleida Health hospitals, clinics and affiliates. Under Starnes' leadership, Kaleida Health, ECMC, University at Buffalo, UBMD Physicians’ Group, Olean General Hospital, Bradford Regional Medical Center, General Physician, PC, Western New York Urology/Cancer Care WNY and others are working together to implement a community EHR using Epic software. This is one of the largest healthcare initiatives WNY has seen in years, and it will have a major, transformational impact on our patients and our community.
Congratulations to Allison Brashear, MD, vice president for health sciences and dean, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and member of Kaleida Health's Medical/Dental Staff, who was also named a C-Level Award winner.
For the full list of winners, visit: Introducing Buffalo's 2025's C-Level Executives Award winners - Buffalo Business First