Elisa Relea

Elisa Relea currently serves as Chief Administrator at Hospital for Special Surgery, focusing on clinical, academic, and research strategy and operations. Previously, Elisa held the position of Director of Healthcare - Performance Improvement at Huron, where advisory services were provided to healthcare organizations for optimizing operations and enhancing clinical outcomes. As Chief Physician Assistant in the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Elisa led surgical services' operations and development. Prior roles include Clinical and Analytics Consultant at Allscripts, and Critical Care Medicine Physician Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where leadership in quality improvement initiatives was demonstrated. Additional experiences encompass positions at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Elisa holds an MBA from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, an MS in Health Policy from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and a Master’s in Physician Assistant studies from Stony Brook University, complemented by a BA in Biology from Tufts University.