Ilene Corina
Ilene Corina is a nationally recognized advocate and community
health speaker for patient safety. She is the president and
co-founder of PULSE New York.
She was named Long Island’s Person Who Made a Difference in
2000. She was the
winner of the 2006 Institute of Safe Medication Practices Cheers
Award and was declared a Woman of Achievement by Long
Island Press in 2007.
A member of the board of the National Patient Safety Foundation,
Ms. Corina co-chaired the Patient and Family Advisory Council
from 2002-2006. In 2002, she spearheaded the first Patient Safety
Awareness Week.
A popular lecturer, Ms. Corina has spoken at many medical
conferences, hospitals and healthcare organizations throughout
the country. She helps doctors, nurses and hospital
administrators to understand the patient’s role in patient safety.
She also helps healthcare professionals understand the needs of
patients and their families after a medical injury or death has
occurred.
Ms. Corina has produced and directed numerous videos and
audio productions for patient safety education. She co-hosted
and directed a series on enhancing patient safety called “Patient
Safety 101” for a local Long Island radio station.
She worked as a researcher at the Veteran’s Affairs Medical
Center in Northport, Long Island. While there, she developed the
Long Island Patient Safety Coalition that brought together medical
professionals for the purpose of sharing best-practice
information.
Ms. Corina is a board member of the Joint Commission and
serves on many committees including the Patient and Family
Advisory Group of Joint Commission International. Ms. Corina has appeared as a patient-safety
expert on CNN, Fox News, and other television and radio news
shows. She has been interviewed by newspapers and magazines
including: Child Magazine, Health Magazine, Long Island
Newsday, New York Daily News, Washington Post, American
Medical News and Modern Healthcare. Her work has been
published by the American Journal of Nursing and Perioperative
Nursing Clinics.
Her story is detailed in the book "Wall of Silence" by Rosemary
Gibson Janardan Prasad Singh.
Ilene Corina resides on Long Island with her family.
More information can be found at www.patientsafetyconsultants.com
Leslie Farrington, MD
Leslie Farrington is a practicing OB/GYN on Long Island. She completed her training at Long Island Jewish in 1989 and has been practicing and teaching at LIJ, now part of the North Shore LIJ Health System for most of the past 20 years.
Dr. Farrington was involved in the planning and participation of the PULSE Patient Safety Health Fair for Patient Safety Awareness Week in March 2006. She was active in developing the curriculum for the Family Centered Patient Advocacy Training and has co-presented numerous patient advocate training workshops.
Dr. Farrington is presently training in Compassionate Communication and has been involved in developing presentations for healthcare workers using compassionate communication skills.
Dr. Farrington’s personal experience in her own family has fueled her interest in making a contribution to ongoing efforts of PULSE. She lives in Freeport Long Island with her family.
