President Of Greenwich Hospital Announces Plans To Retire

GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich Hospital President Diane P. Kelly announced her plans to retire at the end of 2024.

Kelly has served as the hospital’s president since June 2020 and has also served as chief nursing executive for Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) since 2022. Also a nurse, Kelly's career in health care has spanned more than four decades.

"It has been an honor to lead the Greenwich Hospital team and to work in collaboration with extraordinary men and women dedicated to caring for those who trust us with their health care," said Kelly in an announcement from the hospital Tuesday. "It is a true privilege to have served on the Yale New Haven Health leadership team. I am also tremendously grateful that I have had the opportunity to be part of the Yale New Haven Nursing Division, working alongside the finest nurses I have known in my 40-year career. Health care has been not just a job, but an intrinsic part of who I am."

Kelly began her health care career at the Berkshire Medical Center where she quickly rose through the ranks, starting as a staff nurse, moving into various clinical and leadership roles, including Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Clinical Leader, director of Patient Safety, and vice president of Quality & Safety, the hospital said. She was promoted to chief operating officer in 2008 where she remained until coming to Greenwich Hospital a decade later.

Under Kelly's leadership, Greenwich Hospital launched its first campaign in 25 years with its $125 million Arc of Care Campaign. Kelly has also advocated for and overseen expansion in several key specialty areas including neuroscience, cancer care, heart and vascular, urology, psychiatry and behavioral health, pediatrics, and emergency care – with the most recent accomplishment being Greenwich Hospital’s Trauma Level III designation.

"During my five years working with Diane, I couldn’t have asked for a better partner," said Greenwich Hospital Board Chair W. Robert Berkley Jr., in a news release. "She led our hospital during the height of COVID, deftly guiding us through some of the most challenging days, yet never lost site of the clinical growth plan for Greenwich Hospital, which has progressed tremendously under her forward-thinking leadership. Diane’s commitment to bringing new technologies, programs and physicians to Greenwich has enabled patients to access services not typically available in a community hospital setting. She has set Greenwich Hospital on a trajectory of growth that will continue for generations to come."

CEO of Yale New Haven Health Christopher O’Connor also praised Kelly on Tuesday.

"Diane has been a dedicated and passionate leader throughout her career and is widely respected in the hospital and nursing community," O'Connor said. "Since joining Greenwich Hospital as chief operating officer in 2018, she has made a clear and a positive impact on the entire health system. As the chief nursing executive, she ensured that nursing was central to all efforts to enhance safety and quality in the inpatient and outpatient settings."