AAAHC Surveyor to know: Kelly Fitzpatrick

Kelly Fitzpatrick, BSN, has been an Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care surveyor for more than eight years.

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Ms. Fitzpatrick is also the Garden City (N.Y.) Surgicenter’s executive director.

She began her career after earning her nursing degree from Notre Dame, Ind.-based Saint Mary’s College. She returned to school to earn her masters in business administration from New York University.

Ms. Fitzpatrick was a practicing nurse for 22 years. She then entered the administrative side of healthcare when she accepted a position as New York Hospital Queens’ administrative director.

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