New leadership at Tietz

After 31 years of serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (MTC), Kenneth M. Brown will be stepping down in June. He will be succeeded by Gerald H. Hart, Chief Operating Officer.
“My time at Tietz has been deeply gratifying from both a professional and personal standpoint,” said Brown. “We’ve made important inroads in the maturation of the facility and its growth as a trusted, high-quality health care provider for residents and their families.”
Under Brown’s three decades of leadership, the center, which was founded to serve Holocaust survivors, has grown into a leading health care facility that is recognized as a Center of Excellence for its Comfort Care Inpatient Hospice Unit and a leading deliverer of short-term rehabilitation and palliative care. His leadership helped establish affiliations resulting in Fellowship Programs in psycho-geriatrics and medicine with Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Recently, the first non-profit Life Care Community in New York City, known as Skyline Commons, opened. A unique adult retirement community, it offers independent living, enriched housing, and skilled care.
“During his many years of service, Mr. Brown has been instrumental in establishing the many innovative programs for which the organization has attained its reputation of excellence,” said Henry S. Conston, Chairman of the MTC Board of Directors.
Hart, who has been with MTC nearly five years and has a background in long-term care administration, told The Queens Courier, “The health care community is ever-evolving and we [MTC] will continue to evolve with it. I plan to continue with the original mission to provide service to Holocaust survivors as well as the ethnic diversities of the borough.”
His career began with his experience as a caregiver for his grandmother.
“I really didn’t know what options were out there,” he said. “I’ve always had an affinity for seniors, and I decided to go into the long-term aspect of health care.”
Planning on following in Brown’s footsteps at MTC, Hart expressed gratitude to his mentor. “We met at C.W. Post (where Brown is an adjunct professor and Hart earned his graduate degree),” said Hart. “I wouldn’t be here without him.”