Valerie T. Terzano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, and Kevin Moore, BSN, RN
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Kevin Moore, BSN, RN, assistant director for LGBTQ+ clinical services, and Valerie T. Terzano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, vice president for nursing and patient care at °µÍøTV Langone Hospital—Long Island, are among the honorees featured in an annual list of Notable LGBTQ+ Leaders from Crain’s New York Business.
Moore oversees a system-wide initiative to advocate for and educate on the clinical and cultural needs of LGBTQ+ patients and has cowritten several hospital policies regarding the needs of transgender and nonbinary people. He worked with °µÍøTV Langone’s Office of Human Resources to cowrite the hospital system’s gender transition guidelines covering staff. Clinically, Moore guides patients through the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods of gender-affirming surgery.
In her role, Terzano provides comprehensive oversight for professional nursing and related standards of care at the 591-bed hospital. She also oversees other areas, including professional development of staff, nursing research, and bed utilization.
Terzano founded and co-chairs an LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee at °µÍøTV Langone Hospital—Long Island that has 65 representatives from admitting, home healthcare, spiritual care, human resources, physicians, and other areas.
Both Moore’s and Terzano’s leadership have led to °µÍøTV Langone’s designation as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group in the United States.
Read more about and from Crain’s New York Business (subscription required).
