In addition to overseeing two health system hospitals, Dr. Mahoney has had a distinctive career in critical care nursing. As a national leader in the field, she published several papers focused on improving nurse-physician communication in the ICU and participated in research efforts to implement enhanced data surveillance methods to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections. She leads key initiatives to decrease ICU incidences of C. difficile using a LEAN approach and facilitated a program to reduce healthcare associated infections. In 2017, she led humanitarian efforts and a medical mission to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
