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Brian Filadelfia, DNP, RN

Chief Nurse and Clinical Executive

Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital

Covina, CA

Dr. Filadelfia provides strategic and operational oversight for nursing and key clinical services, leading approximately 900 full time employees across high-acuity areas including emergency, critical care and perioperative services, as well as departments such as environmental services, transport, sterile processing and therapy services. He maintains the hospital’s comprehensive stroke center status and DNV orthopedic certifications while partnering with medical directors and service line leaders on strategy, quality improvement and financial performance. In 2025, he led a standardized logistics management program and structured huddles that reduced emergency department length of stay for admitted patients by 39.36% in two months, far exceeding the 10% target while improving staff communication and satisfaction. He also led a Covid-19 resurgence plan that saved $500,000 in workforce costs and helped improve the hospital’s Leapfrog safety grade from “C” to “B” within a year. He founded a clinical excellence committee that aligned nursing and physician goals, contributing to a 55% reduction in reportable pressure injuries and zero central line-associated bloodstream infection harm from quarter four of 2021 through 2023, alongside survey readiness achievements with zero conditional findings.

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