Sala Institute for Child & Family Centered Care

At Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, we are committed to personalizing the healthcare experience of every child and family. Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care leads this mission through support services and resilience programs, family partnership programs, and safety and quality initiatives that advance the health and wellbeing of children and families.

Since its founding in 2013, Sala Institute has profoundly influenced and complemented excellence in clinical care across Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital and supports healthcare providers to deliver the best child- and family-centered care with the highest safety standards.

 

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VIDEO: Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care provides support services and resilience programs at Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at NYU Langone.

We work with parents to manage your child’s healthcare needs, and we welcome you as full partners in conversations and decisions about your child’s treatment. As a parent, you know your child best, and your perspectives and participation are vital to the wellbeing of your child.

Sala Institute Programs and Resources

Sala Institute designs, promotes, and funds vital services in child and family support, resilience, safety, quality, and family partnership through a proven process that includes the following:

  • engaging with children and their families to understand their physical and emotional needs during times of complex or chronic illness
  • partnering with children and families to create tools and strategies for addressing those needs
  • sharing these resources and tools at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital and beyond

In collaboration with our frontline providers, our patients, and their families, Sala Institute leads the following programs and services:

Sala Institute Collaboration with Professionals

At Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care, we value collaboration with our professional colleagues who care for children across the nation and are equally committed to advancing the care of children. Our expertise is organized around four areas of focus: experience, child-family support services and resilience, quality and safety, and education and innovation.

 

“In partnership with health professionals, patients, and families, we create innovative programs to power extraordinary care. This is the Sala difference.”

Michele Lloyd, Vice President for Children’s Services and Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care

As part of our commitment to innovation, we leverage expertise from schools across NYU and professional colleagues through various national and regional organizations.

For more information about our professional collaborations, please contact Michele Lloyd, vice president of children’s services and Sala Institute, at SalaInstitute@NYULangone.org.

Our Leadership

Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care is led by experts in child-family support services and resilience programming for children, quality improvement, patient safety and family partnerships.

  • Catherine S. Manno at Sala Institute for Child & Family Centered Care
    Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Pat and John Rosenwald Professor of Pediatrics | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

    Catherine S. Manno, MD is an internationally recognized pediatric hematologist who helped to develop pioneering approaches for the treatment of bleeding disorders. She was recruited to NYU Langone Health in 2008 as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone. Along with Michele Lloyd, she provides senior leadership to Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care.

    Dr. Manno came to NYU Langone from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she had been a faculty member for over 20 years. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a member of the American Pediatric Society, a former Chair of the NIH-NHLBI Program Project Review Committee, and a member of the Board of the American Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs.

  • Michele Lloyd at Sala Institute for Child & Family Centered Care
    Michele Lloyd
    Vice President for Children’s Services and Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care

    Ms. Lloyd has been the senior leader of Children’s Services at NYU Langone Health since 2012. She is responsible for ensuring the strategy and operations for the seamless integration of programs and services for children and their families across Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital. In collaboration with the Children’s Services leadership team, she oversees the key priority areas of patient safety and quality, child and family experience, program growth, and financial sustainability. Along with Dr. Catherine S. Manno, she provides senior leadership to Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care.

Contact Us

To learn more, please contact Sala Institute for Child and Family Centered Care.