BRANY Team
Kimberly Irvine, CIP, CIM
Executive Vice President of Operations and Regulatory
Kimberly Irvine is the Vice President of Operations and Regulatory of BRANY. Her responsibilities include coordinating and implementing business processes that enhance BRANY’s efficiency. Prior to her promotion to VP of Operations at BRANY, Kimberly was the Director of the Regulatory Department where her primary responsibilities were in Contracts and Budgets.
Ms. Irvine began her career in Healthcare Administration at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and subsequently obtained a position as a Business Manager for the Department of Medicine at LIJ. She has 18 years experience in Healthcare Finance.
Ms. Irvine graduated with honors from St. Johns University in Healthcare Administration. She has co-authored a book on the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) called, “Ensuring a HIPAA-Compliant Informed Consent Process,” and is a Certified IRB Professional.
516-470-6914 • kirvine@brany.com
Joanne Nicholson
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joanne Nicholson runs BRANY’s Finance Department and oversees a team of staff dedicated to the financial oversight of each and every clinical trial. Ms. Nicholson is responsible for all aspects of fiscal management at BRANY, including budgeting, financial reporting, cash management and implementing fiscal policies and procedures. As a part of this process, Ms. Nicholson oversees Hospital and Investigator site payments, ensuring that all payments are made accurately and in a timely manner.
Prior to joining BRANY, Ms. Nicholson was a senior manager with KPMG, LLP where she spent the first 10 years of her career servicing healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition, she has chaired several committees, including the New York State Society of CPAs Healthcare Committee (Nassau Chapter).
Ms. Nicholson graduated with honors from Adelphi University and is a licensed CPA.
516-470-6919 • jnichols@brany.com
Portia M. Rindos, RN, CCRC, CCRA
Director of Quality Improvement and Auditing
Portia Rindos is Director of our Quality Improvement team. Her responsibilities include auditing for regulatory compliance and GCP, monitoring of pharmaceutical, investigator-initiated and NIH trials. She is an expert in FDA regulations, ICH, OHRP and GCP. She is also a member of the BRANY Institutional Review Board. Ms. Rindos is an RN for over 25 years, including 12 years as a Clinical Research Coordinator and Clinical Research Associate. She is a former Nursing Care Coordinator for a Cardiothoracic Telemetry unit and Assistant Nursing Care Coordinator for an Intensive Care Unit.
Ms. Rindos graduated with honors from Molloy College in 1977 with a BSN. She has co-authored on several publications resulting from clinical research.
516-470-6913 • prindos@brany.com
Raffaella Hart, BS, CIP, CIM
Director of IRB
Raffaella Hart is the Director of the BRANY Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the IRB staff. She directs multiple committees in the review of new and ongoing research projects. Her main responsibilities include implementation of Federal regulations and institutional policies and procedures for the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects. Along with the IRB staff, she assures accurate and effective documentation of IRB meetings and decisions, and maintains database files and correspondence for all BRANY research projects in compliance with applicable regulations.
Prior to BRANY, Ms. Hart was an Administrative Director for medical practices and several hospitals throughout the tri-state region at Financial Medical Management.
Ms. Hart is a graduate of SUNY Binghamton with a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology and is a certified IRB Professional.
516-470-6909 • rhart@brany.com
Michael Belotto, MPH, CCRC, CCRA
Director, BRANY Institute of Research Education
Michael Belotto is the Director of the BRANY Institute of Research Education. He also serves as a research compliance expert responsible for auditing sites to ensure investigators and investigator staff compliance with ethical and clinical guidelines and FDA regulations. He also serves on the BRANY Institutional Review Board.
Mr. Belotto was a paramedic in the New York City Emergency Medical Service for 10 years, with 7 years of experience in Hospital Administration.
Mr. Belotto is a graduate of New York Medical College where he completed a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
516-470-6917 • mbelotto@brany.com
Camille Peloso
Business Development Manager
Camille Peloso is the Business Development Manager. She serves as the liaison between the pharmaceutical companies and the investigators. Her responsibilities are to oversee that all upcoming clinical trials are sited with the appropriate investigators and that all correspondence is processed in a timely fashion.
Ms. Peloso is a graduate of Queens College with a Psychology degree. Past positions includes 17 yrs as an Executive Assistant and Marketing Director of a major corporation.
516-470-6901 • cpeloso@brany.com
Rosemarie Spiler
Assistant Director, Grants and Contracts
Rosemarie Spiler is the Assistant Director of the Grants and Contracts Department. She oversees and assists with the day-to-day activities of the Regulatory Department. She functions as the key contact person between pharmaceutical companies, sites, investigators and research coordinators for Regulatory, Contract and Budget issues. Ms. Spiler has over 15 years of health care related experience.
Prior to working at BRANY, Ms. Spiler was an Accounts Receivable Specialist at a large academic medical center.
516-470-6925 • rspiler@brany.com
Eileen Hilton, MD
Founding Chief Executive Officer
Dr.
Hilton is the Founding Chief Executive Officer and former President of
BRANY. Prior to joining the Alliance, Dr. Hilton conceived and
developed the Clinical Research Program at North Shore-Long Island
Jewish Health System.
Dr. Hilton has served as the Director of the Office of Grants and Contracts and Director of the Institutional Review Board at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center. Clinical positions include Directorships of the Lyme Disease and the Travel and Immunization Centers at LIJ.
Dr. Hilton is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and books. She graduated from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and holds board certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
516-470-6900 • ehilton@brany.comDiana LaBranche
Compliance Officer
516-470-6984 • dlabranc@brany.com
Eileen Summers
Relationship Manager - Business Development
516-470-6933 • esummers@brany.com
Ryan Washington
Relationship Manager - Business Development
516-470-6974 • rwashington@brany.com
Michelle Rodriguez
Assistant Director - IRB
516-470-6969 • mrodrigu3@brany.com
Erika Jorquera
Associate IRB Coordinator
516-470-6965 • ejorquer@brany.com
Andrea Waldron
Associate IRB Coordinator
516-470-6906 • awaldron@brany.com
Melissa Robilotto
IRB Coordinator
516-470-6975 • mrobilot@brany.com
Shoba Ramnarine
Billing and Collections Supervisor
516-470-6927 • ramnarine@brany.com
Nat Krieger
Senior Billing and Collections Coordinator
516-470-6915 • nkrieger@brany.com
Christopher Webb
Billing and Collections Coordinator
516-470-6985 • cwebb@brany.com