New Executive: On a more personal note; Jewish Home & Hospital CEO approaches care humanistically.(Profiles)(Audrey Weiner)

Crain's New York Business, March, 2003 by Gold, Jacqueline S.

Byline: jacqueline s. gold Audrey weiner, the rather glamorous 50-year-old president and chief executive of The Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System, did not expect to dedicate her life to the elderly. Growing up in Deer Park, L.I., Ms. Weiner wanted desperately to go to medical school. But even as recently as the 1960s, girls were not often encouraged to become doctors.

So Ms. Weiner followed the path cut by many young women with a strong interest in science: She got certified to teach. By the time she graduated from Adelphi University in 1973, the winds of change had begun to blow. Ms. Weiner enrolled in Yale University's graduate program in public health, which at least let her take classes at the medical school. After moving to Florida in 1977, she...

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