Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 19, 2024 – Becker’s Hospital Review has recognized Cody Legler, DNP, APRN, NP-BC, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Maimonides Health, on its 2024 CNOs to Know list.
On the list, Becker’s recognized 213 CNOs from across the United States for their exemplary clinical expertise, executive leadership, and commitment to patient care, with selections based on peer nominations and editorial research.
With over 15 years of experience in nursing and health services administration, Dr. Legler began his role at Maimonides Health earlier this year. He leads nursing services across the system, overseeing strategic development, clinical standards, safety, and quality.
Prior to his role at Maimonides, he served as System Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Perioperative Services at MedStar Health in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. There, he successfully created and launched a surgical tech apprentice program and led initiatives to achieve the American Nurses Credentialing Center Pathway to Excellence designation and Baby-Friendly Hospital designation. Before MedStar, Dr. Legler was Chief Clinical Officer for LivHOME, a nationwide for-profit home health organization, where he transitioned the organization from care management to a skilled nursing model.
Dr. Legler is the immediate Past-President of the Maryland Organization of Nurse Leaders, where he established a statewide meaningful recognition program in partnership with the Daisy Foundation and established a diversity scholarship program for undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
Passionate about education in the field of nursing, Dr. Legler has also been a member of the adjunct nursing faculty at Marymount University since 2019. There, he teaches courses in nursing leadership, health policy, innovative care models and quality improvement. He continues to practice clinically, volunteering in a Federally Qualified Health Center as an Adult Nurse Practitioner providing primary care.
“I am grateful to be recognized among my many notable peers across the country,” said Dr. Legler. “Having the opportunity to impact nursing practice here at Maimonides and throughout my career is something I am truly passionate about, and it’s exciting to be part of this network of CNOs working to take on the challenges within our field.”
“Congratulations to Dr. Legler on this well-deserved recognition,” said Ken Gibbs, CEO and President of Maimonides Health. “Nursing is instrumental to health care delivery, and Dr. Legler’s expert nursing leadership is essential to our organization as we work to enhance quality of care.”
For Becker’s full 2024 CNOs to Know list, visit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/213-cnos-to-know-2024.html.
Maimonides Health is Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 320,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1,800+ physicians and more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties and Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center.
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