NEW YORK (VINnews) — A new chief executive officer is coming to Maimonides Health as the Brooklyn-based hospital system prepares to join NYC Health + Hospitals under a proposed partnership.

Svetlana Lipyanskaya is set to take the helm of Maimonides pending final approval of the agreement between the two systems, officials said. She would succeed Ken Gibbs, who has led Maimonides as president and CEO.

In a press release Thursday, NYC Health + Hospitals said Lipyanskaya, who has served as CEO of South Brooklyn Health since 2020, will begin spending more time at Maimonides ahead of the formal integration to better understand the needs of patients, staff and the surrounding community. She has been part of the leadership team overseeing the effort to bring the two systems together.

The proposed partnership is backed by $2.2 billion in state funding over five years aimed at stabilizing and strengthening safety-net health care in Brooklyn. Officials said integrating Maimonides into the public hospital system would expand access to specialty and subspecialty services, provide patients with seamless digital access to medical records through MyChart, and ensure long-term financial stability. No changes to patient care are expected during the transition.

As part of the leadership changes, Manjinder Kaur, currently chief operating officer at South Brooklyn Health, would become CEO of that facility. Kaur, who has been with NYC Health + Hospitals since 2006 and previously served as chief nursing officer, would be the first nurse CEO of an NYC Health + Hospitals hospital in recent years.

Lipyanskaya is credited with guiding South Brooklyn Health through the COVID-19 pandemic and overseeing the opening of the $923 million Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, a storm-resilient inpatient facility built as part of Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts. Kaur has led operational improvements at South Brooklyn Health, including initiatives aimed at reducing hospital-acquired infections and improving patient flow.

Officials said the planned transitions are designed to allow both Maimonides and South Brooklyn Health to operate without disruption once the partnership is finalized.