Fallon Health Announces Leadership Appointments

Fallon Health has announced leadership appointments at its Summit ElderCare® and Weinberg-PACE programs. Dinah Olanoff is taking on a key leadership position at Summit ElderCare, where she has been named director of PACE Growth and Engagement; and Craig Dlugosz, RN, has been appointed director of Fallon Health Weinberg-PACE in Amherst, NY.

Olanoff previously was senior business consultant for PACE Strategy at Summit ElderCare, which has PACE centers in Leominster, Lowell, Springfield, Webster and Worcester, MA. In her expanded role she will support program growth by assuming leadership of the Outreach Account Executive Team, which works to educate the community about program value and benefits.

She will continue her responsibilities of identifying creative partnerships for the program while exploring opportunities for Fallon Health to further expand access to PACE, both in Massachusetts and beyond.

Dlugosz brings deep clinical and professional experience across a variety of health care settings that support older adults with complex medical needs to his role at Fallon Health Weinberg-PACE, which serves Erie and Niagara counties. He will be responsible for the overall clinical and operational leadership of the program, as well as the strategic planning, coordination and evaluation of services.

Previously, Dlugosz held leadership positions with Fallon Health, Schofield Care and Complete Senior Care PACE and worked for a visiting nurses association in Western New York.

Fallon Health is the largest PACE provider in New England and among the top 10 in the country.