St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) today announced the appointment of Tushar Somani, FACHE, as its new Senior Vice President of Acute Operations. Somani brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in acute care and health system operations, with a strong record of advancing quality, patient experience, and operational performance across large and complex organizations.
Most recently, Somani served as Chief Operating Officer at Kaleida Health’s Buffalo General Medical Center, where he led more than 1,300 colleagues and advanced major initiatives focused on quality, safety, patient experience, access, and efficiency. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health Winchester Hospital in Massachusetts, overseeing strategic and operational improvements across clinical service lines, ambulatory care, and colleague engagement.
Somani is also well known within the Capital Region for his previous leadership role at St. Peter’s Health Partners. From 2017 to 2022, he served as Regional Vice President of Administrative Services, leading a team of more than 1,500 colleagues across critical operational departments including laboratory services, medical imaging, facilities, supply chain, construction and design, environmental services, food and nutrition, patient transport, couriers, security, and safety. During his tenure, he implemented strategies that improved colleague engagement, strengthened patient experience, delivered multimillion‑dollar financial savings, and advanced regional service integration across acute, long‑term care, and ambulatory settings.
In his new role as Senior Vice President of Acute Operations, Somani will oversee all hospital operations across St. Peter’s Health Partners, driving initiatives that enhance clinical service delivery, operational effectiveness, physician collaboration, and patient experience. He will play a pivotal role in advancing SPHP’s strategic goals and strengthening the organization’s mission to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care to the communities it serves.
“We are pleased to welcome Tushar Somani back to St. Peter’s as our Senior Vice President of Acute Operations,” said Steven Hanks, MD, MMM, FACP, President and CEO of St. Peter’s Health Partners and St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse. “Tushar is a proven leader with an outstanding track record of building high‑performing teams, improving operational outcomes, and elevating patient experience. His familiarity with our organization and the Capital Region, combined with his extensive operational expertise, positions him exceptionally well to guide our hospitals into the future.”
Somani holds a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University and bachelor’s degrees in hospitality from Widener University and the University of Huddersfield. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and has held multiple community and professional leadership roles.
Somani will begin his role at St. Peter’s Health Partners on March 30, 2026.
About St. Peter’s Health Partners
With 11,000 employees in more than 185 locations, St. Peter’s Health Partners is one of the Capital Region’s largest and most comprehensive not-for-profit integrated health care networks, and provides high-quality, compassionate, and sophisticated care to thousands of people every day. St. Peter’s Health Partners is a member of Trinity Health, one of the nation’s largest Catholic health systems. For more information, please visit www.sphp.com.
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.
