Myriam Marcellus
Coram,NY
Summary
Dynamic Perioperative Nurse Manager and Tissue Bank Compliance Officer with over 25 years of operating room nursing experience, providing operational leadership for the Operating Room, and regulatory oversight of the Tissue Bank Program in accordance with AATB, FDA, Joint Commission, and NYSDOH standards. Expert in surgical safety protocols, tissue traceability, chain of custody, donor documentation review, deviation management, and audit readiness. Proven quality improvement leader who reduced OR turnover time by 40% while strengthening patient safety, regulatory compliance, and interdisciplinary team coordination. Committed to excellence in perioperative services, staff development, and continuous quality improvement.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Perioperative Nurse Manager
NYU Langone-Suffolk
Patchogue, NY
04.2020 - 01.2026
- Recruits, hires, schedules, and evaluates perioperative nursing staff
- Provides coaching, education, and competency validation
- Manages performance issues, disciplinary actions, and staff development
- Oversees daily OR operations, case flow, staffing levels, and resource utilization
- Coordinates with anesthesia, surgeons, PACU, SPD, and nursing units
- Ensures equipment, supplies, and instruments are available and properly maintained
- Ensures readiness for Joint Commission, CMS, and state surveys
- Maintains policies, procedures, and documentation to meet regulatory requirements
- Tissue bank officer
- Ensures compliance with FDA, AATB (American Association of Tissue Banks), Joint Commission, and state regulations
- Maintains policies, procedures, and audits for tissue handling, storage, and documentation
- Prepares for inspections and accreditation surveys
- Ensures accurate documentation for lot numbers, expiration dates, and patient linkage
- Ensures proper storage conditions (freezers, refrigerators, temperature monitoring, alarms)
- Trains perioperative staff on tissue handling, documentation, and regulations
- Laser Safety Officer
- Provides and tracks laser safety education for nurses, and techs
- Ensures eye protection and laser safety signage are used correctly
- Oversees proper setup, testing, and operation of laser systems (e.g., Holmium with MOSES)
- Ensures fibers, handpieces, foot pedals, and cooling systems are functioning properly
Perioperative Nurse Manager
Southside Hospital, Northwell Health
Bay Shore, NY
08.2017 - 02.2020
- Oversaw daily clinical and administrative operations for the Operating Room, Same Day Surgery and the PACU
- Developed short-term and long-term strategic initiatives
- Hire, orient, train, develop and evaluate a staff of 40 FTEs
- Implemented performance and quality improvement initiatives
- Prepared for and conduct all surveys/inspections and serve on the Mock Survey team
- Conducts in-services
- Performed daily morning and evening departmental briefings with Charge Nurses and conducts staff huddles
- Reduced delayed start times for OR cases by 30 minutes
- Implemented tighter patient identification procedures before each surgical case
- Cut the Operation Room turnover time from 50 minutes to 30 minutes by re-educating staff on efficient room sterilization and prep
- Cut overtime hours by 50 hours per week by better management of room turnover
- Streamlined the patient admissions process to allow the nurse to bring the patient into the OR on schedule
- Serve as a Surgical Coordinator to personally direct the surgeons to their cases
- Established a surgeon check in system so I am aware of when each surgeon arrives creating greater accountability
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Southside Hospital, Northwell Health
Bay Shore, NY
10.2005 - 07.2017
- Served as Charge Nurse on a rotating basis
- Precepted new hires and served as a mentor to junior staff
- Scrubbed and circulated in general, orthopedic, robotic, gynecological and spine surgeries
- Conducted patient assessments and provided direct patient care
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop care plans for patients
- Provided education to patients and their families
- Served as a Patient Advocate
Circulator/Evening Supervisor
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center
Smithtown, NY
03.2003 - 10.2005
- Coordinated all nursing activities on the evening shift
- Directed staff and managed staffing breaks/shift relief
- Resolved and carefully documented any clinical issues that arose
- Ensured compliance with policy and procedure and best practices
- Oversaw operating room schedule and insured all changes were accurately noted
Circulating / Charge Nurse
New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
03.1999 - 03.2003
- Oversaw clinical operations and provided direct support to nursing staff
- Established work assignments for nursing staff
- Oriented new employees and provided feedback to nursing leadership on skills
- Assessed immediate pre-operative, intra-and post-operative needs of the patient undergoing surgical intervention and recovery from anesthesia care
Education
B.S. - Nursing
New York University, School of Education
New York01.1996
B.A. - Psychology; minor: Sociology
Hunter College, City University of New York
New York06.1991
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- Operating room management
- Surgical safety protocols
- Staff training and development
- Tissue bank officer
- Effective communication
- Team coordination
- Critical thinking
- Operating room leadership
- Patient safety
- Aseptic technique
- Surgical procedures
Degree
BSN, RN
Awards Recognition
- Certificate of Recognition of Dedicated Service, 2002
- Employee of the Year, 2000
Certification
Mandated Reporter Training-NYS Office of Children and Family Services-2025
Affiliations
Church Choir
Languages
Haitian Creole- Fluent
Timeline
Perioperative Nurse Manager
NYU Langone-Suffolk
04.2020 - 01.2026
Perioperative Nurse Manager
Southside Hospital, Northwell Health
08.2017 - 02.2020
Perioperative Registered Nurse
Southside Hospital, Northwell Health
10.2005 - 07.2017
Circulator/Evening Supervisor
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center
03.2003 - 10.2005
Circulating / Charge Nurse
New York Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical Center
03.1999 - 03.2003
B.S. - Nursing
New York University, School of Education
B.A. - Psychology; minor: Sociology
Hunter College, City University of New York