PoliticsNY and AMNY Honor NYC Health + Hospitals and MetroPlusHealth Leaders on 2025 “AAPI Power Players” List
The list recognizes leaders from the Asian American and Pacific Islander community
May 23, 2025
New York, NY — NYC Health + Hospitals today announced that three leaders from across the health system and MetroPlusHealth have been named to PoliticsNY and amNY’s 2025 “AAPI Power Players” list. Launched in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the recognition list honors leaders from a range of industries and fields making an impact across New York. This year, the list recognizes Lila Benayoun, Chief Operating Officer for MetroPlusHealth; Dr. Khoi Luong, Senior Vice President of Post-Acute Care for NYC Health + Hospitals; and Dr. Eric Wei, Chief Executive Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The 2025 AAPI Power Players recognition list is part of a monthly series by PoliticsNY and amNY Metro on New York’s Power Players, including business executives, educators, government affairs experts, and nonprofit directors.
Lila Benayoun was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MetroPlusHealth in September 2022, where she leads transformation initiatives designed to foster growth, innovation, and operational excellence. As COO, Lila is also responsible for plan operations, member retention, provider relations, the project management office, organizational process improvement, and the launch of OneX, MetroPlusHealth’s new management service organization. Lila holds more than 20 years of industry leadership experience in leading new managed care markets, new product launches, advancing operational excellence, and outstanding service experiences. Lila holds a bachelor’s degree in health information management from Temple University and has completed post-graduate studies at Columbia University, focusing on strategic growth.
Dr. Khoi Luong is the Senior Vice President of Post-Acute Care, NYC Health + Hospitals. He has served in various leadership roles with NYC Health + Hospitals since 2016, most recently as Senior Vice President of Post-Acute Care for the System. Throughout his career with NYC Health + Hospitals, Dr. Luong increased clinical capabilities across 6 sites, and 5 post-acute and long-term care facilities have been ranked as some of the best in the nation. Geriatric and palliative care medicine are his passions
Dr. Eric Wei serves as Chief Executive Officer for NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, the oldest hospital in the United States dating back to 1736. He also serves as Senior Vice President for NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest municipal safety-net health system, serving over 1.3 million New Yorkers every year. He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. He is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician who has rotated through all 11 Emergency Departments in the system. Dr. Wei serves as faculty for the NYC H+H Clinical Leadership Fellowship, the Greater New York Hospital Association/United Hospital Fund Clinical Quality Fellowship Program, and Ariadne Labs. He is also on the Advisory Committee for the UHF Health Equity Fellowship. Dr. Wei previously served as System Chief Quality Officer, Interim Chief Executive Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, Harlem, and Lincoln, and Fellowship Director for the NYC H+H Clinical Leadership Fellowship. He also previously served on the Board of MetroPlus Health and as an Adjunct Professor through the NYU School of Global Public Health. Prior to coming to New York, he was the Interim Chief Quality Officer and Associate Medical Director for Quality, Safety, and Risk for LAC + USC Medical Center. He was named in Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives and in the Becker’s Hospital Review Top 50 Patient Safety Experts.
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About NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest municipal health care system in the nation serving more than a million New Yorkers annually in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. A robust network of outpatient, neighborhood-based primary and specialty care centers anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, home care agency, and MetroPlus health plan—all supported by 11 essential hospitals. Its diverse workforce of more than 43,000 employees is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible. For more information, visit www.nychealthandhospitals.org and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About MetroPlusHealth
Since 1985, MetroPlusHealth has provided access to affordable, quality health care to the people of New York City. It is a leader in addressing social determinants of health and the only New York State plan to dedicate resources specifically to ensuring members have access to food, housing, and transportation. MetroPlusHealth’s impressive network includes more than 34,000 providers and more than 40 hospitals and urgent care centers, including NYC Health + Hospitals, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, CityMD, Montefiore, LabCorp, Lenox Hill Radiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, and more. For more information on MetroPlusHealth, please visit metroplus.org.
