Biography

Prior to creating Afya, Ms. Butin was the Director of Health Services, for the East Region of Senior and Retiree Services for United Health Care. In this role, she provided health service leadership for the East Region of the Medicare line of business (which served approximately 300,000 Medicare Members in NY, Ohio and Rhode Island). Prior to her role at United, Ms. Butin was the Manager of the Health Promotion and Wellness Department at Oxford Health Plans (which served approximately 80,000 Medicare members in NY). In the Medicare Division of Oxford Health Plans, Ms. Butin developed a number of innovative health screening, self-management, care management and wellness programs.  Ms Butin has received national recognition and awards for her leadership in the development of health education programs and materials. She served as a board member for the National HMO Workgroup on Care Management for 8 years, and continues to serve on the advisory board for Practice Change Fellows, a grant sponsored mentoring program to develop national leaders in geriatric care.

For the past 10 years, Ms. Butin has served on the faculty of the Occupational Therapy Department at Columbia University.  Before joining Oxford, Ms. Butin held supervisory positions in geriatric psychiatry, community health and home-care. Ms. Butin has been published extensively in the field of aging, specifically in self- management strategies for chronic conditions, dementia, depression and de-conditioning.

In addition, Ms. Butin maintains a private practice where she specializes in the comprehensive assessment and treatment of older adults and their caregivers. Ms. Butin received her Masters in Public Health with a specialization in Geriatrics and Gerontology at Columbia University and her B.S. in Occupational Therapy from New York University.