Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for spine surgery, including 12 in Florida.
The rankings recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes in back and neck surgeries and spinal fusion.
Read more on the publication's ranking methodology here.
Here are the leaders of the Florida hospitals and health systems that were included in the rankings:
- Erika Skula, president and CEO
- Adam Johnson, COO
- Rodrigo Torres, MD, chief medical officer
- Patricia Price, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer
- Fran Crunk, CFO
- Robert Deininger, market CEO
- Jessica Behmer, market CEO
- Brad Hillmon, COO
- Mark Kilman, MD, chief medical officer
- Cathy Stankiewicz, DNP, RN, region chief nursing officer
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside Hospital (Jacksonville)
- Joseph Impicciche, CEO
- Eduardo Conrado, president
- Sally Deitch, MSN, RN, executive vice president and nursing and operations infrastructure
- Eric Engler, executive vice president and chief of staff
- Richard Fogel, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer
Downtown Baker Hospital (Naples)
- Paul Hiltz, president and CEO
- Jonathan Kling, RN, COO
- Ilia Echevarria, PhD, chief nursing officer
- Bryan Murphey, MD, ambulatory chief medical officer
- Carlos Quintero, MD, chief quality officer
- David LeMonte, CEO
- Carolyn Hunter, COO
- Trish Stephens, MD, chief medical officer
- Jesse Gabuat, BSN, chief nursing officer
- Onel Rodriguez, CFO
HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Hudson)
- Sally Seymour, CEO
- Austin Brown, COO
- Shawn Gregory, CFO
- Neelam Patel, MD, chief medical officer
- Tripp Owings, CEO
- Kelly Lindsay, COO
- Gary Searls, CFO
- Kyle Thrift, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (Port Charlotte)
- Michael Ehrat, CEO
HCA Florida JFK Hospital (Atlantis)
- Ken West, CEO
- Tom Schlemmer, CFO
- Alex Paya, MD, chief medical officer
- Damon Barrett, COO
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville)
- C. Eric Lawson, CEO
- Kristy Redd-Hachey, CFO
- John Gerhold, COO
- Sherrie Somers, DO, chief medical officer
- Alan Keesee, CEO
- Tom Eisel, CFO
- Isaiah Zirkle, COO
- Sabrina Braun, DNP, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation)
- Barbara Simmons, RN, CEO
- Matt Hughes, CFO
- Scott Bracci, COO
- Jose Diaz, MD, chief medical officer
- Robyn Farrington, RN, chief nursing officer