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Dance/Movement Therapy Let’s Connect:

Program Launches SFHEF Spotlight

at Salah Foundation

Children’s Hospital SFHEF's Member

Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital is pleased to announce the Spotlight
addition of dance/movement therapy to our Child Life Program –
the first hospital-based dance/movement program for pediatric
patients in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The program teach- October 2017
es children to use dance/movement as a psychotherapeutic tool in
order to reduce stress related to hospitalization by furthering their
emotional, cognitive, physical and social integration.
The new certified dance/movement therapist brings nearly 30 David Smith, FACHE
years of experience to the program and is currently working with
patients in the hospital’s hematology/oncology program and gener- David Smith, FACHE, is the Senior Vice
al pediatric units. President and Chief Financial Officer of
The therapist works with children in playrooms and patient Memorial Healthcare System. He has held that
rooms, both individually and in groups. Dance/movement therapy position since February of 2015.
is aimed at stress management, as well as enhancing the patient’s Smith, who had served as Memorial Regional Hospital's finance officer since
physician well-being, body image and their expression of feelings. 1998, is responsible for an annual operating budget of 1.6 billion and oversees
Movements are generated through interaction and are improvisa- finances for Memorial's five hospitals, nursing home and home health agency,
tional, based upon the interests and movement of the patients. and South Broward Community Health Services, Memorial's network of area
Family members are also invited to participate. clinics and programs.
Dance/movement therapy was introduced into western medicine Prior to joining Memorial, Smith served as CFO for Kendall Medical Center
in the 1940s and was founded on the premise that the mind, body in Miami and as Administrator of Financial Services for Mount Sinai Medical
and spirit are connected and that the body can heal itself through Center in Miami Beach. He was Senior Manager in the audit division of Ernst
movement. & Young before turning his career toward healthcare.
In addition to dance/movement therapy, Salah Foundation Smith holds a master's of business administration degree and a bachelor's of
Children’s Hospital also offers pediatric patients other forms of science degree from the University of Florida, and is a member of the American
therapy proven to help children cope with stress and anxiety, College of Healthcare Executives as well as the Healthcare Financial
including humor, pet-assisted, music and art therapies. Management Association.

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