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Financial, Legal and Business Profiles

HIALEAH HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER

Shirley Adkins Tammy Razmic
Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer

Shirley Adkins is the chief operating officer at Hialeah Tammy Razmic is the chief operating officer for Palm
Hospital. Shirley is responsible for the daily operations of Beach Gardens Medical Center. Razmic manages the daily
the hospital by maintaining a safe environment, encourag- operations and oversees the development and implemen-
ing physician and patient satisfaction and providing excel- tation of long-range plans, goals and objectives for Palm
lent quality services. Shirley works closely with the CFO, Beach Gardens Medical Center. Razmic brings over 25
CEO and CNO to create and maintain operating budgets. years of healthcare industry experience to South Florida.
Shirley received her Bachelor of Science and Chemistry Prior to coming to Palm Beach Gardens, Razmic spent the
degree from Marshall University, a Bachelor of Science in past four years serving as the chief operating officer and
Civil Engineering at West Virginia University, and she financial officer at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in North
received her Master of Business Administration (MBA) Virginia. While at Inova Fair Oaks, some of Razmicís
from Colorado Tech. Shirley is also a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) green belt with over 15 years accomplishments included helping the hospital earn an ìAî
of experience in construction and design infrastructure. grade from the Leapfrog group for seven straight years, and
helped the hospital get named to Beckerís Hospital Review 2018 list of ì100 Great
Community Hospitalsî in the U.S. for five straight years.
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL Before working for Inova Fair Oaks, Razmic served as chief financial officer at the
George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. In that role, Razmicís
Katherine Gorrell responsibilities included overseeing the financial operations, case management, and
information technology for the hospital. Razmic earned her Bachelor of Science from the
General Counsel, University of Nevada-Las Vegas before completing her Masters in Health Administration
Associate Counsel (Trinity Health) from Ohio University.

Katherine Gorrell came to Holy Cross Hospital in
January and serves as general counsel and member of the ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER
executive team. She provides legal advice on business
strategies and manages all legal matters on behalf of Holy Monika Patel
Cross. Her practice includes general corporate healthcare
law, physician contracts, managed care issues, employ- Controller
ment, regulatory compliance, and quality/patient safety
initiatives. Prior to this role, Gorrell served as general Monika Patel is the Controller at St. Mary’s Medical
counsel and compliance officer for AdvancedMD, a private Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. Patel’s respon-
national healthcare IT company. There she built a comprehensive compliance program sibilities are to enhance the financial and accounting and
with a particular focus on HIPAA data privacy and security. She also served as in-house maximize overall performance throughout the hospital.
counsel for Intermountain Health Care and Providence Health & Services/Swedish Patel has held various positions at St. Mary’s Medical
Health System, providing a broad spectrum of legal services. Gorrell received her (hon- Center including Assistant Controller, and Senior
ors) bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. She earned her JD with honors and Accountant prior to her time being appointed as
health law concentration from the University of Washington School of Law. Controller. Before joining the team at St. Mary’s, Patel was
an accountant at Asta Funding. Patel has a Bachelor’s of
Science in Business Administration from Thomas Edison
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER State College in Trenton, New Jersey.

Katherine Avendano
Chief Operating Officer WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER

Katherine Avendano is the Chief Operating Officer at Yvonne Hoang
North Shore Medical Center. In her role, she is responsible
for the day-to-day operations of the 337-bed acute care Assistant Controller
hospital and oversees all ancillary and support services
departments. She is committed to working closely with the Yvonne Hoang serves as the Assistant Controller for
staff, and physicians to ensure the patients are receiving West Boca Medical Center. Her responsibilities include
the best care. Katherine started her career with Tenet helping assist the Controller in managing the daily opera-
Healthcare in 2013 and previously served as the assistant tions of the accounting department including ensuring
administrator at Hialeah Hospital. Katherine received a disbursements are timely and in compliance with corpo-
Bachelor of Health Science and a Master in Health rate policies and guidelines. Hoang has over 10 years of
Administration from the University of Florida. On her personal time, she enjoys traveling experience in accounting including accounts payable,
and spending time with her family and friends. accounts receivable, month-end closing and reconcilia-
tions, variance analysis and ad-hoc reporting. Prior to
becoming the Assistant Controller, Hoang served in vari-
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL ous positions at West Boca Medical Center including a

Senior Accountant role and as an Account Manager. Hoang has a Bachelor’s of Arts in
Accounting from California State-Fullerton University.
Michele Thoman
Chief Operating Officer

Michele Thoman is the chief operating officer at
Palmetto General Hospital. Michele is responsible for over-
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