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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Lee Health Adds Operations Vice
Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer President for Lee Physician Group

Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center welcomes Denise Lee Health has promoted Terry Mainous to vice president of
Kvapil, MSN, BSN, as its new chief nursing officer. operations for Lee Physician Group (LPG).
Kvapil has over 20 years of experience in both nursing and Mainous joined Lee Physician Group in 2005 and has held
other leadership roles. Prior to her appointment at Palm Beach various leadership roles over the past 15 years, most recently as
Gardens Medical Center, Kvapil was the Vice President of system director of Ambulatory Nursing & Clinical Services.
Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer for Carepoint Health She has implemented key operational projects over the years,
System-Christ Hospital in Jersey City, NJ. Denise Kvapil including the LPG nurse telephone triage program and LPGís Terry Mainous
Denise is also a veteran serving in the United States Marines transitional care and patient outreach program. Mainous holds
from 1986-to-1992 and rising to the rank of E-4 Corporal. a masterís degree in nursing from Indiana University and is a member of Sigma Theta
Kvapil holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ. Tau, Alpha Chapter. She has also held a Clinical Faculty appointment at the Frances
She then earned her Masters of Science in Nursing from South University. Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University and is a certified med-
ical practice executive as well as a Lee Health ìLifetime Leaderî Presidentís Circle Award
winner.
Noel C. Pace, Esq. FACHE,

Named Chief Administrative Officer Kidz Medical Services of Coral Gables
(CAO) and General Counsel Appoints Wayne Brackin CEO

for Therapies 4 Kids Wayne Brackin has been appointed President and Chief
Executive Officer of Kidz Medical Services, which provides
Therapies 4 Kids (T4K) is proud to announce and welcome physician specialty services, pediatric emergency services and
Noel Christian Pace, Esq., FACHE, as Chief Administrative international air ambulance transportation. From 2007-2018,
Officer (CAO) and General Counsel. Noel Christian Pace Brackin served as the Executive Vice President and Chief
Pace joins the T4K team from a multi-state healthcare law Operating Officer of Baptist Health South Florida. He was past
firm. Board-Certified in Healthcare Management and a Licensed Attorney in Florida, CEO of South Miami Hospital, as well as CEO of Homestead Wayne Brackin
New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., his practice focuses on compliance, regulatory, cyber, Hospital. In 2019, Brackin was appointed to the George
accreditation, and telemedicine issues. Pace’s experience also includes serving as a pedi- Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) Board of Directors. The MFA,
atric department administrator at an academic medical center and as executive director the largest physician practice group in the Washington DC area, is affiliated with the
of various for-profit surgical centers. He also serves as a Colonel in the U.S. Army GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Active in the community, Mr. Brackin is
Reserve, where he recently served as Commander (CEO) of Florida’s 345th Combat the Founding Chair of the South Miami Children’s Clinic, a pediatric clinic for under-
Support Hospital (248-Bed) and now serves as the Executive Officer to the Deputy served children in the City of South Miami, and a member of the Board of Directors of
Commander, U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Central the First National Bank of South Miami.
American, South America, and the Caribbean, where he specializes in emergency man-
agement and health diplomacy. Colonel Pace has served in Chile, Honduras, Korea,
Kuwait, and during Operation Willing Spirit in Colombia and in Operation Iraqi
Freedom. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and the Combat and Expert Field
Medical Badges.
Pace holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami (UM) School of Law-
Magna Cum Laude where he was President of the Health Law Association, a published
member of the NSAC Law Review with his article on traumatic brain injury, and received
the Innovation Award at UM Law’s Health Rights Clinic, which is a medical-legal part-
nership with the UM Miller School of Medicine. He is a Distinguished Military Graduate
(DMG) of Tulane University and holds a Masters in Health Administration from Baylor
University, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Denver, and a
Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.

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