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Financial, Legal and Business Profiles
NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER
Arianna Urquia Michelle Kazek
CFO Controller
Arianna Urquia is the chief financial officer at North Michelle Kazek is the controller at West Boca Medical
Shore Medical Center. With over 12 years of financial Center. Kazek recently was appointed to her new role in
healthcare experience, Arianna is responsible for over- February of 2018. As the controller, Kazek is responsible
seeing the financial operations of the 337-bed acute care for the accounting department including general
and its departments. She started her career at Tenet accounting, accounts payable, budgeting and reimburse-
Healthcare, North Shore’s parent company, and most ment. She also handles the reporting of financial and sta-
recently served as the controller of the hospital where tistical information to the senior management of the
she was responsible for the daily operations of the hospital, and provides financial advice to the administra-
accounting department. Arianna earned her Master of tive team so they can achieve the objectives to ensure
Business Administration and Bachelor’s in Finance from preservation of hospital assets. Prior to her time at West
Florida International University. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her Boca Medical Center, Kazek was the assistant controller at Palm Beach Gardens
family. Medical Center. Kazek is a certified public accountant and received her bachelor’s
degree from Florida Atlantic University.
Lane Harrington
CNO HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
Lane Harrington is the chief nursing officer at North Ronald C. Brandenburg, II
Shore Medical Center. In her role, she provides strategic
leadership as the senior executive position responsible Vice President/CFO
for all nursing and other designated patient care func-
tions and services within the hospital organization. Lane Ronald C. Brandenburg, II serves as vice president and
assumes the responsibility for assessing, planning, coor- chief financial officer of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort
dinating, implementing and evaluating nursing practice Lauderdale. A member of the Healthcare Financial
on a facility level. She ensures high quality, safe and Management Association and the American
appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff Management Association, he has more than 30 years of
and appropriate resource management related to patient healthcare experience in accounting, financial decision
care. Lane represents nursing on the governing board and at medical staff leadership support, business leadership, and management.
meetings. Brandenburg previously held the role of chief financial
officer at Broward Health Coral Springs. At Holy Cross,
he oversees all finance functions including financial
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL/TENET HEALTHCARE’S decision support, accounting, payroll, managed care, patient access, patient financial
MIAMI DADE MARKET services, health information management, strategic planning, technology information
services, and supply chain management. Active in the community, Brandenburg is a
board member for the Winterfest Boat Parade and a member of the Greater Fort
Oscar Vicente
Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce’s Downtown Council. He also is involved with
CFO Junior Achievement, March of Dimes, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society, and the United Way of Broward County. Brandenburg received
Oscar Vicente is the Chief Financial Officer at his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in management/finance from Florida
Palmetto General Hospital as well as the Chief Financial Atlantic University.
Officer Lead for all of Tenet Healthcare’s Miami-Dade
hospitals. He has been in his role with Palmetto since VITAS HEALTHCARE OF DADE-MONROE COUNTIES
2005. Oscar is responsible for overseeing senior manage-
ment functions, including financial planning, strategic
planning, budgeting and reporting. Oscar has a very suc- Etian Vizoso
cessful record as a financial administrator. Prior to his Associate General Manager
position at Palmetto General Hospital he was vice presi-
dent of finance, chief financial officer and ethics and Etian Vizoso is the associate general manager for
compliance officer at a hospital in Broward County. Before his career in healthcare, he VITAS Healthcare in Dade and Monroe counties. He
served as a manager with Ernst and Young. Oscar is licensed as a Certified Public began his career in hospice when he joined VITAS as an
Accountant and also holds a Certification in Global Management Accounting. He LPN in crisis care, and served in various clinical capaci-
obtained his degrees in finance and accounting from Florida State University. ties before earning his RN at Keiser University and
quickly advancing through management roles.
A veteran of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Infantry
ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER Regiment and father of four, Vizoso is a demonstrated
leader as indicated by multiple promotions throughout
his career with VITAS, most recently when he was
Michelle Cartwright
named associate GM in May. Vizoso continues to lead his team by the same funda-
CFO mental values he learned throughout his career.
“Working in hospice, you have to be all in,” he says. “You only get one chance to
Michelle Cartwright, CPA, is the chief financial officer get it right. People never forget the day their loved one died. To be given the privilege
at St. Mary’s Medical Center. Cartwright is responsible to make that a positive experience—that is incredible.”
for overseeing the financial operations for the 460-bed
acute care hospital and its departments.
Cartwright has developed her entire career as a finan-
cial professional at St. Mary’s Medical Center. She started Coming Next Month...
at the hospital as a senior accountant, and was then pro-
moted to the role of assistant controller. More recently, • Profiles in Leadership & Administration
she served as controller for St. Mary’s and Palm Beach • Healthcare Professionals Associations
Children’s Hospital, and was responsible for the accurate • Education Update • Outsourcing Update
financial reporting of hospital operations. • Revenue Cycle Software Trends
Cartwright received her Bachelor’s Degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University and
went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Accounting from Nova Southeastern For advertising information
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