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Greystone Names Alexis Morfa West Boca Medical Center Appoints
Executive Director of New New Patient Safety Officer

Kendall Lakes Health and West Boca Medical Center names Elaine Sorensen as its
new patient safety officer.
Rehabilitation Center Prior to her appointment at West Boca, Sorensen was the
vice president of quality and risk at a hospital located in
Greystone Healthcare Management, an industry-leading Kissimmee, FL.
healthcare management company, has named Alexis Morfa as Sorensen is a registered nurse who received her Bachelor of
Executive Director of the new Kendall Lakes Health and Alexis Morfa Science in Nursing from Villa Maria College. She then went Elaine Sorensen
Rehabilitation Center, scheduled to open this fall. The on to earn her Master’s in Health Administration and
Kendall location is Greystone’s fourth health and rehabilitation center in South Master’s in Business Administration from Pfeiffer University.
Florida and features an array of medical services as well as specialized orthopedic, car-
diac and stroke rehabilitation programs.
Morfa has been working in the skilled nursing industry for the past 15 years, most Brian R. Lohmann Elected Chair
recently as the Executive Director for Greystone’s Wilton Manors Health and
Rehabilitation Center. Of The Health Care District Board
“I am excited to bring my experience and leadership skills in delivering unsur-
passed quality care and superior customer service satisfaction to our premier health- The Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s Board of
care center,” Morfa said. “I am confident we will be setting higher quality standards Commissioners recently elected its new Board Chair and
for facilities in the nation and we will become the best skilled nursing facility in South officers. In a unanimous vote, the Board elected its Vice
Florida.” Chair, Brian R. Lohmann, to serve as Chair, along with
As Executive Director, Morfa will oversee all operational aspects of the facility, from Nancy C. Banner, Esq. as Vice Chair and Sean O’Bannon as
patient care to new hires to quality assurance. Secretary. The Palm Beach County Board of County
“Alex is the ideal person to launch our Kendall Lakes location,” said Kimberly Pero, Commissioners appointed Lohmann to the Health Care Brian R. Lohmann
regional vice president, South Florida Region, Greystone Healthcare Management. District Board in September 2011 to represent the rural,
“His extraordinary compassion, attention to detail and experience in the industry give western part of Palm Beach County known as “the Glades.” Lohmann, who was reap-
us confidence that this new skilled nursing facility will exceed all our expectations.” pointed for a second four-year term in 2016, also serves as Chair of the District’s
Morfa received a Bachelor’s in Health Care Administration with a concentration in Finance Committee.
Gerontology from Florida Atlantic University, where he is working on his Master’s in Lohmann is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of the
Public Administration. Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, which he joined in 2008. Prior to that,
he spent three years with Pioneer Growers Cooperative and previously was the owner
of B.R. Lohmann, Inc. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University
of Florida.

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