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2007 A YEAR IN REVIEW

A Year of Growth at Cleveland Clinic and select specialists, as well as support staff, where patients can experience a coor-
dinated approach with our medical campus in Weston.
While internally we acknowledge and reward all the achievements of our staff over
leveland Clinic in Florida has seen many changes the past year, it is always gratifying to be recognized by our peers for good work. Here
this year. Some have been internal and not visible are just a few of the most notable recognitions Cleveland Clinic in Florida has gar-
Cto the naked eye. Others are more demonstrable nered in 2007.
and attest to Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to South Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric and Metabolic Institute became the first hospital-based
Florida. Altogether these changes herald a new chapter in weight-loss surgery program in Florida to earn level 1A accreditation from the
the nearly 20-year history of Cleveland Clinic in Florida. Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program of the American College of
In October 2006, Cleveland Clinic became the sole Surgeons. In addition, the Institute received accreditation as a Center of Excellence
owner of our Weston campus, through the purchase of by the Surgical Review Corporation of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery,
Tenet Healthcare Corp.’s interest in the onsite hospital making it one of just a few centers in the country earning dual accreditation.
facility. Much of 2007 has been focused on uniting the Cleveland Clinic in Florida was just named one of the nation’s top 100 cardiovas-
hospital and outpatient clinic to fully realize Cleveland cular hospitals by Thomson Healthcare (formerly Solucient) in their annual “100 Top
Clinic’s unique model of medicine, which emphasizes Hospitals” rankings.
patient care supported by research and education. As a BY BERNARDO Cleveland Clinic in Florida also was honored to be just one of three hospitals in
wholly integrated medical campus, we have streamlined Florida to receive the American Heart Association’s Get With The
operations, strengthened employee relations, and contin- FERNANDEZ, M.D. Guidelines–Coronary Artery Disease Annual and Sustained Performance
ued to make sure patients come first. Achievement Award. In addition, Cleveland Clinic received the American Stroke
Cleveland Clinic’s growth in Florida in 2007 included Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Care Annual Performance
the addition of 28 staff physicians, bringing our team of specialists to more than 120. Achievement Award, and the Get With The Guidelines – Heart Failure Initial and
This represents a significant influx of experience and expertise that we can offer our Annual Achievement Award from the AHA. Our facility was one of only 12 hospitals
patients. It is also a measurable step toward our goal of growing our multi-specialty nationally to be recognized by the AHA in all three modules of their Get With The
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group practice to more than 165 staff physicians by 2011. Guidelines program.
Cleveland Clinic’s unique model of medicine continues to attract highly respected As CEO of Cleveland Clinic in Florida, a world-renowned academic medical cen-
teaching physicians, which supports growth in our fellowship and residency pro- ter, I am proud of all that we have achieved together. I look forward to working with
grams. As a result, Cleveland Clinic remains a leading provider of graduate medical my colleagues to continue our expansion in the year ahead, both internally and
education in the region and one of the few healthcare organizations to have earned throughout the community, and above all, to meet the growing healthcare needs of
institutional accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical patients in South Florida.
Education.
Perhaps the most outward display of Cleveland Clinic’s growth in Florida this year Bernardo Fernandez, M.D., chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic in Florida, is also
is the opening of a satellite office in West Palm Beach. Our present 4,000-square-foot head of the Section of Vascular Medicine and the director of the
clinic will be relocated to a permanent, more comprehensive 25,000-square-foot facil- Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory at Cleveland Clinic. He can be reached at
ity that will open in mid 2008. The current facility includes a primary care physician (954) 659-6001 or visit www.clevelandclinicflorida.org.

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