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Profiles IN LEADERSHIP

PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL HIALEAH HOSPITAL

Kathy Guido Maribel Torres
CNO CNO

Kathy Guido is the chief nursing officer at Palmetto Maribel Torres is the chief nursing officer at Hialeah
General Hospital. She is responsible for all nursing and Hospital. Maribel has over twenty years of clinical and
patient care functions and services at the hospital. Kathy administrative experience in nursing. In her role at
has been with Tenet for the last seven years. She has over Hialeah Hospital, she provides strategic leadership as the
twenty years of nursing leadership experience. senior executive position responsible for all nursing and
She recently served as CNO at sister hospital, Palm other designated patient care functions and services
Beach Gardens Medical Center, where she was responsi- within the hospitals organization.
ble for overall direction of nursing leadership and profes- At her former job, Torres was key in promoting physi-
sional scope of practice. She managed all nursing units, cian and nursing relationships as well as mentoring var-
emergency department, ambulatory care and the operat- ious members of the nursing leadership team. She has a
ing and recovery room. Kathy is a member of the American Nurses Association and BS in Healthcare Leadership and a BS in Nursing. She
American Organization of Nurse Executives. She also has a specialty certification for also has a Master of Science in Management.
critical care (CCRN).

Michele Thoman Susan Ann Hinkson
COO Director of Education

Michele Thoman, is the chief operating officer at Susan Ann Hinkson has been a nurse with Tenet since
Palmetto General Hospital. Michele was previously the 2001. Susan started off as a labor and delivery nurse at
chief nursing officer where she led the nursing team at Palmetto General Hospital, and then became the hospital
Palmetto for over a year. As CNO of Palmetto, Michele educator. She transferred to sister facility, Hialeah
implemented a hospital acquired wound reduction ini- Hospital, in 2011 as the director of education. Susan
tiative that demonstrated a fifty percent rate reduction recently developed a program for medical students called
over the last half of 2017. She also executed a plan to the Interprofessional Education Initiative. This program
improve emergency department throughput reducing provides an approach to the introduction to the role of
length of stay and hold time. She developed a nurse nursing practice while facilitating collaboration as it
manager orientation program and the hospital had a suc- relates to the physician’s role. This program is one of the
cessful Joint Commission survey under her leadership. first of its kind, and is being submitted for publication. Her passions include paddle
In addition, Palmetto opened its clinical decision unit boarding and cycling.
during Michele’s tenure and new patient experience ini-
tiatives were implemented.
Michele holds a Nurse Executive Advanced Certification and is a Fellow of the
Johnson and Johnson Wharton Fellows Program in Management. She is published in
both Nursing Administration Quarterly and The Florida Nurse for her insight on inno-
vation and safe staffing.

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL

Scott R. Ford
VP of Development and Marketing

Scott R. Ford serves as vice president of development and marketing at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, where he focuses on securing
major gifts and building strong relationships with donors. He also oversees strategic planning, budget management, marketing and special events.
Prior to joining Holy Cross, Ford served as vice president of development for the Advocate Healthcare system, in Illinois. He also served as pres-
ident of the Brokaw Hospital Endowment Fund. Previously, Ford was director of development for the University of Iowa Foundation – U of I
College of Public Health. His professional background includes roles as a council member/mayor pro tem for the City of Lisbon, Iowa, and as a
U.S. National Park Service park ranger. A resident of Tamarac, Ford received a B.A. in journalism and religious studies/philosophy from Marycrest
College in Davenport, Iowa, and a Master of Arts in philanthropy and nonprofit management from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a mem-
ber of the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.

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