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Joe Stuczynski Is Named Chief Good Samaritan Medical Center

Executive Officer of Memorial Names Sheri Montgomery
Hospital Pembroke Chief Executive Officer

Joe Stuczynski has been named Chief Executive Officer of Good Samaritan Medical Center promotes Sheri
Memorial Hospital Pembroke. Since 2005, Stuczynski has Montgomery to the role of chief executive officer (CEO).
been with Memorial Healthcare System, most recently as Montgomery has over 20 years of healthcare leadership
Chief Financial Officer of Memorial Regional Hospital experience with an extensive background in hospital opera-
South and previously served as CFO of Memorial Hospital tional, financial and strategic excellence. For the last three
Pembroke from 2005 to 2015. Joe Stuczynski years, she served as the group chief financial officer for Sheri Montgomery
Stuczynski has more than 25 years of progressive Delray Medical Center, and the other hospitals making up
administrative experience in large integrated healthcare organizations with almost the Palm Beach Health Network. Montgomery has proven herself through a variety of
two decades at the executive level. His strengths include extensive financial and oper- leadership roles, including chief financial officer of Delray Medical Center and Coral
ational leadership, long-range forecasting, service line and program development and Gables Hospital. Montgomery also contributed to important strategic initiatives, includ-
innovative growth strategies. In his recent role as CFO of Memorial Regional Hospital ing the Delray Medical Center campus expansion.
South, he was responsible for the Rehabilitation Institute, Memorial Manor Nursing
Home and Home Health Services. Previously, he served as CFO for Memorial Hospital
Pembroke, where he also had responsibility for a number of operational departments. Holy Cross Hospital
Stuczynski holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Accounting Names Christine Walker
from John Carroll University and a Master in Business Administration from Florida
International University. as Director of the Year

Wolfe|Pincavage Managing Holy Cross Hospital has named Christine Walker as
Director of the Year. Walker serves as the director of mar-
Partner Appointed To keting and public relations at the non-profit hospital. The
Director of the Year Award is presented to a staff member
Nicklaus Children's Hospital who demonstrates dedication each day to the mission of
Holy Cross and its core values. After joining the Holy Christine Walker
Foundation Board Of Directors Cross team in 1999, Walker quickly became an invaluable member of the hospital’s

community, exemplifying excellence in all aspects of her work and commitment to
the organization. Walker is also a Holy Cross Legacy Leader. She participated in the
Wolfe|Pincavage, a modern Florida boutique law firm Legacy Institute, a program at the hospital that encourages personal reflection and the
specializing in healthcare, real estate, insurance coverage, integration of the hospital’s mission and core values into everyday life, personally and
and business, is pleased to announce that managing part- professionally. Walker was honored in 2019 as an Inspirational Women of Broward
ner Douglas Wolfe, has been appointed to the board of County by the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida. She is a graduate of the University of
directors for Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation Douglas Wolfe Florida and a former reporter for the Sun-Sentinel.
Wolfe built his notable career on a high level of expert-
ise in managed care and healthcare revenue cycle matters. With more than a decade
of sophisticated legal experience in Chicago and Miami, he has represented various
major healthcare providers, such as hospitals, clinics, and physician groups, in dis-
putes and contract negotiations and dispute resolution proceedings with private and
governmental payers. Wolfe is regularly called on to serve as an expert in the health-
care industry, representing the largest health systems in Florida through the ever-
evolving framework of new regulations, issues of medical loss ratio, the CARES act,
and potential liability litigation.
An active member of the community, Wolfe is involved in the Florida chapter of the
Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). He received his law degree
from University of Miami School of Law and bachelor’s degree from DePaul
University.

Cleveland Clinic CEO

and President Dr. Wael
Barsoum Resigns

After 25 years of serving the Cleveland Clinic organiza-
tion, Wael Barsoum, M.D., will be stepping down as CEO
and President of the Cleveland Clinic Florida region to
pursue opportunities outside the organization. This
change took effect June 22, 2020.
During his tenure, he has contributed significantly to
improving the lives of patients through research, physi- Dr. Wael Barsoum
cian training and growing Cleveland Clinic Florida into a
successful health system.
He will continue to serve as a part-time member of the professional staff as an
orthopaedic surgeon specializing in adult reconstructive surgery. And he will also
continue to serve as a Professor of Surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine.
Joseph Iannotti, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Staff Cleveland Clinic Florida region, will
serve as interim CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic Florida. Cleveland Clinic
Florida will conduct an internal search for this role.

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