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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Jennifer Higgins Named Chief
Center Appoints New Intensive Nursing Officer for Lee Health
Care Unit Director With more than 20 years of nursing experience,
Jennifer Higgins has been named chief nursing officer for
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center appoints Heather Lee Health. She had previously been serving as the inter-
Smallegange to the position of Intensive Care Unit im chief nursing officer.
Director. Higgins began her career at Lee Health in 2000 when
Prior to her time with Palm Beach Gardens Medical she joined the health system as an emergency room nurse.
Center, Smallegange spent the past two years as the clini- Throughout the years, she progressively advanced
cal manager of the telemetry unit at another South Florida Heather Smallegange through a variety of key senior operational roles before Jennifer Higgins
area hospital. Before that, she spent six years at sister hos- being appointed chief nursing officer. Her most recent
pital St. Mary’s Medical Center, as a nurse in the intensive position was chief nurse executive at Gulf Coast Medical
care and critical care unit. Smallegange is a graduate of Queen’s University in Center.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with a degree in nursing. Higgins earned a Diploma in Nursing from St. Luke’s School of Nursing, a Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from the University of South Florida and a Master of Science
in Nursing from Walden University. She is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Nursing
Practice program at Walden University.
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editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center Appoints
Emergency Department Director
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center appoints Jennifer
Scott to the role of emergency department director. Scott
Subscribe to... has over 20 years of nursing experience, and was most
recently director of the telemetry and stepdown nursing
SOUTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL NEWS & units. She oversaw a 55 bed-unit for post-op and step-
down patients.
HEALTHCARE REPORT today! Scott started her career at Palm Beach Gardens Medical
Center, working as a nurse in the cardiovascular intensive
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Medical Center as director of the telemetry and stepdown
unit. Scott has a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing from Western Governor’s
University.
North Broward
Hospital District
Welcomes New
Commissioners to
the Board
The North Broward Hospital
District Board of Comm - John Hage Chris Pernicano
issioners, which oversees
Broward Health, recently welcomed three new commis-
sioners. Recently appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis,
John Hage, Chris Pernicano and Levi Williams were con-
firmed by the board.
Hage has dedicated his career to education. As the
founder and CEO of Charter Schools USA, he leads one of
the nation’s largest and highest performing education
companies. Hage also created and oversees Red Apple
Development. In 2013, he was named Floridian of the
Year by Florida Trend magazine and he participated in the
COVID-19/ReOpen Florida Task Force. Hage served in
the U.S. Special Forces/Green Berets and holds degrees
from the University of Colorado and Georgetown
University. Levi Williams
Pernicano has more than 20 years in the FinTech space,
with experience in all aspects of small, medium and large company operation, includ-
ing executive management, technology, operations, human resources and sales. He is
the Vice President of Engineering and IT with Netsmart. Previously, he served as
Chief Operating Officer of Tellus, LLC. Pernicano has bachelor and master’s degrees
in engineering from the University of Florida, where he also achieved an MBA.
Williams is President/Shareholder of the Law Offices of Levi Williams, P .A. He is a
previous partner at Fertig and Gramling and is also a member of the Florida Bar.
Williams has been heavily involved in the community for the past two decades, sit-
ting on boards such as the Independent Commission on Education, Gold Coast Jazz
Society and the Urban League of Broward County. He has a B.S. in Business
Administration from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from the University
of Florida.
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