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St. Mary’s Medical Center & The Gino R. Santorio Joins Mount Sinai

Palm Beach Children’s Hospital Medical Center as President and
Appoint Tarek Naser to Chief Chief Executive Officer

Financial Officer Mount Sinai Medical Center welcomes Gino R. Santorio as
president and chief executive officer. “With 40 years of
St. Mary’s Medical Center and The Palm Beach Children’s health care experience and 20 years as CEO, Steve
Hospital appoints Tarek Naser to the position of Chief Sonenreich has led this organization with a mission-driven
Financial Officer. Naser has worked at multiple hospitals in focus on delivering the highest quality of patient care to our
addition to his time in Detroit, including serving as the chief Tarek Naser region,” said Mount Sinai Board of Trustees Chairman Mark Gino R. Santorio
financial officer at DMC Huron Valley-Siani Hospital in H. Hildebrandt. “As Steve steps into a new emeritus role, I
Commerce, Michigan where he handled the finances for the 157-bed acute care facility. know Gino will demonstrate an equal passion and enthusiasm for the medical center. He
He has also worked at hospitals in both California and Texas as an Assistant CFO and brings with him 15 years of executive health care experience – much of that right here in
controller, respectively. Naser is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where South Florida –and a dedication to continuing that deep commitment to serving our
he earned his degree in finance and economics. community.” Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Santorio served as president and chief execu-
tive officer of Broward Health. Previous experience includes a senior executive level stint
with increasing roles of responsibility at Jackson Health System and for-profit executive
North Broward Hospital District health care experience at two hospitals in the greater Tampa Bay market.

Board of Commissioners Advances
Delray Medical Center Announces Appointment of
New Broward Health
New Governing Board Members for 2021
President/CEO Contract
Delray Medical Center announces the appointment of its new governing board mem-
Negotiations bers for the 2021 calendar year.
• Deputy Police Chief Richard D. Morris of the West Palm Beach Police Department.
The North Broward Hospital District Board of Deputy Police Chief Morris has over 40 years of law enforcement leadership experience
Commissioners unanimously voted to name Shane Strum Shane Strum including his current role, as well as serving as an instructor for the Department of
the next President and Chief Executive officer of Broward Homeland Security, DOJ and Department of Treasury.
Health. Most recently, Strum has been serving as chief of staff to Florida Governor Ron • Dr. Jeffrey H. Newman is the Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Delray
DeSantis. Prior to his work with the state, Strum served as senior vice president at Medical Center. Dr. Newman specializes in adult cardiac and thoracic surgery, mitral
Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Florida, where he was part of an executive valve repair, minimally, invasive aortic and mitral valve surgery as well as aortic aneurysm
team that managed over 15,000 employees and an annual budget more than $2.4 billion. repair.
He also oversaw Memorial’s strategic planning, marketing, community relations and • Shelly Petrolia, Mayor of the City of Delray Beach. Mayor Petrolia has been involved
global health functions. Before he joined Memorial’s executive team, Strum served on the with the City of Delray Beach since 2013 when she served as a City Commissioner.
South Broward Hospital District Board for several years, including two terms as chair- • Dr. Timothy R. Williams is the Medical Director of the South Florida Proton Therapy
man. In addition to his healthcare experience, Strum has exceled in higher education, Institute. He has practiced as a board-certified radiation oncologist in South Florida since
having served as vice chancellor of Keiser University and director of corporate and gov- 1989. In addition to operating a full-time clinical practice, Dr. Williams is a past president
ernment relations at Nova Southeastern University. of the American Society of Radiation Oncology and the Florida Radiological Society
along with many other prestigious boards and committees.
These new members join Chair, Larry Edelson, Lori Vinikoor, Dr. Louis G. Tumminia,
Dean Appointed to Nursing’s and Dr. Christos P. Kokinakos, to complete the Governing Board of Delray Medical
Center.
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