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Broward Health
Announces Multiple Jonathan Watkins Named New CEO

New Hires of Broward Health Imperial Point

Jonathan E. Watkins, MPA, FACHE, has been named chief
Broward Health has announced executive officer of Broward Health Imperial Point (BHIP).
multiple new hires across the organi- With more than 10 years of combined healthcare adminis-
zation. tration and general management experience, Watkins most
David Clark will be joining recently served as chief operating officer at Kaiser Foundation
Broward Health as an assistant vice David Clark Janene John Hospitals & Health Plan in California’s Central Valley area.
president of corporate services. Clark Prior to that, he served as vice president of clinical opera- Jonathan E. Watkins
has more than 15 years of experience tions/chief operating officer of Medical North Hospital in Memphis, TN.
as a senior level administrator of capital projects and health- Watkins holds a master’s degree in public administration with a certification in health
care programs in both the public and private sectors. He administration, as well as a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration and planning
earned his undergraduate degree in architectural and facilities from Tennessee State University. He is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and board cer-
engineering from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN, tified in healthcare management as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare
and his Master of Business Administration from Nova Executives (FACHE).
Southeastern University in Davie, FL.
Janene John, SPHR, has joined Broward Health Coral
Springs as chief human resources officer. Prior to joining Max Planck Hires Esteemed
Broward Health, John served as human resources director at
Memorial Healthcare System. She has a bachelor’s degree from Neuroscientist to Conduct
Hampton University in Hampton, VA, and a master’s degree
from Andersonville Theological Seminary in Camilla, GA. Romaine Layne Critical Memory Research
Additionally, she is a certified senior professional in human
resources (SPHR). The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI)
Romaine Layne will be joining Broward Health Imperial Point as associate chief finan- welcomes its newest Research Group Leader Yingxue Wang,
cial officer. Prior to joining Broward Health, Layne served as controller at North Shore PhD. Joining the ranks of MPFI’s distinguished neuroscientists,
Medical Center. She has a master’s degree in accounting from Nova Southeastern Dr. Wang will be leading the Neuronal Mechanisms of Episodic
University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from Memory research group. While at MPFI, Dr. Wang is interest-
Florida International University ed in studying the brain circuitry that underlies our ability to Dr. Yingxue Wang
Netonua Reyes will be joining Broward Health Imperial Point in a dual role as chief remember, think and plan or how our brain links our past
operating officer and chief nursing officer. She has 22 years of nursing experience in the experiences in the present in order to plan for new experiences in the future. To investi-
acute care setting with specialties in both adult and pediatric medicine. Prior to joining gate these circuits, the Wang Lab will integrate cutting-edge genetic, imaging and elec-
Broward Health, she served as director of nursing at Jackson Health North in Miami. trophysiological approaches with highly advanced computer modeling to reveal the
Prior to that, she served as nurse manager at Homestead Hospital. Reyes has both a mas- mechanisms by which memories are formed and subsequently stored. In particular the
ter’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Nova Southeastern University.
Wang Lab will take a deeper look into the memory of our personal experience, known
as episodic memory. Previously, Dr. Wang worked at the Janelia Research Campus of
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, where she studied the coordinated, sequential activity
Dian Backoff Accepts Executive patterns generated by the memory center of the brain, the hippocampus, during the
course of a memory task.
Director of Catholic Hospice

Broward Health
Officials at Catholic Health Services announced the
appointment of Dian Backoff as the new executive director Community Health
of Catholic Hospice. Backoff comes to Catholic Hospice
after a highly successful career in providing strategic direc- Services Announces
tion and improving bottom-line growth in the health care
and hospice industries. She was instrumental in growing New Leadership
VITAS from a small hospice operation into the nation’s lead- Dian Backoff
ing hospice provider. Backoff most recently worked as a
consultant to Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Tiana Blount, MHA, has been
ValueCare at Home Registry assisting in all aspects of operations, focusing on growth, named associate vice president,
efficiency and standardization, resulting in increased ability to convert referrals to ambulatory operations, of Broward Tiana Blount Dr. Aldo Calvo
admissions. Health Community Health Services
(CHS), which provides high quality, affordable healthcare and is the medical safety net
for Broward County residents residing in the northern two-thirds of Broward County.
In addition, Aldo Calvo, D.O., a board-certified family medicine physician, has been
named Community Health Services’ medical director and will manage patient care and
quality.
Blount previously served as director of operations for Broward Health Weston and
Broward Health Urgent Care. Blount joined Broward Health in 2013 as director of oper-
ations for Broward Health Physician Group (BHPG). Blount received her bachelor’s
degree in healthcare administration and long-term care administration, as well as her
master’s degree in healthcare administration from The Ohio State University.
For nearly 20 years, Calvo has cared for patients at Clinicas de las Americas. He earned
his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine
in Davie, FL, and completed his residency in family medicine at Broward Health Medical
Center. He has also served as assistant clinical professor of the Broward Health/Nova
Southeastern University Family Medicine Residency Program for the past 18 years.

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