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Carlos M. Cordero Jr., RN, MSN
Holly Salajka, RN, MSN
Carlos M. Cordero Jr., RN, MSN, is the Director of Surgical
Holly Salajka, RN, MSN, is the Director of Education and Services at Hialeah Hospital. His career in nursing has translat-
Informatics for the Tenet Miami Dade Market. Her career in ed into 11 years of healthcare experience that has taken him
nursing has translated into 30 years of healthcare experience through a variety of specialty departments and leading to his
that has taken her through a variety of specialty departments passion with the surgical services department. Carlos is
and leading to his passion with the Education and Informatics responsible for the daily operations of the Pre-Admissions
departments. Holly is responsible for the daily operations of Testing department (PAT), Sterile Processing, Pre-Operative
Informatics and Education for the five Miami Dade Tenet hos- department, Post-Operative Care Unit (PACU), and
pitals as well as the Cardiac Cath Lab at Florida Medical Gastroenterology department (GI). He currently manages 63 FTE’s and a variety of spe-
Center. Holly is a member of the Lauderdale Lakes Economic Development Advisory cialties procedures with the help of his Nurse Manager and Assistant Nurse Managers,
Board. Holly earned her Bachelors of Nursing from University of South Florida and her ensuring the careful coordination of all surgical procedures. Carlos is a member of the
Masters Degree of Nursing Informatics from Chamberlain College of Nursing. During her Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses (AORN) and the American Nurses
spare time, she enjoys reading, her Peloton and visiting with friends and family . She has Association (ANA). Carlos earned his nursing degree at Miami Dade Medical College
found a passion for serving her community and has continued to reside and practice her and a Master’s in Nursing Science with a concentration in Leadership and Management
nursing career within her community . from Florida National University. At the start of the COVID pandemic Carlos had just
transferred from another Tenet facility and had just started working at Hialeah Hospital,
Sharmila Perez, RN during this time he flexed all his nursing personnel to other units to help assist with
patient care as well as converting his PACU department into a Mini-ICU to help care for
Sharmila Perez, RN, is the Administrative Director of Critical higher acuity patients.
Care at Florida Medical Center. Her career in nursing has trans-
lated into 23 years of healthcare experience that has taken her Sinai Penalver, RN, BSN
through a variety of specialty departments. Sharmila started her
healthcare journey as an admissions clerk and worked her way Sinai Penalver, RN, BSN, has been a nurse at Hialeah Hospital
up to her current position where she is responsible for the daily since 2008. Sinai progressed to the leadership role in 2018, as
operations of the Medical, Neuro and Cardiac ICU’s as well as the Director of the Medical Surgical unit, which has the highest
oversight of the Hemodialysis department. Sharmila is a mem- volume of inpatients at Hialeah Hospital. In addition, she took
over the directorship for telemetry unit in 2020. She effectively
ber of the ACHE, and AACN. Sharmila earned her nursing degree at Florida Atlantic
managed the two-inpatient units during the COVID- 19 pan-
University . Sharmila came to FMC at the start of the COVID pandemic prior to that; she
demic. Sinai was responsible for ongoing staff training and
worked at a sister facility in Palm Beach County . During her spare time, she enjoys spend-
mentoring, in addition to keeping up with acute changes in
ing time with her family and exploring the world through travel. She has found a passion
patient volume due to COVID 19. She demonstrated excellent leadership skills in keep-
for serving her community and has continued to reside and practice her nursing career
within her community . ing the staff morale high and in ensuring that staff follow appropriate infection control
practices, as per the facility approved COVID 19 guidelines. Sinai strives to maintain
highest standards of quality and patient safety in serving our patients and community.

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