Patient and Visitor Information

A Letter From Our CEO

We are pleased to unveil Broward Health’s new brand, including new mission and vision statements with a new logo.

Our new branding will help us elevate our organizational culture as champions for a healthier community. These brand elements were created after significant research and strategic planning to best position us to meet the needs of our employees, patients and community today and well into the future.

In 2023, we celebrated our 85th anniversary and honored our legacy. In 2024, we look to the future, starting now with our new brand. I hope you are as excited as I am to be part of this new chapter for our healthcare system.

Shane Strum Signature

Shane Strum, President and CEO

Board of Commissioners

Christopher Pernicano

Chair
District 5

Paul Tanner

Vice Chair
District 4

Jonathan Hage

Secretary/Treasurer
District 3

Ray Berry

Commissioner
At Large

Nancy Stamper

Commissioner
At Large

Stacy Angier

Commissioner
District 2

Board Reports

Shane Strum

President/CEO

Linda Epstein

General Counsel

Leadership Team

Shane Strum

President/CEO

Alan Whaley

Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer

Alisa Bert

Vice President
Interim Chief Financial Officer

Steven Travers

Chief Information Officer

Linda Epstein

General Counsel

Marcy Mills-Matthews

Acting SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

David Clark

Senior Vice President
Operations

Melida Akiti

Corporate Transformation Executive

Bernardo “Bernie” B. Fernandez Jr., M.D

Corporate Physician Executive

Aurelio M. Fernandez, III

Executive in Residence

Manuel Linares

CEO
Broward Health Medical Center

Matthew Garner

CEO
Broward Health North

Kristen Bowman

CEO
Broward Health Coral Springs

Robert Dahl

CEO
Broward Health Imperial Point

Dane Ficco

CEO
Broward Health Physician Group
Broward HealthPoint

Jorge Hernandez

Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer

Barry Gallison

Vice President
Clinical Quality and Risk Management

Jennifer Smith

Vice President
Communications & Marketing

Jenna Merlucci

Vice President
Heart & Vascular Services

Jeffrey Aber

Vice President
Strategic Planning

David Weisman

Vice President
Managed Care

Ana E. Calderon Randazzo

Executive Director
Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center

Don Eachus

President
Broward Health Foundation

Medical Center Chiefs of Staff

Michael Ruddy, MD

Broward Health Medical Center

Mohammed Abdallah, DO

Broward Health North

Tatiana A. Pestana, MD

Broward Health Coral Springs

Fernando L. Narvaez, MD

Broward Health Imperial Point

Important Numbers

Hospitals
Broward Health Medical Center	954-355-4400
Broward Health North	954-941-8300
Broward Health Imperial Point	954-776-8500
Broward Health Coral Springs	954-344-3000
Salah Foundation Children's Hospital at Broward Health	954-355-4400

Broward Health Foundation
Broward Health Foundation	954-712-3980

Broward Health International Program
Broward Health International Program	855-BH-ABROAD (242-2762)
	[email protected]

Appointments
Scheduling Center	954-759-7500

Patient Services
Compliance / HIPAA Privacy	954-473-7500
Managed Care	954-767-5379
Best Choice Plus / Medwork	954-767-5500
Patient Financial Services	954-847-4315
Security	954-355-5350
Broward Health Call Center	954-759-7400

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Community Needs Assessment

This assessment covers the period for 2021-2023.

As a part of IRS regulations, hospital organizations are required to conduct a community health needs assessment which serves as a guiding document for strategic planning. By utilizing the process of developing a Community Health Needs Assessment, North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health has positioned itself to address local health needs that are not being met.

Download the Full Assessment Download the Implementation Strategy

Awards & Accreditations

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Broward Health Medical Center is verified as a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma.

Broward Health Medical Center's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program has been recertified nationally by American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation ( AACVPR). AACVPR is a multidisciplinary professional association comprised of health professionals who serve in the field of cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation.

Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health North, Broward Health Imperial Point and Broward Health Coral Springs received the 2021 Get With The Guidelines award from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.

Broward Health Coral Springs is recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.

Broward Health North's Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit and Stroke program are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Broward Health Coral Springs has been awarded the Center of Distinction Award, and the Robert A. Warriner, III, MD Center of Excellence Award.

Broward Health Imperial Point is recognized as an Exemplar hospital by Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE).

Broward Health Coral Springs received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades. The hospital was among 458 hospitals across the nation that placed among the top 10 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data.

Broward Health Medical Center is a 2017 Aetna Designated Institute of Quality for the Total Joint Replacement program.

Broward Health Medical Center achieved 5 stars for its performance in Pacemaker Procedures from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

Broward Health Medical Center is one of only 10 hospitals in the country – and the only hospital in Florida – to receive a maximum score of five points in the outcome assessment for liver transplants by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.

Broward Health North was voted Best Emergency Room by City News/Boca’s Best Magazine 2017 Reader’s Choice Award, June 2017.

Broward Health North received the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement, February 2018.

The Comprehensive Cancer Care at Broward Health Medical Center was included in South Florida Business Journal’s 2017 list of Top Florida Cancer Centers.

Broward Health Coral Springs’ minimally-invasive colorectal surgery program achieved full Joint Commission re-accreditation with “ZERO” deficiencies and remains the one and only hospital in Florida with this achievement and one of two nationwide.

Broward Health Imperial Point is a Pathway to Excellence® designated hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Broward Health Coral Springs has been awarded with the Center of Distinction Award for the 9th year in a row, and the Robert A. Warriner, III, MD Center of Excellence Award for the 7th consecutive year.