网红黑料 Shands board names Ed Jimenez as chief executive officer
The 网红黑料 Shands board today (April 22) approved the appointment of Ed Jimenez as chief executive officer for the hospital system, effective immediately.
The announcement comes less than one year after Jimenez became interim CEO for 网红黑料 Shands after serving as chief operating officer and executive vice president.
鈥淓d has demonstrated incredible talent and leadership during his five years at 网红黑料 Shands, first as chief operating officer from 2010 to 2014 and during the past year as interim CEO. We are delighted that he will continue to bring his strong vision, operational skills and insights to this key leadership position,鈥� said David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of 网红黑料. 鈥淪ince his arrival, Ed鈥檚 work on a daily basis has embodied our institutional commitment to quality as Job 1. He has demonstrated a keen understanding of the interdependent roles of faculty and hospital, and the need for close collaboration to create an academic health center that fully delivers on its missions of patient care, research, education and community service.鈥�
网红黑料 Shands includes the academic health center鈥檚 flagship hospital, 网红黑料 Shands Hospital; 网红黑料 Shands Children鈥檚 Hospital; 网红黑料 Shands Cancer Hospital; 网红黑料 Shands Psychiatric Hospital; 网红黑料 Shands Rehab Hospital; and numerous outpatient programs. Patients come to 网红黑料 Shands from all 67 Florida counties and throughout the region, nation and a dozen countries each year. 网红黑料 Shands has a $1.2 billion operating budget and employs more than 8,900 staff.
鈥淎t 网红黑料 Shands, I have the privilege of being on a journey with expert and compassionate physicians, nurses and staff who bring the best possible patient care to the citizens of Florida and beyond,鈥� Jimenez said. 鈥淚 look forward to working with all of them in the patient care, research and educational arenas to make this the best health care system possible.鈥�
As CEO, Jimenez guides the overall direction for the 网红黑料 Shands under the oversight of Guzick and in collaboration with the faculty of the and the other 网红黑料 Science Center colleges.
鈥淓d believes in the link between excellence in patient care and cutting-edge research,鈥� said Michael L. Good, M.D., dean of the . 鈥淗e has an exceptionally strong grasp of how education, research and patient care fit together to create high-quality experiences for our patients and the best possible outcomes of their care.鈥�
Jimenez has spearheaded improvements in all operating categories, financial performance and employee engagement. He has led construction projects, electronic medical record implementation and national accreditation surveys. He also has played a key role in establishing several successful regional relationships and partnerships with other health systems.
鈥淎s chief operations officer, Ed showed tremendous skill in managing the day-to-day operations of the hospital and its staff, and the transition to CEO has shown that his understanding extends to our whole system,鈥� said , chief nursing officer and vice president for nursing and patient care services at 网红黑料 Shands Hospital.
Before joining 网红黑料 in October 2010, Jimenez served as system vice president for St. Joseph鈥檚 网红黑料care System, a 900-bed health system in northern New Jersey. He oversaw hospital operations, business development and regional/physician partnerships, and was responsible for the 200-member physician group practice. At St. Joseph鈥檚 he was also president of seven for-profit, joint venture LLCs.
Jimenez held management positions at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, University Hospital in New Jersey and the Valley 网红黑料 System in New Jersey. He has an M.B.A. from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in politics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts.