Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for joint replacements, including 16 in Florida.
The rankings recognize hospitals that deliver superior patient outcomes in knee and hip replacements.
Read more on the publication's ranking methodology here.
Here are the leaders of the Florida hospitals and health systems that were included in the rankings:
HCA Florida Blake Hospital (Bradenton)
- Steve Young, CEO
- Paige Laughlin, COO
- Andrew Smith, CFO
- Sanjiv Tewari, MD, chief medical officer
- Todd Haner, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Tallahassee)
- Chris Mosley, CEO
- Tavarres Jefferson, COO
- Trey Blake, MD, chief medical officer
- Francisca Thai, CFO
- Tara Beth Anderson, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital (Port Charlotte)
- Michael Ehrat, CEO
HCA Florida JFK Hospital (Atlantis)
- Ken West, CEO
- Tom Schlemmer, CFO
- Alex Paya, MD, chief medical officer
- Damon Barrett, COO
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami)
- Ben Harris, CEO
- Joe Britner, COO
- Vickie Magurean, CFO
- Lizette Otero, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer
- Sean Benoit, MD, chief medical officer
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital
- Jill Adams, CEO
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville)
- Reed Hammond, CEO
- Tammy Razmic, COO
- Kevin McKeown, CFO
- Albert Holt, MD, chief medical officer
- David Threatt, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville)
- C. Eric Lawson, CEO
- Kristy Redd-Hachey, CFO
- John Gerhold, COO
- Sherrie Somers, DO, chief medical officer
HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital (Brooksville)
- Ken Wicker, CEO
- Sam Boadi, COO
- Keri Pintozzi, CFO
- David Slovut, MD, PhD, chief medical officer
- Sheila Sanders, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer
- Alan Keesee, CEO
- Tom Eisel, CFO
- Isaiah Zirkle, COO
- Sabrina Braun, DNP, chief nursing officer
HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital
- Robert Meade, CEO
- Todd Cruz, RN, chief nursing officer
- Jennifer Bocker, MD, chief medical officer
- Charles Schwaner, CFO
- Kelly Malloy, COO
HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital (Port Saint Lucie)
- Corey Lovelace, CEO
- Nicole Garlinghouse, CFO
- Michael Barbera, COO
- Jorge Gonzalez Jirau, MD, chief medical officer
- Jodi LoDolce, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer
- Mike Irvin, CEO
- Peter Rossi, MD, chief of staff
- Elbert Barnes, MD, chief of medicine
- Alene Wright, MD, chief of surgery
Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale)
- Mark Doyle, president and CEO
- Jose Lopez, MD, chief medical officer
- Taren O'Brien, MSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer
Mayo Clinic in Florida (Jacksonville)
- Gianrico Farrugia, MD, CEO and president of Mayo Clinic
- Kent Thielen, MD, CEO of Mayo Clinic Florida
- David Verinder, president and CEO
- Jeff Limbocker, CFO
- James Fiorica, MD, chief medical officer