The State of Healthcare in South Florida

Michael G. Joseph is president of HCA’s East Florida Division. Joseph is responsible for 14 hospitals, a regional laboratory, 12 ambulatory surgery centers and five imaging centers located in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties. Previously, Joseph served as CEO of University Hospital; president of HCA’s Southwest Florida Market; president and CEO of Cedars Medical Center and Westside Regional Medical Center; CEO at Columbia Hospital; and as COO at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, and the Miami Heart Institute. Mr. Joseph is a graduate of the University of Miami with a bachelor’s and master’s in business administration. He and his wife Lesli have two children, Lauryn and Michael, and reside in the City of Coral Gables.

Peter R. Baronoff is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Promise Healthcare, Inc., one of the leading long term acute care hospital companies in the United States, which owns and operates 18 hospitals in 9 states 2 including locations in Miami Lakes, Florida and Ft. Myers, Florida, and 2 skilled nursing facilities in Texas and Kansas. He serves as Executive Chairman of Success Healthcare, LLC which owns 2 acute care hospitals in California and Missouri. Success Healthcare, LLC also has an inpatient behavioral health facility in Los Angeles and a School of Nursing in St. Louis. Respected and elected by his peers for his leadership, business and financial acumen, Baronoff served as a three-term President of the Acute Long-Term Hospital Association (ALTHA) Board of Directors representing over 300 hospitals throughout the United States. Baronoff was elected as a City of Boca Raton Council Member for two terms, and appointed by his council peers to serve as Deputy Mayor in his second term. By virtue of his City Council services, Baronoff served as chairman and commissioner of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) during his first term. In this capacity, Baronoff helped make decisions that positioned Boca Raton as a tourist and economic powerhouse for the entire state of Florida. An active member of the Boca Raton community for over two decades, Baronoff serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) and is Chair of the Medical Staff Review Committee. The Medical Staff Review Committee is responsible for review and recommending appointment for hospital staff privileges physicians who desire appointment by the BRRH Board of Trustees. The committee also makes medical staff policy and bylaw recommendations to the Medical Executive Committee and BRRH Board of Trustees. Baronoff is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Boca Raton. Baronoff has served as a five-time co-chair of the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Opal Awards recognizing community leaders. The Opal Awards benefit deserving students that are in need of financial assistance to provide college education. The Opal Awards has raised over $1,000,000.00 since their inception. Baronoff has been an active Rotary student mentor. His mentor relationship with Cergile Sincere began nine years ago after receiving a phone call from an FAU football coach expressing their concerns about 2 their “star” player’s ability to succeed at the school. Cergile formed a close relationship with Peter, his family and completed his college education with a degree in Healthcare Administration. Cergile joined Baronoff’s Promise Healthcare as an intern, employee and today is part of the management team. Cergile has now played an important role in opening three new hospitals. Baronoff has been at Cergile’s side as his “best Man” during his wedding and is godfather to Cergile’s daughter, Lilly. This story has been featured many times and is evident in their continuing relationship and Cergile’s work helping others in the Boca Raton community. Baronoff is a founding Board Member of the Boca Raton Police Foundation (BRPF). The BRPF provides needed financial support to our city’s police that is necessary due to budget constraints. The BRPF’s first event February 26, 2015 will be held at Baronoff’s home. Baronoff was appointed by the President of the University of South Florida in Tampa to serve on the Foundation Board of his alma mater and be part of their strategic planning efforts. Baronoff has also served as a two-term President of Woodfield Country Club and is a past board member of the Centre for the Arts, and Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority. Baronoff, along with his wife, Carmel, was named as the 2017 OPAL Award Winner for Outstanding People and Leaders for Healthcare and Wellness Leadership by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton. Baronoff was also named “Pillar” of the Boca Raton community by the League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust, and was selected as the Boy Scouts of America – Gulfstream Council’s “Distinguished Citizen” honoree and inducted into the Boys Scouts Court of Honor. Peter and Carmel have four children ages 29, 27, 27 and 23.

Randy Parker brings more than 30 years of experience launching and building successful, disruptive companies – all of which have been consumer-focused entities utilizing the latest technologies. As CEO the past eight years, Randy has established significant relationships at the highest levels with a broad range of the country’s premier health organizations, helping him to develop a vision for MDLIVE to be a leader in healthcare innovation, providing customers with convenient access to a complete integrated health network. Prior to MDLIVE, he served as CEO of several other companies, including Flexplay Technologies, Clear-Vu Products, and Entertainment Resource. Randy has a degree in Business and Public Administration from New York University.

Hamilton Espinosa is responsible for leading DPR’s healthcare core market throughout their 28 offices. He has a deep knowledge of the healthcare core market, bringing over 28 years of construction industry expertise to teams he collaborates with. Hamilton’s favorite aspect of his job is being able to build great things that serve a meaningful purpose in the community. His integrated project approach and his unique ability to lead and challenge team members to look at all options have built his excellent reputation in the market place, producing results and developing long term working partnerships. He also serves on the executive foundation board for the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation.

Michael A. Noto serves as Senior Vice President, Real Estate Services for Welltower. He is responsible for ensuring that the operations, finance and leasing departments of Welltower’s Outpatient Medical portfolio provide hospital clients and physician tenants with quality property management services, timely management information, and a wide array of leasing services. Mr. Noto has been with the company since September 2001. Mr. Noto spent 13 years as a banking executive with responsibilities including commercial and real estate lending, credit administration, and the management and workout of tens of millions of dollars of real estate assets. During his 17 years as a practicing attorney, Mr. Noto was directly involved in the financing, management, acquisition and disposition of millions of dollars of real estate. Mr. Noto is a member of BOMA International and has participated on panel discussions at the Medical Office Buildings and Healthcare Facilities Conferences. Mr. Noto received a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA in finance from Rutgers University and a law degree from Pace University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Florida.

Eduardo has been active for over 23 years as a trusted advisor to selected clients globally. As a Healthcare Managing Principal at the world’s top 5 healthcare architecture firms, he has been responsible for leading healthcare practices throughout distinct market regions including Northern California, South Florida, the Caribbean and South America. His work and thought leadership has been featured in publications such as Healthcare Design Architect Magazine, Architectural Record, and Design Intelligence, among others.

Samer Hamde is a Vice President with JLL’s Project and Development Services Group and is the Healthcare Lead for the Florida Market. Samer is responsible for business development and client relationship management for all healthcare related projects. Experience Samer has 18 years of experience in Project Management, Architecture and Master Planning. He has over 15 years of healthcare experience, with projects ranging from $5MM to $500MM. Prior to joining our team, Samer was the Director of Operations & Deputy Chief of Party for Amec Foster Wheeler, where he oversaw the development of a $25M program of the Road Authority, Road Fund & Transportation Institute for the Afghan Ministry of Public Works for the United States Government through USAID in Kabul, Afghanistan. Previously, Samer was a Project Executive and Design Manager for Erdman Company, where he led his regions efforts in developing and delivering healthcare projects. During his tenure at Erdman he delivered a multitude of design-build healthcare projects in the Florida market. These projects include: - Design, development and construction oversight for a four-story, 70,000sf Regional Cancer Center and four story- 80,000sf Outpatient Diagnostic Services and Ambulatory Surgery Center for Lee Health System at Fort Myers, Florida. - Project oversight for a new two story, 200,000sf Multi-Disciplinary Medical, Diagnostic, Laboratory and Pharmaceutical Services Facility that houses 128 physicians for Health First System in Melbourne, FL - Project Leader for a design-build and development of a new three-story, 76,000sf state of the art cancer/imaging center and clinical project for the Woodlands Center of Pensacola, FL Education and Affiliations Samer received his Bachelor in Architecture from Southern Polytechnic State University. He is also LEED GA certified and holds his EDAC from the Center for Health Design.