Cleveland Clinic in Florida

Cleveland Clinic in Florida added new physicians in over 20 specialties, bringing the number of medical staff to more than 150 (with 412 nurses). “We are committed to meeting the community’s need for high quality patient care by recruiting the best doctors,” says Bernardo Fernandez, MD, chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic in Florida. Hand & Upper Extremity and Neurosurgery were added to 38 current specialties.

Cleveland Clinic in Florida continues to attract a growing number of international patients, largely from the Caribbean (over 80 percent) and Latin America. Nearly 5,200 patients traveled from abroad, seeking diagnoses or treatment in 2008, up from 4,431 in 2007. There were on average 430 unique patient visits per month in Florida. 2008 marks the third year of “double-digit” growth in international visits.

Overall patient volume increased for 2008. Hospital admissions were up more than 18 percent, and clinical visits almost 15 percent from 2007.

Named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals in cardiovascular care by Thomson Reuters in 2008, Cleveland Clinic in Florida was also one out of only four hospitals in the nation recognized at the Gold level by the American Heart Association for performance in all three categories of the Get with the Guidelines program: Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure & Stroke. In West Palm Beach, the new offices of the Cleveland Clinic Florida Health and Wellness Center opened on the 14th floor of the recently completed CityPlace Tower. The 25,000-square- foot offices have eight full-time physicians onsite, along with 30 employees. Other physicians will rotate from the Cleveland Clinic in Florida Campus in Weston. Eleven specialties are represented at the Center, which also has 27 exam rooms, two procedure rooms, as well as radiology services to include MRI and CT.