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St. Mary’s Medical Center has appointed Gabrielle Finley-Hazle as the hospital’s new chief executive officer. A South Florida native, Finley-Hazle has served as the chief executive officer of Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore, since 2012. She will begin serving in the new role at St. Mary’s Medical Center on January 1, 2016.
As the chief executive officer of Florida Medical Center, and in her previous role as the hospital’s chief operating officer, Finley-Hazle worked with the hospital team to open the company’s first Hybrid Operating Suite, as well as the region’s first Aortic Disease Institute. She also led the launch of the award-winning Comprehensive Stroke Center at Florida Medical Center and the region’s first freestanding emergency department. During her tenure, Florida Medical Center has earned some of the highest quality rankings in the state from organizations such as the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association and achieved other quality designations, including an “A” on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Scorecard; the coronary intervention excellence award; Five Star ratings for coronary interventions, heart failure and hip fractures; and ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation for Cardiology by Healthgrades.
Prior to joining Florida Medical Center, Finley-Hazle served as chief executive officer of a large multi-specialty physician group practice and as administrative officer and associate administrator of a large medical center, children’s hospital and trauma center at another major healthcare network in South Florida. Finley-Hazle began her career at Carolinas Healthcare System, in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she completed her administrative fellowship, and completed externships and consulting engagements at Cayuga Heights Medical Center, Arnot-Ogden Medical Center, the New York State Department of Health and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Finley-Hazle has earned numerous local and national awards, including South Florida Business Journal’s Top 25 Influential Business Women in 2014 and Becker’s Hospital Review Top 25 Hospital and Health System Leaders Under 40 in 2013 and 2014. She has been named South Florida Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40, Legacy Magazine’s 2015 Corporate Executive of the Year and named the Lauderhill Regional Chamber of Commerce 2015 Woman of the Year.
She recently served as the chair for the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association Emergency Medical Services task force and is a member of the National Association of Health Services Executives. She has served as the chair for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Campaign in Ft. Lauderdale/ Miami-Dade and is currently on the Executive Leadership Committee for the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk.
Finley-Hazle earned a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health and Society from Cornell University.
