Coral Gables Hospital Cardiopulmonary Director George Diaz was honored as a “Tenet Hero,” a distinction awarded by Tenet Healthcare. Diaz joined the Coral Gables Hospital family in 1977 as a respiratory therapist and is described as having contagious charisma and an unconditional willingness to lend a helping hand.
In addition to his role as cardiopulmonary director, Diaz is a patient safety officer, and he constantly looks for ways to improve patient care.
Diaz’s compassion reaches beyond hospital walls as a community volunteer building houses on weekends with Miami-Dade Habitat For Humanity and reading stories at the Lighthouse Center for the Blind. He has also helped out his co-workers by driving them to and from work when they had no transportation, and he is always among the first to volunteer for community outreach events hosted by the hospital.
