Tenet’s hospital network in South Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties announced that Ana Mederos has been named chief executive officer of Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah.

Mederos is a registered nurse who has served as CEO at two Tenet hospitals in South Florida, most recently at Hialeah Hospital and, prior to that, at North Shore Medical Center. Before joining Tenet in 2001, Mederos served as chief operating officer of Cedars Medical Center and chief nursing officer of Victoria Hospital.

Mederos holds a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from Florida International University and a master’s degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University. Mederos is also a registered nurse with an associate’s degree from Miami-Dade College.