Manuel P. Anton III, M.D., has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Mercy Hospital, Miami, FL. Dr. Anton has served as the senior vice president and medical director of Mercy Hospital for the past seven years.

Dr. Anton is a graduate of Emory University School of Medicine and completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Boston University Hospital. He also completed an Internal Medicine Fellowship at Boston University and Boston Veterans Hospital while attending the Harvard School of Public Health.